Remote Senior Cybersecurity Guidance Lead

SkyePoint Decisions; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Certification incentive program

PTO

Floating federal holiday options

Health insurance

Dental plan

Vision plan

401k matched

Job summary

SkyePoint Decisions seeks a Technical Guidance Lead to provide senior technical and management leadership for non-assessment cybersecurity support across government programs and initiatives. You will translate NIST/OMB requirements into practical guidance, architecture advice, and implementation recommendations for stakeholders.

This remote position requires expertise in security requirements, controls, architecture, cloud technologies, continuous monitoring, and risk management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field relevant to cybersecurity or information systems.
• CISSP or equivalent senior certification required or strongly preferred.
• Expert knowledge of Federal cybersecurity requirements, NIST RMF, and risk management practices.

Responsibilities

• Serve as senior technical authority for non-assessment cybersecurity matters; translate requirements into actionable guidance.
• Provide guidance on security controls, architecture, cloud and emerging tech, monitoring, and risk responses.
• Review approaches and designs for alignment with mission needs and identify implementation risks and solutions.
• Plan and lead major technical-guidance assignments with cross-functional teams across stakeholders.
• Lead resolution of complex cybersecurity issues and present defensible recommendations to Government decision-makers.
• Promote standardized cybersecurity guidance, templates, and reusable practices across programs.
• Advise Government leadership on impacts, risks, and tradeoffs; prepare technical briefings and decision-support materials.
• Coordinate with system owners, ISSOs/ISSMs, engineers, and operations to maintain technical alignment.
• Monitor changes in Federal/customer requirements and update guidance and implementation priorities.

Skills

CISSP

NIST RMF

Cybersecurity architecture

Federal requirements

Cloud security

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, IS, CS, Eng

Job description

SkyePoint Decisions seeks a Technical Guidance Lead to provide senior technical and management leadership for non-assessment cybersecurity support across government programs and initiatives. You will translate NIST/OMB requirements into practical guidance, architecture advice, and implementation recommendations for stakeholders.

This remote position requires expertise in security requirements, controls, architecture, cloud technologies, continuous monitoring, and risk management.