Job Title: Special Assistant
Location: Rosslyn, VA
Terms: Full-time, On-site (After 90 days of employment, flex/hybrid may be considered)
Requirements: Must be a U.S. Citizen with Active Security Clearance
About the Role
Currently seeking to hire an experienced Special Assistant to join the Diplomatic Security Cyber Mission Program, delivering leading cyber and technology security expertise to enable innovative, effective, and secure business processes.
Responsibilities
- Attend and support business consulting needs to the officeleadership by providing recommendations, meeting conduct, riskand action management, and problem resolution.
- Prepare, review and edit technical correspondence andpresentations for internal/external meetings.
- Assist in the production and publication of Reports Manuals,Technical procedure and other supporting Cyber Security relateddocumentation.
- Assist and support administrative managers and directors in theirdaily tasks.
- Provide and enable reporting needs for office leadership tostakeholders outside of the organization including presentationsand event management.
- Provide a bridge for complex cyber issues at all levels of theDepartment using superlative verbal and written communicationand interpersonal skills.
- Coordinate and prepare products (taskers, cables, officialmemoranda, etc. from internal and external organizations).
- Gather data and information from Offices, review data for accuracyand relevancy, compile information, ensure product quality(substance, format and grammar), and shepherd the productthrough approval processes.
- Research, coordinate, and develop materials for special projects(unique, unforeseen, ad hoc, and urgent).
- Engage at the executive level with Department leaders to achieveproject objectives
- Communicate Front Office task direction to the Office levelprograms and coordinate final Directorate level deliverables.
- Serve as the central coordination point for the Security OperationsCenter (SOC), aligning incident response, intelligence, andoperational priorities with executive leadership while ensuringtimely decision-making and accountability.
- ·Draft, review, and standardize clear, concise responses to internaland external inquiries (e.g., leadership requests, clientcommunications, regulatory questions), ensuring accuracy,appropriate tone, and alignment with organizational policies andsecurity posture.
- Drive operational efficiency by managing workflows, tracking keySOC metrics (SLAs, incident response times, escalation trends),and preparing executive-ready briefings, reports, and after-actionsummaries.
Qualifications: Basic Requirements
- A bachelor’s degree and minimum of 5 years of relevantexperience.
- An additional 4 years of experience may be substituted in lieuof degree.
- Must possess or be able to obtain the following certification before start date: Security+
- Demonstrated experience in developing requirements, work-flow,and systems analysis.
- Experience and familiarity with preparing complex operatinginstructions.
- Demonstrated experience reviewing and editing technicalcorrespondence and presentations for internal/external meetings.
- Experience engaging with executive level leadership.
- Active Secret security with the ability to obtain a final TopSecret/SCI security clearance.
About Us
Cyber Management International Corporation is actively recruiting highly IT Security professionals looking for challenging, exciting work in support of the U.S. Department of State (DOS). Specifically, our customer is the Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS), Directorate of Cyber and Technology Security (CTS). DS/CTS is a center of excellence that brings together cybersecurity, technology security, and investigative expertise as a unified security capability focused on solving critical and emerging issues enabling the State Department to fulfill its vital global mission.
For more information about our company, please visit www.cybermgt.com or email us at [email protected]
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $150,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Security clearance:
Work Location: In person
