Team Leader - Security

Unissant, Inc. delivers innovative capabilities to the agencies that keep our nation healthy and safe. We apply our domain expertise, data acumen, and technology know-how to achieve breakthrough results for our clients. Working collaboratively, we advance missions and careers through a focus on honesty, integrity, and dependability. We continuously look for talent, excited to join that effort. To learn more about our exciting organization, please visit us at We are seeking a Team Leader - Security to join our team and support our client. The ideal candidate is a proactive security-focused technical leader who understands how to embed compliance, endpoint protection, and operational discipline into enterprise IT support. This individual combines hands-on technical knowledge with the leadership skills needed to guide teams, improve controls, and protect critical environments. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Lead security-related support activities within Tier 3 back-end support and engineering operations. Support security compliance, reporting, audit response, and operational implementation activities across the environment. Coordinate efforts related to endpoint protection, permissions, device security, and local security configurations. Partner with technical teams and stakeholders to strengthen security posture and align support activities with organizational requirements. Support documentation, process improvement, and reporting related to security operations and compliance tasks. Contribute to root cause analysis, change management, and technical planning efforts where security considerations are essential. Work Experience and Job Skills: Strong experience supporting enterprise security operations, local security controls, or security compliance functions in an IT operations environment. Knowledge of security reporting, audit support, endpoint security tools, and technical controls. Ability to collaborate across operational and engineering teams in support of secure service delivery. Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills. Strong written and verbal communication skills in support of technical and compliance‑related activities. Education: Bachelor's Degree is required. Preferred field of study in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Information Systems, or related field of study. MBA/Master's Degree in a relevant field of study preferred. Certificates, Licenses and Registrations: Desired certifications may include CISSP, Security+, ITIL, or other credentials relevant to enterprise security and compliance support. Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written skills, ability to present proposals and performance data, comfortable interfacing all levels of organization. Ability to write clear and concise creative content in a highly confidential manner. Clearance Requirements: Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance. Travel: Local travel within a 50-mile radius of NIH Bethesda, Maryland is not reimbursable. On occasion, travel may be required of Contractor personnel and, if approved in advance by the Contracting Officer, may be reimbursed in accordance with Federal Travel Regulations. Work may be performed at Government facilities, remote locations, or approved employee work locations in support of Government operations. Environmental Requirements: Mainly a routine office environment. May be required to lift up to ten (10) pounds Flexible in working extended hours The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the individual(s) assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Unissant management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as necessary. In addition, where applicable and available, reasonable accommodation(s) may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of this position. Please note: Candidate(s) will be required to go through pre‑employment screening. Unissant, Inc. is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer! (EOE; M/F/Disability/Vets) #J-18808-Ljbffr Unissant