Remote Security Administrator — GRC & HIPAA

Peraton; Idaho; On-site; USD 51,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking an experienced Security Administrator to maintain a continuous compliance posture across SGS contracts, focusing on policy management, audit support, and third‑party risk oversight in a NIST SP 800‑53 Rev. 5 and HIPAA/HITECH framework environment.

The role requires strong project management, cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to support security leadership, vendors, and on-site engineering teams, with telework options from EST/MST/CST. U.S. citizenship is required.

Qualifications

• 2 years with BS/BA or 6 years with HS diploma/equivalent
• Security governance, risk, and compliance (GRC), third‑party risk management, audit support, and data protection
• Experience performing control assessment and gap analysis against NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5, and managing the POA&M lifecycle
• Vendor and Application security risk management experience
• Authoring ability for policies, control narratives, and deficiency documentation
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, with excellent communication and stakeholder collaboration abilities
• US citizenship required

Responsibilities

• Author, maintain, and update security policies, procedures, standards, plans, and control documentation for the SGS Contracts environment
• Perform control testing and gap analysis against NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5, HIPAA/HITECH and CMS ARS/PIM
• Document deficiencies and manage the POA&M lifecycle from identification through closure
• Respond to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEVs) and compliance data calls
• Support maintenance of the control evidence library and GRC platform records
• Serve as the operational-side evidence provider for annual independent assessments and CMS reviews
• Support Security Assessment preparation and report development
• Ensure audit-readiness on any given day
• Conduct vendor security due diligence and assessments
• Perform contract and control reviews, continuous monitoring, and risk reporting
• Manage vendor security questionnaires and ongoing verification
• Administer SMM platform documentation, audit activities, and training
• Serve as application owner liaison or PMO coordination for SMM activities
• Support application ID administration and controls
• Generate and audit Lenel access reports and conduct group audits
• Support training and onboarding activities
• Leverage SharePoint and PowerApps to streamline workflows
• Participate in change control boards and technical solutioning
• Support program operations including small projects and cross-functional support
• Telework available from EST, MST or CST time zones

Skills

Security Admin

GRC

Audit support

Vendor risk mgmt

Incident response

SharePoint admin

PowerApps

NIST 800-53 Rev.5

HIPAA/HITECH

CMS requirements

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE

Tools

SharePoint

PowerApps

Job description

Peraton is seeking an experienced Security Administrator to maintain a continuous compliance posture across SGS contracts, focusing on policy management, audit support, and third‑party risk oversight in a NIST SP 800‑53 Rev. 5 and HIPAA/HITECH framework environment.

The role requires strong project management, cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to support security leadership, vendors, and on-site engineering teams, with telework options from EST/MST/CST. U.S. citizenship is required.