Position Overview The Senior Cybersecurity Advisor provides strategic cybersecurity leadership and guidance to support enterprise security posture, governance, risk management, and compliance objectives. This role advises stakeholders on cybersecurity priorities, policies, architectures, and operational practices to ensure alignment with mission requirements and national cybersecurity standards.
Key Responsibilities Cybersecurity Strategy and Governance
Advise leadership on cybersecurity priorities, policy enhancements, and governance initiatives.
Support the alignment of cybersecurity programs with organizational missions and national requirements.
Risk Management and Compliance
Provide guidance and support for Risk Management Framework (RMF) and Authority to Operate (ATO) activities.
Promote reciprocity initiatives, control selection, and continuous monitoring strategies.
Assist in the assessment and management of enterprise cybersecurity risks.
Zero Trust and Security Architecture
Advise on Zero Trust strategy, implementation planning, and security architecture initiatives.
Provide guidance on identity and access management, network segmentation, encryption, and secure access methodologies.
Incident Response and Vulnerability Management
Support the development and enhancement of incident response processes and procedures.
Advise on vulnerability management programs and security operations improvements.
Provide recommendations to strengthen security monitoring capabilities.
DevSecOps Integration
Support the integration of cybersecurity practices within development pipelines and acquisition activities.
Promote security-by-design principles throughout the system lifecycle.
Executive Reporting and Communications
Develop cybersecurity metrics, dashboards, and executive-level briefings.
Communicate cybersecurity risks, trends, and recommendations to senior leadership.
Required Qualifications
Experience advising executive leadership on cybersecurity strategy, governance, and risk management within complex enterprise environments.
Experience with cybersecurity frameworks and concepts, including RMF, NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), NIST SP 800-53, Zero Trust, and Identity and Access Management (IAM).
Experience improving ATO processes, promoting reciprocity initiatives, and developing security policies, standards, and implementation guidance.
Experience overseeing incident response planning, vulnerability management, and security monitoring concepts, including Security Operations Centers (SOC) and Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) capabilities.
Active security clearance required TS/SCI (level determined by contract requirements).
Desired Qualifications
Experience integrating cybersecurity into acquisition programs and system engineering activities through security-by-design and DevSecOps practices.
Experience briefing senior leaders and coordinating cybersecurity initiatives across multiple organizations.
Education and Experience
Master's degree or higher in Business, or a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) discipline, with a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience; or
Bachelor's degree in Business or a STEM discipline, with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience.
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Numbers & Facts
Location
Washington, DC
Job Type
Full-time
Skills
Business Operationsunmatched
Computer Securityunmatched
Contract Requirementsunmatched
Cryptographyunmatched
Dental Insuranceunmatched
Enterprise Protectionunmatched
Health Insuranceunmatched
Identity Data Managementunmatched
Incident Responseunmatched
Internet Securityunmatched
Leadershipunmatched
Mathematicsunmatched
Metricsunmatched
Operational Improvementunmatched
People Managementunmatched
Policy Developmentunmatched
Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
Process Improvementunmatched
Reporting Dashboardsunmatched
Risk Managementunmatched
Risk Management Framework (RMF)unmatched
Security Architectureunmatched
Security Clearanceunmatched
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)unmatched
Security Monitoringunmatched
Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI)unmatched
Strategic Planningunmatched
System Lifecycleunmatched
Systems Engineeringunmatched
Top Secret Clearanceunmatched
U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)unmatched
Vision Planunmatched
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