Insider Threat Technical Lead

United States - Remote

9th Way Insignia is a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business bringing transformative technology to our government customers so they can achieve their missions.  Our specialties include cybersecurity, cloud modernization, software development, data analytics, enterprise architecture, enterprise IT, analytics, process automation, and artificial intelligence.  Learn more about 9th Way Insignia at https://9thwayinsignia.com/.

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Position Overview

9th Way Insignia is seeking a hands-on Insider Threat Technical Lead to serve as the technical lead for an established Insider Risk program supporting the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This is an individual-contributor technical leadership role — not a management position. You will be the senior technical voice on a small delivery team, guiding insider-risk analysts, advising government data owners and program leadership, and personally building and tuning the Microsoft security tooling the program runs on.

What You Will Do

  • Serve as the insider-risk technical lead and trusted advisor to USPTO stakeholders: run regular customer syncs, deliver polished status reporting, and proactively bring emerging requirements (CISA directives, NIST guidance, AI policy) to the customer with an implementation path.
  • Own the technical direction of the insider-risk toolset in Microsoft Purview: Insider Risk Management policies, indicators, trigger events, sequence detection, privacy/anonymization settings, role groups and permissions, DLP, sensitivity labels and auto-labeling, eDiscovery/legal holds, and unified audit log analysis.
  • Design and maintain custom dashboards, workbooks, and playbooks in Microsoft Sentinel; work across the program’s additional SIEMs (QRadar, Splunk) and custom Microsoft UBA rule engines; investigate and triage insider-risk alerts alongside the analysts and guide them on findings.
  • Build, edit, and troubleshoot Power Automate flows that drive program automation (the program currently operates 50+ production flows), using KQL, JSON, and YAML.
  • Advise the customer on securing Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption: Purview Data Security Posture Management, permission and sharing remediation, restricted content discovery, acceptable-use and DLP policy alignment, and NIST AI RMF alignment.
  • Define, track, and brief insider-risk program KPIs to leadership (alert volume and fidelity, true/false positive rates, MTTD/MTTR, repeat offenders, exfiltration channels, departmental trends) and recommend program improvements.
  • Mentor and technically guide the program’s insider-risk analysts; answer their questions on data findings and investigation paths.
  • Operate effectively in an environment where backend administration is held by government teams: the program performs front-end policy configuration and monitoring, and works through USPTO administrators for backend changes. Patience and influence without direct admin access are essential.

Required Qualifications 

  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems Management, Cybersecurity, or a related field. 
  • Seven (7) years of specialized experience in one or more of the following: Cyberspace Operations, Network Security, Computer Forensics, Network Forensics, Computer Network Defense (CND), Attack Sensing & Warning (AS&W), Intelligence Analysis, Cyber Threat Hunting, Penetration Testing, Insider Threat Detection/Mitigation, or Incident Detection & Response. Candidates holding a Master's degree from an accredited institution in information technology, information assurance, information systems management, cybersecurity, or a related field may substitute that degree for two (2) years of experience, reducing the requirement to five (5) years of specialized experience.
  • Primary certification — must currently hold one (1) of: CISSP or GIAC Security Expert (GSE).
  • Secondary certification — in addition to the primary certification above, must currently hold one (1) or more of: GIAC Certified Detection Analyst (GCDA); GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA); GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA); GIAC Cyber Threat Intelligence (GCTI); GIAC Network Forensic Analyst (GNFA); GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN); GIAC Reverse Engineering Malware (GREM).
  • Active SECRET clearance, or the ability to obtain and maintain one. 

Location

Remote

Salary Range

$155,000 - $185,000 USD

9th Way Insignia’s range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

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Eligible employees will have access to our comprehensive benefits package which includes Medical, Dental, Vision, Voluntary Life Insurance, 401(k), Basic Life A&D, STD, LTD, PTO, Telehealth, paid holidays, FSA, HSA. Additional resources include our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Traveling Assistance.

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