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Top Secret/SCI
Mid Level Career (5+ yrs experience)
$180,000
No Traveling
None
IT - Software
Bethesda, MD (On-Site/Office)
UPDATED: 5/21/25 Please note new clearance requirements.
Mindbank Consulting Group is in need of a cleared and experienced Cyber Security Scrum Master for a direct hire, mostly onsite opportunity in Bethesda, MD. CLIENT PREFERS A TS/SCI WITH A CI POLY OR FSP; HOWEVER, TS/SCI CANDIDATES WITH CI POLY ELIGIBILITY WILL BE CONSIDERED. Salary is up to ~$180,000 and is based on each candidate’s professional experience and skills.
Responsibilities:
In this role, you will play a critical role in the release of a state-of-the-art technology stack our Intelligence Community client is developing. Have you done similar work recently?
• Coach a disciplined, distributed, fast-moving Agile team and program through Agile/Scrum ceremonies
• Perform release and sprint planning
• Assess the Agile maturity of the team and coach the team to contribute to relentless improvement of the overall program
• Remove impediments and coach the team to remove impediments
• Build and maintain a high performing team by improving team dynamics and coaching the team to maximize self-organization
• Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution
• Promote proper documentation of the work, partnering with the software development, infrastructure engineering, and systems engineering teams
• Work across stakeholders to ensure effective solutions are delivered
• Assist with internal and external communication, improve transparency, and radiate information
• Support the systems engineer in managing the team backlog and foster a healthy team dynamic with respect to priorities and scope
• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal, time management, and problem-solving skills
• Perform review and analysis of cybersecurity event logs
• Organize, conduct, and review technical cybersecurity assessments
• Coordinate with security personnel and recommend mitigation strategies
• Identify points of vulnerability and non-compliance with established cybersecurity standards and regulations
• Maintain Authorization to Operate (ATO) records in XACTA system
• Manage and report Plan of Actions and Milestones (POA&M) compliance
• Review certification and accreditation (C&A) documentation, providing feedback on completeness and compliance of its content
• Apply system security engineering familiarity in one or more of the following: system security design process; engineering life cycle; information domain; cross domain solutions; commercial off the-shelf and government off-the shelf cryptography; identification; authentication; and authorization; system integration; risk management; intrusion detection; contingency planning; incident handling; configuration control; change management; auditing.
Requirements: Candidates must meet these requirements to be considered for this position.
• Must be US Citizen with TS/SCI with CI Polygraph or FSP - or - TS/SCI with CI Poly eligibility
• Bachelor’s degree (technical discipline preferred) and ~8+ years of relevant experience
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) certification
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and conflict resolution skills
• Experience with SAFe methodology
• Experience with task and ticket management tools such as GitHub
• Proven ability to balance concurrent activities
• Strong knowledge and experience in software development and cybersecurity engineering in an Agile or SAFe environment
• Ability to quickly build rapport and keep a positive and motivated team environment
• Experience establishing a System Security Engineering (SSE) management process to integrate security and privacy controls into complex hardware and software systems
• 1 year of experience developing and reviewing security concept of operations, systems security plans, security risk assessments, contingency plans, configuration management plans
• Experience with XACTA, EMass, or similar tool
• Experience with NIST Special Publications e.g. NIST SP 800-27, 30, 37, 53, 60
• Experience with CNSS publication CNSSI 1253
• Experience with incident response plans, plan of actions and milestones, risk management plans, and vulnerability management plans
Preferred Qualifications:
• At least one DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II or higher certification e.g., CCNA Security, CySA+, Security+ CE, SSCP, CISSP (or Associate)
• Experience with NIST SP 800-171
• Familiarity with modern development approaches (serverless, containerization, cloud, continuous delivery, micro-services, event-based applications)
• Experience with cloud deployment and cloud-based solutions
• Experience supporting DIA/OSIC and/or DTP
• Software development/coding experience with programming languages such as Python, Java, and React, and software development framework tools such as Appian
• Experience configuring, running, and analyzing vulnerability scans
• Experience with DevOpsSec pipelines and tools
• Experience with database systems, search engines, web applications
• Experience in a Linux Red Hat and Centos environments
• Experience with big data applications
• Experience with GitLab and GitHub
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Mindbank is committed to a diverse workforce and we seek the most qualified candidate for each opening without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, gender identity, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.
