Cybersecurity Assessment and Authorization Subject Matter Expert – SME

🕒 June 30

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👮‍♂️ Cybersecurity / Security Engineer

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Beshenich Muir & Associates

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2008

🎖️ Defense

🚀 Aerospace

🏛️ Government

Defense • Aerospace • Government

Beshenich Muir & Associates is a U. S. -based government contracting firm founded in 2008 that delivers enterprise IT and training services to military and federal customers. The company specializes in enterprise cloud solutions and architecture, data analytics, IT modernization and digital transformation, cybersecurity, and training/leadership support. BMA emphasizes hiring veterans, public-service values, and high-quality, mission-focused performance, and holds multiple federal awards and task orders (e. g. , SeaPort NxG, Army MCoE, Combatant Command Cybersecurity Task Force).

📋 Description

• Serves as a Cybersecurity Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Assessment and Authorization (A&A) activities supporting DoD information systems • Performs cybersecurity activities required to authorize information systems in accordance with the Risk Management Framework (RMF) • Provides technical expertise for information systems undergoing the authorization process • Applies National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication 800-53 security controls during the assessment and authorization process • Evaluates cybersecurity requirements across complex enterprise IT environments, including enclaves, applications, and outsourced IT services • Identifies security control deficiencies and determines the appropriate severity of vulnerabilities • Assesses the impact of identified vulnerabilities on an information system's current or future authorization • Develops recommendations to address cybersecurity risks and improve system compliance • Briefs senior management on the status, progress, and results of RMF and authorization activities • Ensures compliance with applicable DoD cybersecurity policies, procedures, and security standards

🎯 Requirements

• Five (5) years of relevant Risk Management Framework (RMF) and NIST Assessment and Authorization (A&A) experience • Department of Defense (DoD) cybersecurity experience • Experience assessing security controls and conducting authorization reviews for large, complex organizations • Experience supporting the Department of Defense (DoD) authorization process, including cybersecurity policies, procedures, and processes • Knowledge of cybersecurity principles related to emerging technologies, including cloud computing, Industrial Control Systems (ICS), warehouse execution systems, and Operational Technology (OT) infrastructures • Must possess an IT-II Non-Critical Sensitive designation or Tier 3 (T3) background investigation at the time of proposal submission.

🏖️ Benefits

• Multiple healthcare coverage options including low deductible, high deductible, and HSA plans • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Accident & illness insurance • Short- and long-term disability insurance • 401(k) plan with industry leading 6% match including potential profit sharing • Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)