--- title: Technical LEAD Cybersecurity Operations at Zermount description: Zermount is hiring for the Technical LEAD Cybersecurity Operations role in Arlington, VA. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/technical-lead-cybersecurity-operations-at-zermount-01a18a23-eeb0-7945-9301-33781bd507e7 date: 2026-10-30T00:16:29Z og_description: Join Zermount as Technical LEAD Cybersecurity Operations in Arlington, VA. Pays $150K–$180K per year. Full-time, hybrid role. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/m2oab5.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | Zermount | | **Location** | Arlington, VA (Hybrid) | | **Salary** | $150K/yr - $180K/yr | | **Type** | Full Time | | **Posted** | Oct 29, 2026 | ## Is this job real? **Ghost job check:** B · Low risk. Probably a real opening. ## Visa sponsorship - **H-1B:** No H-1B sponsorship on record for Zermount. - **E-Verify:** No E-Verify enrollment on record for Zermount. ## Pay for similar jobs Most similar jobs pay $144,000 – $190,000 a year (median $168,000). ## Description # **Technical Lead - Cybersecurity Operations** **Position Overview** The Technical Lead provides hands-on technical leadership for a large, mission-focused security operations environment. This position coordinates day-to-day technical execution, guides complex incident analysis and response, manages technical escalations, supports service continuity, and communicates operational status and risk to program and customer leadership. This is not a purely advisory or management role; the successful candidate must move effectively between executive communication, detailed technical review, operational decision support, and workforce mentoring. **Duties & Responsibilities** - Coordinate daily security operations across monitoring, incident response, threat intelligence, threat hunting, engineering, and platform-support functions. - Serve as the technical escalation point for complex, sensitive, or high-impact incidents and service disruptions. - Review incident scope, severity, evidence, likely cause, affected assets, operational impact, and recommended response actions. - Guide containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident improvement activities in coordination with system, network, identity, cloud, and security stakeholders. - Track operational risks, technical dependencies, staffing-coverage concerns, service impacts, unresolved issues, and corrective actions. - Prepare and present clear operational updates, technical briefings, risk summaries, and decision recommendations for diverse audiences. - Lead transition, knowledge-transfer, continuity, and operational-readiness activities that preserve critical security functions during change or disruption. - Maintain and improve operating procedures, escalation paths, contact information, response playbooks, and technical knowledge content. - Mentor analysts, engineers, administrators, and technical leads; establish consistent technical-review and quality expectations. - Identify recurring operational problems and sponsor practical improvements to tools, workflows, detection, response, documentation, and communication. **Qualifications** **Minimum Requirements:** - Fifteen or more years of progressively responsible cybersecurity experience, including substantial experience in security operations or incident response. - Demonstrated ability to resolve undefined, highly complex, multidimensional technical problems requiring deep analysis and cross-functional collaboration. - Experience leading technical teams and coordinating high-priority operational work in a large enterprise environment. - Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical risk and response options to senior stakeholders. - Demonstrated record of mentoring technical staff and improving team capability. **Preferred Qualifications:** - Experience leading or serving as deputy technical lead for a large federal SOC, incident response center, or comparable enterprise security-operations program. - Experience in hybrid on-premises and cloud environments, including AWS, Azure, or Microsoft 365. - Experience supporting continuity exercises, major incident response, or large operational transitions. - CISSP and GCIH preferred; GCFA, GREM, GCIA, GNFA, CISM, or PMP are also valuable. - Working knowledge of widely used incident-response, security-control, and federal cybersecurity guidance. **What Success Looks Like** - Operational issues and technical risks are identified early, assigned clear ownership, and driven to evidence-based closure. - Complex incidents receive disciplined analysis, clear recommendations, and coordinated response support. - Technical teams work from current procedures, understand escalation paths, and maintain effective handoffs and backup coverage. - Program and customer leaders receive concise, decision-ready information about service health, risk, and required action. **Education and Certifications:** - Minimum: Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related field; additional relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree. **Clearance Level:** - Active Top Secret clearance strongly preferred. **Work Location** - Hybrid federal customer environment. 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