Senior Cybersecurity Specialist — RMF & Risk Leader

Xcelerate Solutions; Corridor North (MD); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid (2–3 days onsite)

Drug-free workplace

Job summary

VMD Corp, now a part of Xcelerate Solutions, seeks a Senior Cybersecurity Specialist to lead security and compliance leadership across IT projects. You will support A&A processes, assess security postures, track vulnerabilities and POA&Ms, and identify cybersecurity risk across programs.

The role requires extensive experience, strong communication with executives, and collaboration across teams in a hybrid U.S. setting.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of cybersecurity and compliance experience.
• CISSP or CISM certification.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and define proper methods and procedures.
• Understanding of guiding cybersecurity principles and control guidance.
• Effective writing skills to capture issues and recommendations.
• Strong customer relationship-building ability.

Responsibilities

• Actively participate and lead meetings to review and assess compliance of systems and technology.
• Perform risk assessments based on Federal guidelines and industry best practices.
• Assist teams in identifying vulnerabilities and providing recommendations to reduce cybersecurity risk.
• Create and mature control-specific procedures for RMF control families by interpreting NIST requirements and developing documentation.
• Articulate and report on cybersecurity risk and compliance to executives and senior leaders.
• Understand vulnerability details and craft actionable remediation plans.
• Create, maintain, and track POA&Ms with system owners and technical teams to ensure closure.
• Support remediation of control-based POA&Ms and review closure evidence.
• Author A&A documentation to support system authorization.
• Improve cybersecurity risk assessment and POA&M process and program.
• Aggregate and track cybersecurity POA&Ms and risks across projects.

Skills

10+ years cybersecurity

CISSP or CISM

Leadership

Independent worker

NIST/RMF understanding

Technical writing

Customer relationships

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

VMD Corp, now a part of Xcelerate Solutions, seeks a Senior Cybersecurity Specialist to lead security and compliance leadership across IT projects. You will support A&A processes, assess security postures, track vulnerabilities and POA&Ms, and identify cybersecurity risk across programs.

The role requires extensive experience, strong communication with executives, and collaboration across teams in a hybrid U.S. setting.