Security Accreditation Lead — Private Cloud for NATO

Koitecc Solutions

Northern (KY)

Hybrid

USD 108,000 - 195,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Leidos seeks a Senior Security Accreditation Lead to drive programme-level accreditation activities across design, development, integration, testing, and acceptance of the NITM solution. You will coordinate with NCIA, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to ensure complete, traceable accreditation inputs and evidence.

On-site at the customer site in The Hague, Netherlands for 3 months, with regular travel thereafter.

Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's degree with required years of experience as stated in the job posting.
Active NATO Secret clearance (or higher).
Experience supporting security accreditation, information assurance, cybersecurity compliance, certification and accreditation, or security authorization within secure or regulated environments.
Experience developing, coordinating, and reviewing security accreditation documentation and technical evidence for complex information systems.
Experience translating accreditation requirements into engineering activities and supporting evidence with SMEs.
Strong understanding of secure systems engineering, IAM, network security, vulnerability management, and configuration management.
Experience using Jira within Agile sprint cycles to manage backlogs and plan sprints.
Experience in Agile, SAFe, or DevSecOps environments and coordinating accreditation activities with schedules.
Strong technical writing, requirements traceability, and configuration-control skills.
Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills across security authorities and multidisciplinary teams.
Experience supporting defence, government, mission-critical, or highly regulated information systems.

Responsibilities

Lead programme security accreditation activities and coordinate inputs and evidence for NCIA SADS.
Act as primary interface with NCIA Security Accreditation Lead and customer security stakeholders.
Translate requirements into actionable engineering activities and documentation in coordination with teams.
Plan and manage accreditation work within Jira for each sprint cycle.
Collaborate with Scrum Master, Chief Engineers, and Product Owners to incorporate accreditation into sprint commitments.
Review accreditation inputs for completeness, traceability, and alignment with architectures and security requirements.
Maintain traceability between requirements, architecture, controls, test evidence and accreditation docs.
Coordinate development of accreditation artifacts, risk assessments, and verification evidence.
Track NCIA comments and actions with responsible engineers and close responses.
Identify and manage accreditation risks, blockers, and schedule impacts.
Integrate accreditation activities into the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).
Monitor progress and provide status, forecasts, risks, and actions to leadership.
Coordinate with Test and Configuration Management to reflect verified capabilities.
Assess engineering changes for accreditation impact and update documentation and evidence.
Support security working groups, readiness reviews, and accreditation meetings.
Maintain accurate accreditation records and supporting evidence.