Cybersecurity Application Manager State Exp must

Role: Cybersecurity Application Manager (State Exp must)

Location: Remote

Application Manager

This individual will be responsible for managing project monitoring team performance ensuring optimal resource allocation and overseeing vendor relationships. The Application Manager will also ensure that cross-work stream interactions are efficiently managed and that all deliverables align with business objectives timelines and quality standards. A strong understanding of technology security practices and familiarity with security policies and compliance requirements within state agencies are essential to this role.

Key Responsibilities:

Team Coordination & Cross-Work Stream Interaction:

• Facilitate coordination between cross-functional teams and work streams to ensure effective communication knowledge sharing and alignment across departments.
• Drive collaboration between different teams ensuring that each work stream is on track with clear ownership and timelines.
• Act as the main point of contact between work streams ensuring that dependencies between teams are identified and managed proactively.

Project Oversight & Progress Monitoring:

• Develop comprehensive project plans that outline clear goals milestones deadlines and responsibilities across multiple work streams.
• Track the progress of all work streams within a project ensuring that individual streams align with overall project objectives and timelines.
• Address any delays or issues that arise ensuring smooth project progression and that any interdependencies are handled efficiently.

Resource Allocation & Bandwidth Management:

• Monitor team capacity and bandwidth across work streams to ensure that resources are optimally allocated and that no team or individual is overburdened.
• Reallocate resources as needed to maintain a balanced workload and ensure high-priority tasks are completed on time.
• Ensure alignment of resources across multiple work streams to avoid conflicts and optimize productivity.

Performance Tracking & Evaluation:

• Continuously monitor and evaluate the performance of teams and work streams using data to assess productivity and identify areas for improvement.
• Provide regular feedback to team members and work stream leaders identifying opportunities for process improvements or resource adjustments.
• Report on the status of project deliverables and team performance to senior leadership offering insights and actionable recommendations.

Task Progression & Outcome Evaluation:

• Ensure the timely completion of tasks across work streams making adjustments as needed to accommodate shifts in priorities or resources.
• Evaluate the outcomes of completed projects identifying key successes and areas for future improvement.
• Risk Security & Issue Management:
• Proactively identify and address potential risks including cybersecurity vulnerabilities or compliance issues that may affect the progress or quality of work across different work streams.
• Develop risk mitigation plans and implement corrective actions promptly to keep projects on course.
• Ensure that all project risks including those related to security policies and data protection are communicated to stakeholders in a timely manner.
• Maintain familiarity with state agency security regulations and ensure that applications and systems comply with applicable state and federal security policies and standards.

Security Collaboration & Guidance:

• Work closely with enterprise security teams to review and validate security architecture for applications across cloud on-premises and hybrid environments.
• Provide ongoing security guidance to application development and DevOps teams ensuring adherence to security best practices throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Collaborate on the implementation of secure CI/CD pipelines integrating security checks such as static/dynamic code analysis secrets scanning and artifact integrity verification.
• Guide teams on proper configuration and use of cloud security services (e.g. IAM encryption network security controls) in platforms such as AWS Azure or Google Cloud.
• Assist in developing and enforcing infrastructure security standards including secure provisioning patch management and hardening of resources across environments.
• Participate in threat modeling and security risk assessments to proactively identify and mitigate vulnerabilities in application design and deployment strategies.

Vendor Management & Collaboration:

• Oversee relationships with external vendors ensuring they deliver products and services on time and within agreed-upon terms.
• Collaborate with vendors to resolve any project-related issues and ensure that their deliverables meet organizational and security standards.
• Ensure that vendor engagements include appropriate security clauses and that vendors adhere to state-mandated cybersecurity practices.
• Continuous Improvement & Process Optimization:
• Identify opportunities to streamline workflows across work streams improve communication and increase efficiency.
• Implement best practices and process improvements to optimize project resource allocation and team collaboration.
• Continuously integrate security best practices into the application lifecycle and project management methodologies.

Qualifications:

• 10years experience in application management project oversight and cross-functional team coordination.
• Strong leadership and organizational skills with a demonstrated ability to manage and oversee multiple teams and work streams simultaneously.
• Proven experience collaborating with security architects and engineering teams to ensure secure application design and deployment.
• Strong understanding of cloud security principles including identity management encryption and network segmentation.
• Experience with secure CI/CD practices and infrastructure-as-code security controls (e.g. Terraform Ansible GitOps).
• Familiarity with security tools and platforms container security vulnerability management and SIEM systems.
• Demonstrated experience with cybersecurity principles secure application development and compliance with state agency IT security policies.
• Familiarity with regulatory frameworks such as NIST HIPAA CJIS or other relevant government security standards.
• Experience in vendor management including negotiation performance tracking and contract management.
• Expertise in project management tools and methodologies with the ability to track performance and optimize resources effectively.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to drive cross-functional collaborationand manage complex relationships.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to manage risks and resolve issues in a timely manner.

Required/Desired Skills

Skill Required/Desired Amount of Experience Application management project oversight and cross-functional team coordination. Required 10 Years Strong leadership and organizational skills with a demonstrated ability to manage and oversee multiple teams and work streams simultaneously. Required 0 Proven experience collaborating with security architects and engineering teams to ensure secure application design and deployment. Required 0 Strong understanding of cloud security principles including identity management encryption and network segmentation. Required 0 Experience with secure CI/CD practices and infrastructure-as-code security controls (e.g. Terraform Ansible GitOps). Required 5 Years Familiarity with security tools and platforms container security vulnerability management and SIEM systems. Highly desired 0 Demonstrated experience with cybersecurity principles secure application development and compliance with state agency IT security policies. Required 5 Years Familiarity with regulatory frameworks such as NIST HIPAA CJIS or other relevant government security standards. Highly desired 0 Experience in vendor management including negotiation performance tracking and contract management. Required 5 Years Expertise in project management tools and methodologies with the ability to track performance and optimize resources effectively. Required 0 Excellent communication skills with the ability to drive cross-functional collaboration and manage complex relationships. Required 0 Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to manage risks and resolve issues in a timely manner. Required 0