Remote Federal Cyber Governance Lead

SkyePoint Decisions; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Certification incentive program

PTO

Health insurance

401k matched

Job summary

SkyePoint Decisions is seeking an Oversight and Governance Lead to support a federal client. The role focuses on cybersecurity governance, assessments, audits, and quality activities across RMF, NIST, and federal requirements, coordinating Government and contractor stakeholders.

The position is remote and requires experience leading high-impact security programs, strong writing and briefing skills, and the ability to drive remediation and continuous improvement while maintaining audit readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• 5–10 years of relevant cybersecurity, information assurance, governance, assessment/authorization, audit/compliance, or quality-assurance experience.
• Senior professional certification such as CISSP or equivalent.
• Active Secret clearance preferred; U.S. Citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Lead periodic/annual O&G evaluations and assess alignment with NIST, OMB, and applicable Federal requirements across A&A/OSA, Common Controls, Vulnerability Management, Security Operations/SOC, DLP, and Zero Trust.
• Coordinate data calls, evidence/artifacts, system and configuration information, testing access, interviews, walkthroughs, and control assessments; evaluate program/control effectiveness and maintain complete, traceable, timely evidence.
• Drive vulnerabilities, findings, and gaps through remediation, validation, documentation updates, and closure; support continuous monitoring and recommend improvements based on recurring weaknesses and assessment results.
• Lead contractor support for IV&V, QA, LMM compliance, process reviews, system assessments/audits, management reviews, and other Government surveillance; coordinate requested information, personnel, facilities, quality-system documentation, and technical/management assistance.
• Maintain traceability of configuration items, baselines, and builds supporting LMM, Change Management, Configuration Management, and auditability; track review evidence, findings, owners, deadlines, and corrective actions.
• Coordinate timely responses, through authorized contractual channels, to external inquiries, studies, inspections, validations, and audits involving Congress, GAO, OMB, OIG, Departmental programs, and other authorized Federal entities.

Skills

CISSP

Cybersecurity governance

Stakeholder coordination

Technical writing

Briefings

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity or related field

Job description

SkyePoint Decisions is seeking an Oversight and Governance Lead to support a federal client. The role focuses on cybersecurity governance, assessments, audits, and quality activities across RMF, NIST, and federal requirements, coordinating Government and contractor stakeholders.

The position is remote and requires experience leading high-impact security programs, strong writing and briefing skills, and the ability to drive remediation and continuous improvement while maintaining audit readiness.