Security Authorization Lead: FedRAMP & RMF Expert

Leidos Inc; Eagan (MN); Hybrid; USD 108,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos seeks a Security Authorization Lead to join the Air Traffic Business Area within the Homeland Sector, supporting the Leidos Common Automation Platform (L-CAP). This hybrid role requires 3 days onsite and 2 days remote for candidates within commutable distance from Gaithersburg, MD; Eagan, MN; or Egg Harbor Township, NJ.

Remote consideration possible otherwise. You will own the RMF/ATO authorization lifecycle for L-CAP workloads, coordinate with FAA security and Authorizing Official

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, IT, or related field with 6+ years of relevant cybersecurity, compliance, or security authorization experience, or a Master's degree with 4+ years.
• Experience leading a federal information system through RMF to ATO or equivalent authorization, including NIST 800-53 Rev. 5 control implementation and assessment.
• Experience developing and defending authorization packages, including SSPs, POA&Ms, Security Assessment Reports, and authorization boundary diagrams.
• Experience with FedRAMP cloud control inheritance, Customer Responsibility Matrices, vulnerability management, CVE disposition, and remediation tracking.
• Experience working directly with government security reviewers, ISSOs, and/or Authorizing Official staff.
• Ability to translate security requirements into actionable engineering backlog items and coordinate compliance across multiple Agile engineering teams.
• Strong technical writing skills with experience producing government-facing security documentation.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust and successfully complete required government background investigations.
• U.S. citizenship required, including eligibility for FAA facility and information system access (continuous U.S. residency for at least 3 of the previous 5 years).

Responsibilities

• Lead the government RMF/ATO authorization for L-CAP workloads on government cloud.
• Own and maintain the security authorization package with evidence and diagrams.
• Define security control inheritance across cloud, government platform, and Leidos apps.
• Interface with government security reviewers, ISSOs, assessors, and AO staff.
• Manage POA&M and continuous monitoring lifecycle, including remediation milestones.
• Maintain the authorization boundary as architecture evolves.
• Coordinate cross-ART compliance across four Agile Release Trains.
• Support FedRAMP and agency-specific authorization requirements.
• Coordinate personnel security and facility access eligibility.
• Champion AI-first engineering culture through AI-assisted development.

Skills

RMF/ATO process

FedRAMP security

NIST 800-53 Rev.5

Security documentation

SAFe / Agile compliance

U.S. citizenship

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, IT, or related field

Master's degree

Tools

SBOM

Xacta

eMASS

OSCAL

Job description

Leidos seeks a Security Authorization Lead to join the Air Traffic Business Area within the Homeland Sector, supporting the Leidos Common Automation Platform (L-CAP). This hybrid role requires 3 days onsite and 2 days remote for candidates within commutable distance from Gaithersburg, MD; Eagan, MN; or Egg Harbor Township, NJ.

Remote consideration possible otherwise. You will own the RMF/ATO authorization lifecycle for L-CAP workloads, coordinate with FAA security and Authorizing Official