Security Accreditation Lead, Cloud & NATO Programs

Via Logic LLC; United States; Remote; USD 108,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos seeks a Senior Security Accreditation Lead to drive NATO NCIA accreditation activities for the NITM Programme. You will coordinate inputs, evidence, and milestones across architects, engineers, cybersecurity professionals, and testers within secure environments.

You will manage accreditation artifacts, liaise with NCIA security stakeholders, and ensure alignment with IMS timelines and security requirements. Onsite in The Hague for onboarding, with ongoing international travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Information Assurance, or related discipline with 8-12 years of experience, or Master's with 6-10 years of experience.
• Active NATO Secret clearance (or higher).
• Experience supporting security accreditation, information assurance, cybersecurity compliance, certification and accreditation, or security authorization in secure environments.
• Experience developing, coordinating, and reviewing security accreditation documentation and technical evidence for complex information systems.
• Experience working with architects, engineers, cybersecurity personnel, developers, testers, and other SMEs to translate accreditation requirements into engineering activities and evidence.
• Strong understanding of secure systems engineering, defence-in-depth, IAM, network security, vulnerability management, and security verification.
• Experience coordinating accreditation activities and customer milestones with programme or project schedules.
• Experience using Jira within Agile sprint cycles, including creating/refining user stories, defining acceptance criteria, estimating story points, and tracking dependencies.

Responsibilities

• Lead programme security accreditation activities and coordinate development of inputs and evidence.
• Serve as the primary interface with NCIA and customer security stakeholders for accreditation planning and milestones.
• Translate accreditation requirements into actionable engineering activities and deliverables with cross-functional teams.
• Plan and manage accreditation work within Jira for each sprint cycle, including stories and acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate with Scrum Master and engineers to incorporate accreditation activities into sprint commitments.
• Maintain traceability between requirements, architecture, controls, test evidence, and accreditation docs.

Skills

Security accreditation

Agile collaboration

Stakeholder management

Technical writing

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity or related field

Master's degree

Tools

Jira

Job description

Leidos seeks a Senior Security Accreditation Lead to drive NATO NCIA accreditation activities for the NITM Programme. You will coordinate inputs, evidence, and milestones across architects, engineers, cybersecurity professionals, and testers within secure environments.

You will manage accreditation artifacts, liaise with NCIA security stakeholders, and ensure alignment with IMS timelines and security requirements. Onsite in The Hague for onboarding, with ongoing international travel.