Medical Cyber Expert (REMOTE)

Type of Requisition:

Pipeline

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Suitability:

Public Trust/Other Required:

BI Full 6C (T4)

Job Family:

Information Security

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Information Security, Information Technology Security, System Security

Certifications:

Experience:

10 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

We are GDIT. The people supporting and securing some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects across the country. We ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work has meaning and impact on the world around us, but also on us, and that’s important.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Medical Cyber Expert supporting The Dept. of Veterans Affairs Transformation Support Services program critical to the Dept. of VA.

Essential Functions and Job Responsibilities

The successful candidate will act as the Medical Cyber Expert lead from the contractor side supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Information Technology (OIT) Transformation Support Services (TSS) program.  The candidate requires strong medical device knowledge in a clinical environment to support and maintain a security posture that is compliant with all VA and broader U.S. Government security policies regarding the baseline of medical equipment in use by VA at over 1,200 locations. Ideally, this candidate will interface with Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and OIT counterparts at VA to baseline the inventory scope and medical device expansion required. Support will include scanning, detection, logging and remediation of all medical equipment to the proper level to meeting Information Security Office requirements. The candidate will have knowledge and background in leading Continuous Readiness in Information Security Program (CRISP) for medical devices in a highly decentralized enterprise environment with size and complexity similar to VA. The candidate will be expected to mature customer relationships to support strategic interaction and executive briefings. This candidate will work closely with multiple VA Information Security Office stakeholders to maintain an optimum operational status across the VA enterprise.

This candidate will lead a team of highly focused IT staff to support CRISP across VHA installations. The candidate will mentor and guide a staff of IT security specialists on specifics related to medical device equipment. Core capabilities include leading a team to establish baselines and perform continuous cyber security reviews and remediation.  The primary focus for this position is cybersecurity remediation services – patching and upgrades to negate vulnerabilities in medical devices.  The candidate will need to be versed in VA’s CRISP program or a program of similar size, tasking complexity, and understand the relevant support areas including configuration and organizational change management.

Duties and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Leading a team of highly qualified, geographically diverse, technical staff to support readiness of security patching and upgrades of medical devices
• Forging relationships with VHA and OIT division leaders as well as other Contracting leads across VA’s multi-vendor environment
• Present strategies, objectives risks and timelines to achieve the desired OIT ISO objectives
• Reviewing trends of Information Security Office actions to support continuous improvement of medical devices
• Provide thought leadership to VA in progressing their CRISP program
• Identify opportunities to satisfy material weakness findings and vulnerability support
• Capture and report on quantity-based performance metrics used to track CRISP functions for status reporting
• Utilize professional judgement, critical thinking skills and research to improve program processes and resolve issues affecting program performance
• Document VA requests via action items and develop materials to respond to these requests
• Execute change and resource management processes that integrate with the multi-district CRISP program governance processes
• Support action item management and definition and mitigation of program risks
• Support real-time transparency reporting for all support staff within an assigned district

Location: Remote Position!

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Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in business related field, engineering, or a related scientific or technical discipline with at least 10+ years of experience
• Must have at least one of the following certifications: CISSP, CISM, CGRC, Security+
• Must have 5+ years in managing medical devices with configuration monitoring (asset management, obsolesce, etc.) or security patching (firmware upgrades, etc.) to support Continuous Readiness in Information Security Program or similar information readiness in another organization of similar size, tasking and complexity
• Must demonstrate critical thinking skills to resolve stakeholder conflicts
• Must have outstanding written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present business leaders
• Must be able to obtain a Position of Trust and successfully pass a thorough Government background screening process requiring the completion of detailed forms and fingerprinting

Desired Qualifications:

• Significant experience with infrastructure upgrades and/or IT incident management
• Active VA access including assigned CAG and PIV

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

• Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home
• 401K with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you build your skills and own your career
• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and 10 company-paid holidays

The likely salary range for this position is $144,500 - $195,500. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

10-25%

Telecommuting Options:

Hybrid

Work Location:

Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 30 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

We connect people with the most impactful client missions, creating an unparalleled work experience that allows them to see their impact every day. We create opportunities for our people to lead and learn simultaneously. From securing our nation’s most sensitive systems, to enabling digital transformation and cloud adoption, our people are the ones who make change real.

GDIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class. Apply