Cybersecurity Subject Matter Expert Lead

Wits Solutions Inc. (WITS) is a SBA certified Small Disadvantaged Business with headquarters in the metropolitan Washington D.C. area. WITS has been providing best-in-class solutions in professional IT and administrative consulting to various Federal State Local and commercial customers. At WITS we believe in working not for our clients but with them. This is why right from the beginning; our analysts and solution-builders work closely with our clients to ensure that the project outcomes continue to deliver value long into the future.

Job Description:

Security Clearance:

• SECRET

Education/ Certification Mandatory:

• Required Training Certifications In: ICS300 or relevant Operational Technology OT or Industrial Control System ICS Cybersecurity Certifications ACAS and Tanium

Computing Environment: DLA approved CE (D Account Access)

Current Requirement: DOD 8570 - IAT 3

Future Requirement: DOD 8140

Primary Cyber Work Role:

• Work Element: Cybersecurity (CS)
• Work Role: 722 - Information Systems Security Manager
• Proficiency Level: Advanced

Work Experience Mandatory:

• Ten (10) years IT experience
• Ten (10) years DOD Cybersecurity experience
• Ten (10) years of Risk Management Framework (RMF) and NIST A&A experience
• Demonstrated expertise in leading and mentoring teams providing clear guidance quality oversight and technical direction to ensure all cybersecurity artifacts meet DoD standards organizational expectations and inspection-ready quality levels.
• Proven real world hands-on experience preparing enterprise environments for DoD cybersecurity inspections (CCRI CORA Blue Team assessments)
• SME level experience in assessing security controls and conducting authorization reviews for large complex organizations.
• SME level understanding of DoD cybersecurity requirements including documenting and developing artifacts for STIGs TCG configuration guides IAVMs and Task Orders
• Oversees end to end POA&M lifecycle management ensuring accurate documentation status tracking and closure of all remediation actions
• Exceptional ability to develop maintains and validates RMF artifacts and cybersecurity documentation
• Expert ability to interpret new and evolving DoD cybersecurity documentation templates and compliance requirements to develop high-quality cyber security artifacts even when guidance is incomplete ambiguous or inconsistently applied.
• Skilled in analyzing and interpreting cybersecurity guidance from the ISSM/ISSO to produce authoritative system documents such as the SSP CONOPS Incident Response Plan Contingency Plan Configuration Management Plan and other required artifacts
• Proven ability to work independently and collaboratively with minimal oversight
• Strong research analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proficiency with analytical tools such as Microsoft Excel Access Power BI and Power Platforms
• Ability to generate clear accurate and audit-ready cybersecurity reports including vulnerability summaries compliance status updates and risk findings for technical and leadership audiences
• Ability to generate detailed analytics and trend reports using data from vulnerability scanners configuration tools and security platforms to support decision-making and inspection readiness
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to brief leadership and produce clear documentation
• Experienced in the general tenets supporting the overall DOD implementation of its authorization process to include supporting cybersecurity policy procedures and processes.
• Knowledgeable in the cybersecurity of emerging technology areas such as Cloud information technology (IT) Industrial Control Systems (ICSs) or Operational Technology (OT) infrastructures.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for resolving security issues.
• Expert experience in cybersecurity and evaluations

Education/Certifications Nice To Have:

• Masters

Work Experience Nice To Have:

• DLA

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Provides expert support research and analysis of exceptionally complex problems and processes relating to them.
• Serves as technical expert to the Cybersecurity Assessment Program providing technical direction interpretation and alternatives to complex problems.
• Thinks independently and demonstrates exceptional written and oral communications skills. Applies advanced technical principles theories and concepts.
• Contributes to the development of new principles concepts and methodologies.
• Works on unusually complex technical problems and provides highly innovative and ingenious solutions.
• Recommends cybersecurity software tools and assists in the development of software tool requirements and selection criteria to include the development of product specific STIGs from applicable DISA SRGs.
• Works under consultative direction toward predetermined long-range goals and objectives. Assignments are often self-initiated.
• Determines and pursues courses of action necessary to obtain desired results.
• Develops advanced technological ideas and guides their development into a final product.