Cybersecurity Operations Lead - Active Secret at Maania Consultancy Services
Fort Meade, MD
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Jul 6, 2026
Fort Meade, MD
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior cybersecurity role at Fort Meade, MD focused on leading compliance, identity and access management, and vulnerability management efforts within a DoD environment. The position involves applying the Risk Management Framework and NIST SP 800-53 standards, administering Linux/Solaris systems, and mentoring technical staff while guiding engineering decisions. It suits an experienced security professional holding an active DoD Secret clearance and IAT Level II certification.
Senior level · 5+ years · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD · Secret clearance
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $141,208 (middle half $106,798–$194,505).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
Fort Meade, MD is within the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD CBSA (12580). The role is listed as Hybrid, so it is not fully remote.
The degree requirement is effectively None — the JD explicitly states that additional experience may substitute for a Bachelor's degree.
The active DoD Secret clearance (or higher) is a hard gate. The posting does not specify TS/SCI, so clearance is classified as Secret.
DoD IAT Level II certification is required; Security+ is cited as an example of a qualifying cert, not the only acceptable one.
Linux and Solaris are listed together as a single administration requirement; Linux is used as the primary name with Solaris as an alternative.
'IAM' in the JD refers to Identity and Access Management in a cybersecurity/compliance context, not a specific named tool — no skill entry was created for it.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): DoD IAT Level II, NIST SP 800-53.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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