Cybersecurity Assessments Lead
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AGE Solutions is looking for a Cybersecurity Assessments Lead to join our team in support of an upcoming cybersecurity risk management and assessment program with our DoD customer. In this role you will lead a team of Assessors responsible for Cybersecurity Assessments and Authorization (A&A), Risk Management, Information Assurance (IA) Support, and Risk Adjudication and Connection services.
Individuals in this role must be able and willing to travel extensively, approximately 85%.
Position Responsibilities:
- Establish, develop, and implement enterprise IA and security standards and procedures.
- Coordinate and evaluate organizational security programs.
- Identify, report, and resolve security violations.
- Assess and satisfy IA/security requirements based on user, policy, regulatory, and resource needs.
- Conduct cybersecurity assessments, audits, and inspections for DoD entities and affiliated organizations.
- Evaluate systems and Defensive Cyberspace Operations using cyber threat emulation and performance-based testing.
- Follow policies and process guidelines for each assessment type.
- Support assessment processes, ensuring security expertise in cyber evaluations.
- Lead SCA Team logistics, test plans, and scope.
- Perform vulnerability assessments and document results using designated tools (e.g., STIG Viewer, eMASS).
- Analyze security vulnerabilities, recommend mitigations, and provide guidance.
- Identify security gaps in architecture and make recommendations.
- Validate cybersecurity controls, policies, and best practices based on DoD and NIST frameworks.
- Provide analysis of assessment results and risk information for authorization recommendations.
- Define, review, and document applicable controls for compliance status.
- Participate in assessment meetings, including in-briefs, out-briefs, and daily reviews.
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in an IT-related field
- Ten (10) or more years of IT program/project management experience leading audits and inspections with at least five (5) years (of the ten total) in a DoD/Federal environment.
- Have an active DoD Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility
- DoD 8570 IAM/IA Technical (IAT) Level III certification.
- Demonstrated experience with STIGs (Security Technical Implementation Guides), Security Requirement Guides (SRGs), Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms) and cybersecurity best practices
- Advanced understanding of the RMF process, NIST SP 800- 37, NIST SP 800-53, CNSSI 1253
- Advanced understanding of key technologies areas/domain such as: Network, Mobility, Windows, UNIX, Cloud Environments and Cloud Native Tools/Services, Host Based Security System (HBSS)/Endpoint Security Solutions (ESS), Databases, Applications
- Experience leading and managing large, distributed teams
- Demonstrated experience with applying compliance standards to large and complex IT environments.
- Demonstrated ability to evaluate the design and effectiveness of controls and standards to ensure compliancy IAW the applicable audits and inspections for an organization.
- Demonstrated expert level understanding of vulnerabilities/weaknesses across complex IT environments and ability to understand applicability of security standards across technologies.
- Demonstrated experience with data analysis and developing work products to enable Government risk-based decisions.
- Demonstrated experience with the development and execution of knowledge management best practices and the automation of knowledge management frameworks to enhance processes and procedures related to the management of a project.
Compensation: $155,000 - $170,000
At AGE Solutions, we reward performance, invest in growth, and share success. Our benefits support the whole person, professionally, financially, and personally.
- 26 Days Paid Leave: Includes vacation, sick, personal time, and holidays. You choose how to use it.
- Performance Bonuses: Issued twice annually, based on company performance. We succeed together and share the results.
- 401(k) with Match: 3% company match with immediate vesting, plus company-paid life insurance up to $300K and options for additional coverage for you and your dependents.
- Health Benefits: Multiple medical plans, dental, vision, FSA and HSA options to fit your needs.
- Parental Leave: 15 days of fully paid leave for new parents, because family matters.
- Military Differential Pay: We bridge the gap for employees on active duty so they don’t take a financial hit while serving.
- Professional Growth: Paid training and certifications, tuition reimbursement, and the tools and tech to get the job done right.
- Shared Success: In the event of a company sale, our CEO has committed to returning up to 80% of net proceeds to employees, a rare, values-driven approach to profit sharing.
At AGE, you’ll do work that matters, supported by a company that delivers for its people.
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