Senior Information System Security Officer (ISSO)

Peraton Labs is seeking a poly cleared Senior Information System Security Officer for a mission-critical highly complex HPC environment enabling research across multiple security domains. You will own day-to-day security operations aligned to RMF drive continuous monitoring maintain ATO posture and partner closely with subcontractor and customer personnel.

This position requires full-time on-site work in Laurel or a customer site near College Park MD.

Key responsibilities may include

• Lead or co-lead ATO/reauthorization efforts for complex boundary systems
• Mentor junior ISSOs and shape security operations playbooks
• Perform risk analysis and author formal recommendations to leadership
• Drive security engineering outcomes by partnering with internal teams on scalable compliance patterns
• Brief senior internal and customer stakeholders on security posture systemic risk trends remediation burn-down and authorization readiness
• Act as the Senior ISSO supporting the system security lifecycle across development operations and modernization
• Execute and maintain RMF activities (e.g. control implementation oversight evidence collection assessment support POA&M management continuous monitoring)
• Maintain security authorization artifacts (e.g. SSP control narratives diagrams inheritance/leverage controls CM plan incident handling plan contingency artifacts user/admin procedures)
• Operate continuous monitoring: vulnerability management config compliance patching coordination scan result triage risk acceptance and remediation verification.
• Review and approve security-relevant changes through configuration/change control and validate security configurations after major upgrades
• Support incident response and reporting: participate in investigations coordinate containment actions preserve evidence and contribute to post-incident lessons learned
• Ensure least privilege/access governance: account management oversight privileged access workflows periodic access reviews and audit compliance requirements
• Translate security requirements into implementation guidance that engineering teams can operationalize (clear testable and automatable where possible)

Required qualifications

• 12 years of experience and a BS in Computer Science Cybersecurity or related technical discipline MS and 10 years of experience or a PhD and 8 years of experience. Four years of additional experience is required in lieu of a Bachelors degree for a total of 16 years of experience
• 8 years of experience in information security/compliance supporting DOD/IC or government systems including ownership of major RMF deliverables and ATO events for complex systems
• Demonstrated leadership experience coordinating across security engineering and customer stakeholders
• Ability to provide mentorship and direction to team members
• Proven ability to write risk decisions and packages that stand up to assessor/AO scrutiny
• Deep understanding of continuous monitoring at scale (recurring evidence metrics audit readiness remediation governance)
• Hands-on experience executing RMF tasks and maintaining authorization artifacts (SSP POA&Ms continuous monitoring evidence)
• Strong working knowledge of NIST SP 800-53 controls and how they map to technical implementations and procedures
• Experience with vulnerability and configuration compliance workflows
• Familiarity with Linux-based enterprise environments and common hardening concepts
• Ability to communicate risk clearly to both technical engineers and non-technical leadership
• One or more active/current certifications such as: CISSP CISM CAP GSLC Security CCSP INCOSE CCNA RHCE MCSE VCP ITIL PMP Agile and etc.
• This position requires an active/current TS/SCI w/ Polygraph.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience securing or assessing containerized workflows (e.g. container runtime hardening image governance supply chain considerations)
• Experience with eMASS (or comparable GRC tooling) security control inheritance models and assessor engagement.
• Familiarity with vulnerability tooling and security monitoring concepts
• Experience with data protection requirements relevant to sensitive environments

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