# IT Network Security Team Lead

**Company**: GDIT
**Location**: Bethesda, MD
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $164,382 - $195,500
**Category**: Security
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

As an IT Network Security Team Lead, you will play a crucial role, serving as both a senior technical expert and a team leader within the Network Engineering Section at the National Library of Medicine (NLM).

You will oversee the implementation and enforcement of cybersecurity policies, manage a team of IT security professionals, and coordinate cross-functional efforts to protect the integrity of NLM's infrastructure.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Technical Leadership:

- Lead the architectural design and integration of security products into the enterprise network.

- Identify and mitigate significant cybersecurity risks, trends, and vulnerabilities.

- Oversee the development and implementation of security strategies, policies, and enforcement mechanisms.

- Review new systems, networks, and software designs for security risks and integration issues.

- Coordinate infrastructure protection efforts in compliance with HHS and NIH directives.

- Team Management:

- Supervise and mentor a team of IT security specialists and contractors.

- Assign tasks, monitor progress, and ensure timely delivery of security initiatives.

- Serve as the escalation point for complex security incidents and technical challenges.

- Program Oversight:

- Coordinate with NLM Incident Response Team in investigations of security violations.

- Coordinate with HHS CSIRC, OIG, and law enforcement as needed.

- Recommend and track remediation actions and ensure follow-through.

- Operational Duties:

- Coordinate with IT operations teams on firewall upgrades and SSL VPN tunnel management.

- Monitor and enforce security policies across Cisco, Juniper, and Palo Alto firewalls.

- Evaluate and implement security tools to protect information resources.

**Requirements:**

- Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, cybersecurity, information technology, or related field.

- Experience: 10 years of related experience, with 5 years of system administration and 7 years of system security administration.

- Skills: Experience with Cisco/Fortigate, Juniper, and Palo Alto security platforms; proficiency with tools like Nmap, Wireshark, tcpdump; strong grasp of networking protocols.

- Certification: CISSP (or ability to obtain within 6 months).

**Benefits:**

- Medical plan options

- Dental plan options

- Vision plan

- 401(k) plan

- Paid time off plans

- Short and long-term disability benefits

- Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance

## Skills

### Required
- Cisco
- Fortigate
- Juniper
- Palo Alto
- Nmap
- Wireshark
- tcpdump
- CISSP

### Nice to have
- SIEM
- proxy
- URL filtering systems

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