Lead RMF Cybersecurity Engineer — Remote Ready

Booz Allen Hamilton; Maryland; On-site; USD 113,000 - 257,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid leave

Tuition assistance

Professional development

Work-life programs

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking an experienced RMF governance professional to own DoD RMF activities and maintain authorization artifacts, eMASS records, and remediation evidence. You will analyze STIG/SCAP/ACAS findings and ensure accurate reflection of the system’s cybersecurity posture.

Responsibilities include managing RMF lifecycles, creating SOPs, coordinating POA&Ms, and collaborating with ISSMs, engineers, and system owners to validate evidence and close actions.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience with DoD RMF or cybersecurity.
• Experience using eMASS to address security controls, create POA&M, and upload artifacts such as STIG checklists or ACAS scans
• Experience with the administration of Windows, Linux, AWS Cloud and containerization systems and software configuration
• Knowledge of NIST SP 800-37, NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5, DoDI 8510.01, POA&M management, and DoD authorization practices
• Knowledge of TCP, IP, ports, protocols, firewalls, segmentation, PKI, encryption, IAM, and DoD network security concepts
• Ability to validate STIG and vulnerability findings, false positives, risk acceptances, mitigations, remediation evidence, and closure packages using ACAS, Nessus scans, STIGs, SCAP, SCC, vulnerability results, configuration reviews, system queries, and manual procedures
• Ability to analyze system boundaries, data flows, external interfaces, interconnections, inherited controls, and common-control dependencies
• DoD 8570 or 8140-aligned Certification such as Security+, CISSP, or CASP+ Certification

Responsibilities

• Manage the RMF lifecycle activities and authorization-package maintenance.
• Maintain SSP, ConMon Plan, IRP, CMP, control narratives, diagrams, inventories, and supporting evidence.
• Perform eMASS package administration and quality assurance.
• Coordinate monthly POA&M updates, evidence validation, milestone tracking, and closure.
• Analyze NIST SP 800-53 Rev.5 controls and translate requirements into system-specific implementation statements.
• Develop Security Impact Assessments for proposed system and configuration changes.
• Develop or coordinate ISAs, MOAs, and MOUs as required for system interconnections.
• Support T-Req and data-connection reviews and coordinate with ISSM, engineers, and system owners, reviewing tickets for completeness.
• Prepare packages for continuous monitoring and authorization reviews with stakeholders.
• Analyze source, destination, ports, protocols, services, data sensitivity, encryption, authentication, boundary protection, and mission need.
• Identify required security artifacts, approvals, firewall, network actions, and interconnection documentation.
• Coordinate with ISSM, network and security engineering, system owners, and requestors.
• Maintain status, metrics, aging reports, and escalation paths.
• Identify high-risk or nonstandard connection requests for deeper assessment.

Skills

DoD RMF

Cybersecurity

eMASS

POA&M

NIST SP 800-53 Rev.5

DoD 8570 / 8140

Security+

CISSP

CASP+

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Cyber

Tools

eMASS

ACAS

Nessus

STIG

SCAP

SCC

POA&M management

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking an experienced RMF governance professional to own DoD RMF activities and maintain authorization artifacts, eMASS records, and remediation evidence. You will analyze STIG/SCAP/ACAS findings and ensure accurate reflection of the system’s cybersecurity posture.

Responsibilities include managing RMF lifecycles, creating SOPs, coordinating POA&Ms, and collaborating with ISSMs, engineers, and system owners to validate evidence and close actions.