Federal GRC Engineer | NIST & FedRAMP A&A

Jobless; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career Development

Role-Related Training

Competitive Compensation

Growth Opportunity

Remote-First Culture

Job summary

Workstreet is seeking a GRC Engineer (NIST 800-53/FedRAMP) to join our government delivery practice. You will support client-facing compliance initiatives, author authorization artifacts, and run gap assessments across the A&A lifecycle.

As a key technical contributor, you will collaborate with federal agencies and 3PAOs, maintain SSPs/POA&Ms, and help clients achieve and sustain compliance in government cloud environments. US Eastern hours apply with remote-first flexibility.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of direct experience executing GRC deliverables across NIST SP 800-53, FedRAMP, or NIST RMF lifecycles.
• Hands-on experience creating, evaluating, and maintaining SSPs, POA&Ms, and technical security narratives.
• Ability to manage multiple federal compliance projects concurrently without losing detail.
• Familiar with cloud services in government clouds like AWS GovCloud or Azure Government.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Execute NIST 800-53 control mappings and apply controls to software architectures to meet federal standards.
• Author SSPs, POA&Ms, and supporting A&A artifacts.
• Conduct readiness and gap assessments for ATO or FedRAMP paths.
• Support ConMon cycles by tracking vulnerability logs, POA&M updates, and changes.
• Coordinate with 3PAOs and assessors during A&A activities.
• Assist in remediation of control deficiencies across baselines.
• Map authorization boundaries and shared responsibility across cloud environments.
• Stay current on NIST SP 800-53 revisions and FedRAMP updates.

Skills

Federal compliance practitioner

Federal artifact author

Multi-project GRC operator

Sovereign cloud environment navigator

Effective client communicator

High-velocity startup operator

Job description

Workstreet is seeking a GRC Engineer (NIST 800-53/FedRAMP) to join our government delivery practice. You will support client-facing compliance initiatives, author authorization artifacts, and run gap assessments across the A&A lifecycle.

As a key technical contributor, you will collaborate with federal agencies and 3PAOs, maintain SSPs/POA&Ms, and help clients achieve and sustain compliance in government cloud environments. US Eastern hours apply with remote-first flexibility.