Mindbank Consulting Group is in need of a cleared and experienced Cyber Security Scrum Master for a direct hire, mostly onsite opportunity in Bethesda, MD. CLIENT PREFERS A TS/SCI WITH A CI POLY OR FSP; HOWEVER, TS/SCI CANDIDATES WITH CI POLY ELIGIBILITY WILL BE CONSIDERED. Salary is up to ~$180,000 and is based on each candidate’s professional experience and skills.
Responsibilities:
In this role, you will play a critical role in the release of a state-of-the-art technology stack our Intelligence Community client is developing. Have you done similar work recently?
• Coach a disciplined, distributed, fast-moving Agile team and program through Agile/Scrum ceremonies
• Perform release and sprint planning
• Assess the Agile maturity of the team and coach the team to contribute to relentless improvement of the overall program
• Remove impediments and coach the team to remove impediments
• Build and maintain a high performing team by improving team dynamics and coaching the team to maximize self-organization
• Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution
• Promote proper documentation of the work, partnering with the software development, infrastructure engineering, and systems engineering teams
• Work across stakeholders to ensure effective solutions are delivered
• Assist with internal and external communication, improve transparency, and radiate information
• Support the systems engineer in managing the team backlog and foster a healthy team dynamic with respect to priorities and scope
• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal, time management, and problem-solving skills
• Perform review and analysis of cybersecurity event logs
• Organize, conduct, and review technical cybersecurity assessments
• Coordinate with security personnel and recommend mitigation strategies
• Identify points of vulnerability and non-compliance with established cybersecurity standards and regulations
• Maintain Authorization to Operate (ATO) records in XACTA system
• Manage and report Plan of Actions and Milestones (POA&M) compliance
• Review certification and accreditation (C&A) documentation, providing feedback on completeness and compliance of its content
• Apply system security engineering familiarity in one or more of the following: system security design process; engineering life cycle; information domain; cross domain solutions; commercial off the-shelf and government off-the shelf cryptography; identification; authentication; and authorization; system integration; risk management; intrusion detection; contingency planning; incident handling; configuration control; change management; auditing.
Requirements: Candidates must meet these requirements to be considered for this position.
• Must be US Citizen with TS/SCI with CI Polygraph or FSP - or - TS/SCI with CI Poly eligibility
• Bachelor’s degree (technical discipline preferred) and ~8+ years of relevant experience
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) certification
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and conflict resolution skills
• Experience with SAFe methodology
• Experience with task and ticket management tools such as GitHub
• Proven ability to balance concurrent activities
• Strong knowledge and experience in software development and cybersecurity engineering in an Agile or SAFe environment
• Ability to quickly build rapport and keep a positive and motivated team environment
• Experience establishing a System Security Engineering (SSE) management process to integrate security and privacy controls into complex hardware and software systems
• 1 year of experience developing and reviewing security concept of operations, systems security plans, security risk assessments, contingency plans, configuration management plans
• Experience with XACTA, EMass, or similar tool
• Experience with NIST Special Publications e.g. NIST SP 800-27, 30, 37, 53, 60
• Experience with CNSS publication CNSSI 1253
• Experience with incident response plans, plan of actions and milestones, risk management plans, and vulnerability management plans
Preferred Qualifications:
• At least one DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II or higher certification e.g., CCNA Security, CySA+, Security+ CE, SSCP, CISSP (or Associate)
• Experience with NIST SP 800-171
• Familiarity with modern development approaches (serverless, containerization, cloud, continuous delivery, micro-services, event-based applications)
• Experience with cloud deployment and cloud-based solutions
• Experience supporting DIA/OSIC and/or DTP
• Software development/coding experience with programming languages such as Python, Java, and React, and software development framework tools such as Appian
• Experience configuring, running, and analyzing vulnerability scans
• Experience with DevOpsSec pipelines and tools
• Experience with database systems, search engines, web applications
• Experience in a Linux Red Hat and Centos environments
• Experience with big data applications
• Experience with GitLab and GitHub
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Mindbank is committed to a diverse workforce and we seek the most qualified candidate for each opening without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, gender identity, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.
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