OCTO - IT Manager (Security Engineering)

OCTO is seeking an engaging leader with a highly technical cybersecurity background who has exceled in leading and managing a team of highly talented security engineers. The Office of The Chief Technology Officer is looking for a Security Engineering Manager will lead a team of security engineers across Network Security, Access control, Identity and Access Management and direct the deployment of technical security services and solutions. The contractor is responsible for the organization's security engineering program including but not limited to daily operations of the IT security engineering program, oversight of the annual and ongoing systems uptime and updates, development, implementation, and maintenance of enterprise security reference architecture, establish technical security standards. Duties and Responsibilities: Builds a strategic and comprehensive information security program that defines, develops, maintains and implements policies and processes that enable consistent, effective information security practices which minimize risk and ensure the integrity, confidentiality and availability of information that is owned, controlled and processed within the organization. Lead the planning and delivery of District wide technical security solutions Manage prioritization, tradeoffs and appropriately set expectations for delivery Develop and report performance metrics that demonstrate business impact and risk reduction Proactively identify and resolve strategic issues that may impair the team's ability to meet strategic, and technical goals Periodically evaluate existing systems and capabilities to ensure effectiveness Establish technical security standards that foster realizable practices, policies and procedures to ensure quality and operational effectiveness Engage with stakeholders to ensure that business needs are understood and met Communicate effectively such that expectations are set and all impacted/involved parties are aware and in alignment Focus on the professional development and advancement for the security engineers on your team Identify, prioritize and communicate gaps within the control infrastructure and make proposals on how to mitigate through technology CONTRACT JOB DESCRIPTION Responsibilities: 1. Lead a team of technical security subject matter experts responsible for securing DC Government systems. 2. Develop enterprise security reference architecture for DC Government 3. Provides consultation on complex projects and is the top-level contributor/specialist of most phases of systems analysis, while considering the business implications of the application of technology to the current and future business environment. Minimum Education/Certification Requirements : • Bachelor of Science degree (BS) in Computer Science (or related field) • A minimum of 16 years of information technology experience • A minimum of 10 years of technical security experience • A minimum of 3 years of managing an information Security team Required/Desired Skills SkillRequired /DesiredAmountof ExperienceProven expertise in presenting executive level reports on project security and complianceRequired8YearsProven track record in the successful completion of an SDLC from a security workstream standpointRequired10YearsExpertise translating security protocols and requirements to stakeholders and/or technical project managersRequired8YearsProven documentation expertise for the purpose of security policy development, audit finding responses, security risks/gap analysis reports etc.Required8YearsKnowledge of HIPAA, state and federal guidelines on security, transactions and securityRequired8Years10+ yrs. implementing, administering, and operating IS tech such as firewalls, IDS/IPS, SIEM, Antivirus, net traffic analyzers, and malware analysisRequired10Years16+ yrs. developing standard and complex IT solutions & services, driven by business requirements and industry standardsRequired16Years• A minimum of 10 years of technical security experience Required10YearsProject Management and large project execution experience Required7YearsKnowledge of project management tools - JIRA, SharePoint, Sciforma, Salesforce, MS Project (preferably)Required8YearsCISA CertificationHighly desired0CISM Certification Highly desired0CISSP CerficationHighly desired0BS Degree in IT, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or equivalent experienceRequired0 Questions No.QuestionQuestion1Absences greater than two weeks MUST be approved by CAI management in advance, and contact information must be provided to CAI so that the resource can be reached during his or her absence. The Client has the right to dismiss the resource if he or she does not return to work by the agreed upon date. Do you accept this requirement?Question2Please list candidate's email address.Question3Candidates submitted above the NTE vendor rate of $$.$$/hour will not be considered. Do you accept this requirement?Question4There are no reimbursable expenses. Do you accept this requirement?Question5By submitting a candidate to this requisition, you are indicating your company's acceptance of the terms and conditions contained within the Supplier Agreement, and Amendment #2022-01 to the Supplier Agreement. Do you accept this requirement? Existing Incumbent Resource?: Yes

Created: 2026-03-04