Senior Policy & Stakeholder Advisor, Critical Infrastructure

Attainx Inc; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 114,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health, dental, vision insurance

Tuition/training reimbursement

401(k) matching

Disability coverage

Job summary

AttainX, Inc. seeks a SME Business Management Analyst to provide expert guidance on critical infrastructure security, resilience, and stakeholder coordination for CISA’s councils, advisory groups, and engagements.

The role supports the Stakeholder Engagement Division with critical infrastructure engagement and advisory services. The candidate will advise leadership on policy implications, research threats, and coordinate complex governance activities, including working with senior leaders and

Qualifications

• Experience advising senior leaders on policy, operational challenges, risk mitigation, and cross‑sector dependencies.
• Ability to synthesize research and stakeholder inputs into defensible strategic recommendations.
• Knowledge of DHS directives, FACA, and federal records requirements is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Advise leadership on infrastructure threats, policy implications, sector interdependencies, and coordination options.
• Research critical infrastructure, cyber and physical security policy, legislation, and emerging threats.
• Maintain charters, bylaws, membership structures, training artifacts, and trackers.
• Plan agendas, pre-reads, briefing packages, and stakeholder coordination for engagements.
• Analyze participation, capability gaps, recommendations, and engagement outcomes for improvements.
• Maintain project schedules, process maps, risk registers, and analysis products.
• Prepare status summaries and support closure of recommendations and deliverables.
• Support classified meetings, including registration, logistics, and records handling.

Skills

Critical infrastructure security

Policy analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Strategic advisory

Education

Bachelor’s degree in public policy or related field

Master’s degree preferred

CBAP certification preferred

Job description

AttainX, Inc. seeks a SME Business Management Analyst to provide expert guidance on critical infrastructure security, resilience, and stakeholder coordination for CISA’s councils, advisory groups, and engagements.

The role supports the Stakeholder Engagement Division with critical infrastructure engagement and advisory services. The candidate will advise leadership on policy implications, research threats, and coordinate complex governance activities, including working with senior leaders and