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Job Summary:
Credence is a technology company that supports mission-critical needs for defense and health federal organizations. They are seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Project Manager to lead cybersecurity project management efforts, ensuring compliance and security requirements are integrated throughout the project lifecycle.
Responsibilities:
• The Contractor shall provide senior cybersecurity project management support for ACC/A26 ISR Enterprise IT modernization, system integration, and technology implementation efforts.
• The Contractor shall ensure cybersecurity, RMF, assessment and authorization, and security compliance requirements are identified and incorporated at the onset of new IT projects and technology initiatives.
• The Contractor shall coordinate with ACC/A26, ACC Cybersecurity Chief ISSO/ISSMs, unit ISSOs/ISSMs, system owners, technical teams, and operational stakeholders to align project execution with USAF, DoD, IC, and national cybersecurity standards.
• The Contractor shall manage cybersecurity project activities related to security plans, POA&Ms, A&A workflow tools, ATOs, patch management, IAVAs, DoD 8140 requirements, FISMA compliance tasks, and cybersecurity reporting.
• The Contractor shall develop and maintain cybersecurity project schedules, action trackers, risk registers, milestone plans, compliance dashboards, and executive-level status reports.
• The Contractor shall support the integration of cybersecurity requirements into system development, architecture reviews, test plans, implementation schedules, exercise support plans, experimentation activities, and system integration events.
• The Contractor shall gather, analyze, and report data on the condition and progress of ACC/A26 cybersecurity programs, identifying risks, dependencies, schedule impacts, and compliance gaps.
• The Contractor shall provide guidance to ISSOs/ISSMs, commanders, and project stakeholders on cybersecurity program improvement, risk mitigation, and security compliance execution.
• The Contractor shall support evaluation of emerging ISR technologies and non-materiel IT solutions to ensure security, compliance, and authorization considerations are addressed prior to integration and fielding.
• The Contractor shall coordinate cybersecurity inputs for enterprise IT task management, RFIs, technical action items, configuration baseline activities, and architecture support products.
• The Contractor shall support development of cybersecurity training materials, work center training, and updated guidance for IT security tools, policies, and procedures.
• The Contractor shall prepare senior leader briefings, cybersecurity project updates, compliance summaries, risk assessments, and decision-support products.
• The Contractor shall identify cybersecurity risks, technology security gaps, RMF challenges, and integration issues, and recommend actionable mitigation strategies to improve mission assurance and project execution.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Active Top Secret clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information eligibility/access (TS/SCI) required.
• Master’s degree (MA/MS) from an accredited institution in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Program Management, Business, or a related field.
• Over 10 years of relevant experience supporting cybersecurity, RMF, enterprise IT project management, systems integration, ISR IT modernization, or DoD mission systems implementation.
• Experience managing cybersecurity or IT security projects involving RMF, A&A, ATOs, POA&Ms, vulnerability management, compliance reporting, or cybersecurity governance.
• Strong understanding of security requirements across the system development lifecycle, including project initiation, design, development, integration, testing, authorization, and sustainment.
• Experience coordinating across ISSOs, ISSMs, system owners, cybersecurity leadership, technical teams, operational users, and senior government stakeholders.
Preferred:
• Experience supporting ISR systems, C4ISR systems, intelligence IT architectures, cloud environments, enterprise applications, or DoD mission systems is highly desired.
• PMP, PgMP, Agile, Scrum, ITIL, CISSP, CISM, Security+, CAP/CGRC, or equivalent certification is preferred but not required. Significant experience managing cybersecurity, RMF, or enterprise IT security projects may be accepted as a substitute.
Company:
The Credence network prevents cyber-attacks by measuring and monitoring, in real time, the cyber-fitness of an organization's suppliers. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in Chicago, USA, with a team of 2-10 employees. The company is currently Early Stage.