Cyber Partner Engagement Specialist

Position description

ICF is a mission-driven company filled with people who care deeply about improving the lives of others and making the world a better place. Our cybersecurity experts work to protect the functions and missions that are vital to our people, government, and military through proactive planning and strong public-private partnerships. 

We’re currently hiring a Cyber Partner Engagement Specialist to work on an operational engagement team for a federal cybersecurity client focused on protecting our nation’s critical infrastructure. This role will specialize in engagement with international partners.

The position is a hybrid role and in-person work will be conducted on the client site in Arlington, VA. Candidates must be located in the National Capital Region.

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitor inboxes and other communications channels for partner communications, respond to cyber partner inquiries, coordinate cybersecurity products (alerts, advisories, etc.) among targeted partners before public distribution, and draft notifications to partners regarding vulnerabilities or threats.
• Apply knowledge of cyber threat landscape, emerging threats, and geopolitical events and trends.
• Coordinate the sharing of threat and vulnerability information with partners.
• Determine validity and impact of threat information, provide analysis, and collaborate to determine necessary partner notifications and potential product development.
• Draft and edit notifications and other communications to partners to enhance operational coordination and information-sharing.
• Monitor open-source and internal reporting on threats and vulnerabilities that may impact international partners.

Qualifications

Mandatory Requirements:

• U.S. Citizenship required (required by federal government for position).
• Active government clearance required.

Additional Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field strongly preferred (cybersecurity, information systems, international relations, etc.).
• Experience working in an international relations role or with international partners is strongly preferred.
• Interest in and ability to apply knowledge of cybersecurity or IT concepts, policies, and procedures. Industry-standard certifications a plus (CompTIA Sec+, CEH, etc.)
• Customer service orientation with strong leadership, project management, interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication/presentation skills, including high level of attention to detail and ability to quality-control internal and external communications and products.
• Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Project, Teams, and SharePoint. Experience with Confluence/Jira is a plus.

Application instructions

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