Cybersecurity & RMF Support - Senior

Cybersecurity Jobs; Aberdeen Proving Ground (MD); On-site; USD 125,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

MAKOA TECHNOLOGY SERVICES INC at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, seeks a Senior IT cybersecurity specialist to support RMF and ATO lifecycle activities, ensuring security authorization readiness through control and evidence management, baseline reconciliation, and DISA STIG support for ATC networks.

The role requires five or more years in RMF lifecycle and a Top Secret clearance by award, with the ability to maintain classified-network access and collaborate with assessors, engineers, and system

Qualifications

• 5+ years supporting RMF lifecycle reporting and software/hardware reconciliation.
• Current certification CISSP or CASP+ or SecurityX by contract award.
• Experience managing networks using Windows, Linux, and Apple in both classified and unclassified environments.
• Top Secret clearance by contract award, with the ability to maintain classified-network access.
• Ability to maintain accurate technical documentation and collaborate with assessors, engineers, and system owners.

Responsibilities

• Support RMF categorization, security controls, assessments, security authorization, ATO maintenance, and lifecycle reporting.
• Reconcile hardware and software assets and current configurations with approved baselines and related documentation.
• Review engineering changes with attention to system boundaries, interoperability, and configuration-management packages.
• Maintain security-control evidence, assessment findings, POA&Ms, and continuous-monitoring records.
• Support SCA reviews, vulnerability management, DISA STIG compliance, and IAVM activities for ATC networks.

Skills

RMF reporting

Asset reconciliation

ATO management

Documentation

Collaboration

Education

CISSP or CASP+ or SecurityX

Tools

Windows

Linux

Apple

Job description

Onsite at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, MAKOA TECHNOLOGY SERVICES INC is seeking a Senior IT cybersecurity specialist to support RMF and Authority to Operate (ATO) lifecycle activities for the U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center. This role centers on ensuring security authorization readiness through ongoing control and evidence management, configuration baseline reconciliation, and vulnerability and DISA STIG support for ATC networks.

Bring your experience across the RMF lifecycle and system configuration alignment to help maintain documentation, support assessments, and sustain authorization activities. The position requires a Top Secret personnel clearance by contract award and the ability to maintain classified-network access.

Responsibilities

• Support RMF categorization, security controls, assessments, security authorization, ATO maintenance, and lifecycle reporting.
• Reconcile hardware and software assets and current configurations with approved system baselines and related security documentation.
• Review engineering changes with attention to system boundaries, interoperability, and configuration-management/technical control packages.
• Maintain security-control evidence, assessment findings, POA&Ms, and continuous-monitoring records.
• Support SCA reviews, vulnerability management, DISA STIG compliance, and IAVM activities for ATC networks.

Requirements

• Five (5) or more years supporting both RMF lifecycle reporting and software/hardware reconciliation.
• Current certification CompTIA CASP+ / SecurityX or CISSP by contract award (CISSP is an accepted equivalent).
• Experience managing networks using Windows, Linux, and Apple platforms in both classified and unclassified environments.
• Top Secret clearance by contract award, with the ability to maintain required classified-network/SIPRNet access.
• Ability to maintain accurate technical documentation and collaborate with assessors, engineers, and system owners.

Preferred Experience

• Familiarity with NIST SP 800-53, DoDI 8510.01, security authorization packages, STIGs, POA&Ms, or vulnerability-assessment tools.

Compensation: USD 125,000 - 135,000 per year.

Technologies: RMF, Windows, Linux, Apple, SIPRNet.