ISSO Support and Continuous ATO Evidence Engineer

Zaden Technologies, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Zaden Technologies, Inc. in Huntsville, AL, seeks a senior RMF/ISSO professional to author SP 800-53 Rev. 5 controls, maintain the eMASS package, and manage POA&Ms for a DoD health data exchange program.

This remote-within-US role is contingent on contract award and will require coordinating with Government ISSO, ensuring continuous authorization, and automating evidence collection via AWS Config and pipelines.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in DoD RMF package work with eMASS.
• DoD 8140 qualification for ISSO or ability to earn within six months.
• Hands-on SP 800-53 Rev. 5 control authoring and POA&M management.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain Tier 3 investigation and IT-II designation.

Responsibilities

• Author SP 800-53 Rev. 5 control statements and keep the eMASS package current.
• Manage POA&Ms from finding to closure with engineering teams.
• Automate evidence collection with AWS Config and pipelines.
• Support assessments, inheritance decisions and authorization boundary changes.
• Maintain privilege access control to authorization tooling per security rules.

Skills

RMF packaging

eMASS

SP 800-53 Rev 5

POA&M management

AWS Config automation

Job description

Location: United States

Zaden Technologies is a defense technology company based in Huntsville, Alabama. We build AI, DevSecOps and digital engineering products and put them to work for DoD customers.

This position is contingent upon contract award. It supports a new Defense Health Agency program, and the start date follows award and Government access.

You'll author and maintain the Risk Management Framework package for a health data exchange platform and keep its continuous authorization evidence current. You'll write control statements, manage plans of action and milestones, and work with the Government ISSO and the security operations lane so the authorization never lapses.

What you'll do:

• Author SP 800-53 Rev. 5 control statements and keep the eMASS package current
• Manage POA&Ms from finding to closure with the engineering teams
• Automate evidence collection with AWS Config and the platform's pipelines
• Support assessments, inheritance decisions and authorization boundary changes
• Hold privileged access to the authorization tooling under the program's security rules

Must have:

• 5 or more years in DoD RMF package work with eMASS
• DoD 8140 qualification for the ISSO work role, or the ability to earn it within six months
• Hands-on SP 800-53 Rev. 5 control authoring and POA&M management
• U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain the Tier 3 investigation and IT-II designation this privileged role needs

Nice to have:

• An active Secret clearance or Secret eligibility
• Continuous ATO or DevSecOps pipeline evidence experience

AWS GovCloud and AWS Config

• DHA or health IT authorization experience
• Location: Remote within the United States. Zaden's home office is Huntsville, Alabama.
• Citizenship: U.S. citizenship is required for the investigation this role needs.

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