Senior Cybersecurity & Compliance Strategist

Apogee Global RMS; Washington; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Apogee Global RMS seeks an experienced Senior Cybersecurity & Compliance Advisor to guide governance, risk, and compliance across a federal simulation and analytics solution. You will bridge technical security with federal requirements while communicating risks to teams, leadership, and government stakeholders.

The role emphasizes authorization readiness, control assessment, and risk mitigation, partnering with DevSecOps and cybersecurity engineers throughout design, development, testing, and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in cybersecurity, information assurance, security compliance, or federal programs.
• Knowledge of FISMA, RMF, and NIST SP 800-53.
• Experience reviewing security documentation and compliance artifacts.
• Ability to translate technical requirements into actionable recommendations.
• Strong written and verbal communication for technical and executive audiences.
• Ability to obtain suitability clearance or Public Trust if required.

Responsibilities

• Provide cybersecurity governance, risk, and compliance guidance throughout the program lifecycle.
• Advise teams on federal cybersecurity requirements, policies, and security best practices.
• Support interpretation and implementation of FISMA Moderate requirements and NIST controls.
• Participate in risk assessments, design reviews, and governance discussions.
• Identify gaps, residual risks, control deficiencies, and mitigations.
• Communicate risks and requirements to technical teams, leadership, and stakeholders.
• Review security architectures, control evidence, and documentation.
• Support development of security plans, control narratives, risk assessments, POA&Ms, and authorization-readiness artifacts.
• Assist with audits, security assessments, inspections, and authorization reviews.
• Evaluate artifacts for completeness and alignment with federal expectations.
• Assist with continuous monitoring and ongoing authorization activities.
• Review practices related to vulnerability management, logging, IAM, IR, and config mgmt.
• Provide guidance on SBOM, SAST/DAST, dependency analysis, and remediation tracking.
• Collaborate with architects, DevSecOps, PMs, and federal stakeholders.
• Support cybersecurity training, awareness, and knowledge transfer.

Skills

Cybersecurity governance

Risk advisory

Compliance guidance

FISMA Moderate

NIST RMF

NIST 800-53

Communication with stakeholders

Authorization readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity or related field

Job description

Apogee Global RMS seeks an experienced Senior Cybersecurity & Compliance Advisor to guide governance, risk, and compliance across a federal simulation and analytics solution. You will bridge technical security with federal requirements while communicating risks to teams, leadership, and government stakeholders.

The role emphasizes authorization readiness, control assessment, and risk mitigation, partnering with DevSecOps and cybersecurity engineers throughout design, development, testing, and