Strategic Cybersecurity Lead - RMF & Incident Response

AMERICAN SYSTEMS; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 133,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is seeking a Cyber Security Lead to join the IT Directorate within a Federal program. You will lead a team of analysts to support, implement, and monitor cybersecurity and risk management frameworks, ensuring RMF/A&A compliance.

Responsibilities include coordination of RMF/ATO processes, vulnerability management, and incident response across multiple agencies while maintaining authorization and assisting with audit readiness.

Qualifications

• US Citizenship is required.
• TSSCI clearance is required.
• Minimum ten years of progressive experience in Information Systems Security Engineering.
• At least three years supervisory/management experience.
• Must meet DoD 8140.03 requirements.
• CISSP or GCIA or GICSP certification preferred.
• Strong background in certification/ accreditation for IT systems.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate cyber participation in incidents, changes, projects, and migration waves.
• Ensure cybersecurity requirements are identified before design and implementation decisions are finalized.
• Coordinate RMF, A&A, ATO, POA&M, STIG, ACAS, and eMASS-related work.
• Link vulnerability and cyber conditions to affected mission services.
• Support MDR improvement, threat analysis, and incident-response coordination.
• Review cybersecurity impacts of cloud, application, data, and infrastructure changes.
• Maintain traceability between cyber findings, corrective actions, and Government decisions.
• Coordinate with government cybersecurity personnel, system owners, and external providers.
• Serve as the contractor’s working cyber authority for cross-MDA coordination.
• Remain directly productive in the applicable senior cybersecurity labor category.
• Perform monthly vulnerability scans using DoW mandated tools.
• Monitor systems using detection suites and report vulnerabilities to Navy authorities.
• Participate in Insider Threat Program and continuous improvement of the Cyber Security Program.
• Respond to and coordinate incident analysis, containment, and reporting within SLAs.

Skills

US Citizenship

TSSCI clearance

Leadership/management

Cybersecurity governance

Incident response coordination

Education

CISSP certification

GCIA or GICSP certification

Ten years ISSE experience

Tools

HBSS

McAfee

Trellix

Splunk

Secure Network Analytics

ACAS

Job description

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is seeking a Cyber Security Lead to join the IT Directorate within a Federal program. You will lead a team of analysts to support, implement, and monitor cybersecurity and risk management frameworks, ensuring RMF/A&A compliance.

Responsibilities include coordination of RMF/ATO processes, vulnerability management, and incident response across multiple agencies while maintaining authorization and assisting with audit readiness.