Information Assurance Lead (TS/SCI) for Federal IT Modernization

GCyber; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Parental Leave

401(k) Matching

Disability Insurance

Health Insurance (Company‑funded or co

Professional Development Plans

Commuter Benefits Plan

Parking and Transportation Allowance

Job summary

GCyber seeks an Information Assurance Lead to guide a mission-focused federal IT modernization effort in a classified environment. You will establish and lead the IA function, ensuring secure design, assessment, authorization, operation, and continuous improvement across cyber domains.

The role requires on-site presence in Washington, DC, with partial telework during early phases. You will mentor IA engineers, coordinate across teams, and drive security plans, risk analyses, and audit readiness

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI security clearance
• DoD 8570/8140 IAT II certification (Security+, CCNA-Security, CND, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, SSCP)
• Early-stage flexibility with partial telework during initial development phases
• Full-time on-site presence at secure facility in Washington, DC will be required as the program matures
• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline
• Twelve or more years of relevant experience; additional relevant experience may be considered in place of a degree
• Demonstrated experience leading cybersecurity or information assurance teams
• Experience with risk assessments, IT audits, security planning, system authorization, policy development, and compliance with federal and DoD requirements
• Working knowledge of network, cloud, application, endpoint, identity, encryption, vulnerability, logging, IDS/IPS, VPN, firewall, virtualization, and data‑protection controls
• Experience with Linux or UNIX and at least one scripting language

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor IA engineers across applications, cloud, infrastructure, DevSecOps, test, operations, and customer teams
• Ensure secure design, configuration, maintenance, monitoring, documentation, and compliance with policies
• Lead security assessments, risk analyses, vulnerability management, and audit remediation
• Coordinate certification and authorization activities and ensure evidence is complete before deployment
• Integrate security controls into software development, CM, release, and operations lifecycles
• Monitor security posture, identify threats, and drive remediation and continuous improvement
• Develop and maintain security plans, policies, procedures, control evidence, and customer briefings
• Provide clear status on security risks, accreditation dependencies, vulnerabilities, remediation, and readiness

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Written communication

Verbal communication

Cybersecurity

Risk assessment

IT audits

Policy development

Federal standards

Cross-team coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline

Tools

ServiceNow

Elastic

Kafka

AWS GovCloud

Red Hat

eMASS

RMF

NIST SP 800-53

STIGs

Linux/UNIX

Job description

GCyber seeks an Information Assurance Lead to guide a mission-focused federal IT modernization effort in a classified environment. You will establish and lead the IA function, ensuring secure design, assessment, authorization, operation, and continuous improvement across cyber domains.

The role requires on-site presence in Washington, DC, with partial telework during early phases. You will mentor IA engineers, coordinate across teams, and drive security plans, risk analyses, and audit readiness