Lead Cybersecurity Engineer — RMF & Navy Systems

Accelint; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Paid Company Holidays

Optional HSA and FSA

Base and Voluntary Life Insurance

Short Term & Long-Term Disability

401k Matching

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Lyntris seeks a Lead Cybersecurity Engineer to provide senior technical leadership for RMF assessment and authorization across Navy-focused software systems. The role requires translating mission requirements into secure, scalable solutions and ensuring compliance with NIST RMF standards. The position offers hybrid work options in the San Diego area and requires an active U.S.

security clearance. Responsibilities include designing and overseeing cyber policy implementation, managing cross-team

Qualifications

• Active U.S. security clearance or ability to obtain one.
• Lead cybersecurity strategy for RMF assessment and authorization (A&A).
• Coordinate across government program office and contract team to meet security needs.
• Develop system IA documentation to support RMF accreditation through eMASS.
• Experience with Navy accreditation (DoN) and related processes.
• Identify and mitigate cyber risks across programs and systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior cybersecurity leadership for RMF A&A across multiple applications.
• Design, implement, and monitor cybersecurity policies for mission-critical software.
• Lead software teams through identification, review, and remediation of security findings.
• Ensure continuous cyber accreditation and authorization to deploy capabilities.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to improve overall cyber posture.

Skills

Active U.S. clearance

Technical leadership

RMF A&A

NIST standards

Kubernetes

AI development tools

Stakeholder management

Security engineering

Tools

eMASS

Job description

Lyntris seeks a Lead Cybersecurity Engineer to provide senior technical leadership for RMF assessment and authorization across Navy-focused software systems. The role requires translating mission requirements into secure, scalable solutions and ensuring compliance with NIST RMF standards. The position offers hybrid work options in the San Diego area and requires an active U.S.

security clearance. Responsibilities include designing and overseeing cyber policy implementation, managing cross-team