Senior Security Control Assessor

Archer; Florida; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Archer, in collaboration with MANTECH, seeks a Senior Security Controls Assessor to join our team in Doral, FL. The role focuses on evaluating security controls within IS, managing Mission Assurance activities, and supporting RMF/JSIG methodologies.

Qualifications include a DoD 8570-M IAT III/IAM III certification requirement, 5+ years of relevant experience, and strong coordination with stakeholders across multiple commands and DoS/Mission environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, information technology, mathematics or a related field with 5+ years as a Security Control Assessor or similar role.
• Master’s degree with 3+ years of relevant experience or
• Associate’s degree with 7+ years of relevant experience or
• High school diploma with 9+ years of relevant experience

Responsibilities

• Determines the effectiveness of security controls within Information Systems, ensuring compliance and identifying vulnerabilities.
• Lead Mission Assurance activities to identify, assess, and reduce cyber-related risks to mission execution, critical capabilities, and supporting information systems.
• Manage and maintain MADDS data for leadership decision-making with accurate documentation of mission dependencies and risk information.
• Identify, map, validate, and lifecycle manage MRT-C and KT-C; coordinate with mission owners and cyber personnel.
• Rate weaknesses, oversee Collateral, SCI, and SAP activities; assess RMF methodologies per JSIG and advise on authorization processes.
• Prepare SARs, assess changes to Authorization Boundaries, and create POA&Ms for identified weaknesses.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, information technology, mathematics or a related field of study

Master’s degree in Cybersecurity/Computer Science/Computer Engineering or related IT discipline

Associate’s degree

High school diploma

Job description

Archer is collaborating with MANTECH to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role.

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Senior Security Controls Assessor to join our team in Doral, FL.

Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To

• Determines the effectiveness of security controls within Information Systems (IS), ensuring compliance and identifying vulnerabilities.
• Lead Mission Assurance (MA) activities that identify, assess, and reduce cyber-related risks to mission execution, critical capabilities, operational dependencies, and supporting information systems.
• Manage and maintain Mission Assurance Decision Support System (MADDS) data, ensuring mission dependencies, critical assets, risk information, assessments, and mitigation actions are accurately documented, current, and available to support leadership decision-making.
• Lead the identification, mapping, validation, and lifecycle management of Mission-Relevant Terrain in Cyberspace (MRT-C) and Key Terrain-Cyber (KT-C). Coordinate with mission owners, system owners, network operators, cybersecurity personnel, and other stakeholders to identify mission-critical systems, services, applications, infrastructure, dependencies, and cyber terrain.
• Rates the severity of weaknesses and recommends corrective actions, while overseeing Collateral, SCI, and SAP activities for sensitive information security. Oversee IS security program policy, specifically SAP network infrastructure integration, and assesses Risk Management Framework (RMF) methodologies in accordance with the Joint SAP Implementation Guide (JSIG).
• Advises ISO, IDO, PSO, and DAO/AO on security issues, evaluates authorization packages, and recommends authorization. Ensures security assessments are completed, prepares Security Assessment. Reports (SAR), assesses proposed changes to Authorization Boundaries, and creates Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&M) for identified weaknesses.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, information technology, mathematics or a related field of study and Five (5) or more years of experience working as a Security Control Assessor or in a similar role.
• OR a master’s degree in a related field of study and three (3) or more years of relevant experience.
• OR an associates degree and seven (7) or more years of relevant experience
• OR a high school diploma and nine (9) or more years of relevant experience
• DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level III or DoD 8570.01-M IAM Level III certification, for example Security+ or SecurityX.
• Experience supporting Mission Assurance activities, including mission dependency analysis, mission‑based risk assessments, and the identification or management of MRT-C and KT-C.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or other closely related IT discipline.
• Experience with ServiceNow, Microsoft TechCenter, or Jira ticketing systems. Experience with military/diplomatic operations working within a J-6/G-6/S-6/A-6 Directorate or with Special Operations Forces (SOF) or the Department of State (DoS) leading and performing cybersecurity risk assessments for and across multiple commands, agencies, and regionally distributed locations in a Security Operations Center (SOC).
• Experience using MADDS and managing or maintaining Mission Assurance, MRT-C, KT-C, critical‑asset, mission‑dependency, or risk data within an authoritative system of record.
• Experience leading MRT-C and KT-C identification, mapping, validation, risk analysis, and mitigation activities across enterprise, joint, interagency, or geographically distributed environments.

Clearance Requirements

• Must have an active Secret clearance

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50%
• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine and computer printer
• The person in this position frequently communicates with co-workers, management and customers, which may involve delivering presentations. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.