Senior Federal ISSO & Technical Program Lead

Xtreme Solutions, Inc.; Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Xtreme Solutions is seeking an experienced Lead ISSO/Technical Program Lead to provide technical leadership and hands‑on cybersecurity support for a federal customer in Washington, DC. The role focuses on RMF, authorization, continuous monitoring, vulnerability management, and risk decisions, with senior stakeholder briefings.

The ideal candidate has led federal authorization activities, can review deliverables, and mentor ISSOs and analysts while coordinating with AOs, CISO, assessors, and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressively responsible cybersecurity experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day technical activities across the ISSO team.
• Assign systems, authorization boundaries, and security workstreams.
• Oversee multiple concurrent RMF authorization and reauthorization activities.
• Review and approve SSPs, SAPs, SARs, POA&Ms, risk assessments, Continuous Monitoring Plans, SIAs, and authorization packages.
• Perform technical QA/QC before cybersecurity deliverables are submitted to the Government.
• Track authorization milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, and corrective actions.
• Oversee POA&M, vulnerability-remediation, and continuous-monitoring activities.
• Coordinate with AOs/AODRs, the CISO, ISSMs, System Owners, assessors, privacy teams, Common Control Providers, and technical remediation teams.
• Resolve conflicting or incomplete cybersecurity information across tools, artifacts, and system records.
• Provide senior-level security posture, authorization, and risk briefings.
• Mentor and provide technical direction to ISSOs, assessors, and cybersecurity analysts.
• Support federal audits and independent security-control assessments.

Skills

10+ years cybersec

7+ years federal RMF

3+ years lead ISSOs

NIST SP 800-37/53

CISSP/CISM/CGRC/CAP/GSLC

Executive briefing

QA/QC cybersecurity

Tools

CSAM

ServiceNow

FedRAMP

Job description

Xtreme Solutions is seeking an experienced Lead ISSO/Technical Program Lead to provide technical leadership and hands‑on cybersecurity support for a federal customer in Washington, DC. The role focuses on RMF, authorization, continuous monitoring, vulnerability management, and risk decisions, with senior stakeholder briefings.

The ideal candidate has led federal authorization activities, can review deliverables, and mentor ISSOs and analysts while coordinating with AOs, CISO, assessors, and