Lead Cybersecurity Engineer — Navy RMF A&A (Hybrid)

accelintjobboardtest; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Company Holidays

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

HSA/FSA

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401k Matching

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Lyntris is seeking a Lead Cybersecurity Engineer to provide senior technical leadership for RMF A&A, ensuring cybersecurity for Navy mission-critical software. The role requires translating complex missions into secure, scalable solutions and coordinating across multiple development teams.

The position involves designing and monitoring cyber policies, maintaining continuous accreditation, and guiding defense programs in a fast-paced environment with hybrid and onsite options.

Qualifications

• Active U.S. national security clearance or ability to obtain one.
• Provides technical leadership across the contract team and government program office.
• Translates operational needs into actionable and scalable cybersecurity solutions.
• Experience with RMF A&A and NIST SP 800-37 documentation.
• 2-3 years DoN accreditation experience with eMASS artifacts (SSP, SAP, POAM, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Serve as senior engineering authority for cybersecurity across multiple applications and teams.
• Design, implement, and monitor cybersecurity policies for mission-critical software used by Navy warfighters.
• Ensure continuous cyber accreditation and approve distribution of new capabilities to fleet.
• Lead development teams through security scan reviews and remediation.
• Identify risks and develop mitigation strategies.

Skills

Technical leadership

RMF A&A

NIST SP 800-37

DoN accreditation

Stakeholder coordination

Cybersecurity strategy

Threat modeling

Risk assessment

Security governance

Tools

eMASS

Kubernetes

VS Code

AI development tools

Job description

Lyntris is seeking a Lead Cybersecurity Engineer to provide senior technical leadership for RMF A&A, ensuring cybersecurity for Navy mission-critical software. The role requires translating complex missions into secure, scalable solutions and coordinating across multiple development teams.

The position involves designing and monitoring cyber policies, maintaining continuous accreditation, and guiding defense programs in a fast-paced environment with hybrid and onsite options.