This role supports cyber programs by designing and maintaining systems and tooling that automate complex security activities, with strong consulting judgment and technical execution in alignment with compliance and government security expectations.
Role Overview
Design, implement, integrate, and maintain systems and tools to automate complex cyber activities. Apply advanced consulting skills and extensive technical expertise, including full industry knowledge. Work with limited direction and mentor or supervise team members as needed.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, integrate, and maintain systems and tools to automate complex cyber activities.
- Apply advanced consulting skills and extensive technical expertise, including full industry knowledge.
- Develop innovative solutions to complex security and compliance problems.
- Perform work with limited direction and mentor and supervise team members.
Required Qualifications
- Experience with CMMC, NIST 800-171, FedRAMP, DoD security controls, or cybersecurity compliance frameworks.
- Experience developing automation for cybersecurity, compliance, cloud governance, or infrastructure operations.
- Experience integrating REST APIs, Git repositories, Jira, ServiceNow, cloud APIs, or enterprise systems.
- Knowledge of SSPs, control inheritance, POA&Ms, evidence collection, system boundaries, and shared responsibility models.
- Ability to translate complex security and compliance requirements into repeatable workflows and technical requirements.
- Ability to design automation that produces traceable outputs, source citations, audit logs, and human review checkpoints.
- Ability to work with read-only access to code, SSPs, account metadata, configuration data, and security tooling.
- Public Trust
- Bachelor’s degree
Technologies
- CMMC
- NIST 800-171
- FedRAMP
- DoD security controls
- REST APIs
- Git repositories
- Jira
- ServiceNow
- Cloud APIs
- SSPs
- POA&Ms
Nice If You Have
- Experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK, policy-as-code, OPA, or comparable technologies.
- Experience designing AI-assisted workflows, retrieval augmented generation, agent workflows, MCP integrations, or enterprise knowledge systems.
- Experience building platform selection, workload rationalization, or decision support tools.
- Experience with ServiceNow CMDB, Jira, Confluence, GitHub Enterprise, or similar systems.
- Experience working across commercial, GovCloud, CUI, or IL5 environments.
- Knowledge of secure software development, secrets management, identity, data classification, and least-privilege access.
- Ability to evaluate AI-generated outputs for accuracy, provenance, uncertainty, and unsupported claims.
- Ability to establish measurable baselines for cycle time, evidence quality, adoption, and automation effectiveness.
- CISSP, CCSP, Security+, CySA+, AWS Security Specialty, or equivalent certification.
Vetting and Eligibility
Applicants selected will be subject to a government investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements of the U.S. government client. A Public Trust determination is required.
Compensation
- Salary range: $86,900 to $198,000 per year (annualized USD).
- Final salary is determined by factors including location, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, experience, and contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements.
This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.
Benefits
- Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits
- Paid leave
- Professional development
- Tuition assistance
- Work-life programs
- Dependent care
- Recognition awards program acknowledging employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of company values
- Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours per week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in benefit programs
Work Model and Location
Annapolis Junction, MD (onsite). Work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.
Identity Verification and AI Policy
- Completion of an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence is required.
- Candidates are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments.
- The company reserves the right to take a picture to verify identity and prevent fraud.
- AI is part of daily work; however, using artificial intelligence or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.
Non-Discrimination
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.
