Risk Management Framework Engineer

Leidos is seeking an experiencedRisk Management Framework (RMF) Engineerto support theDefense Manpower Data Center (DMDC)CyberPRIMESprogram. Leidos is a major partner on the contract and will provide a substantialportionof the cybersecurity workforce supporting theDefense Human Resources Activity (DHRA)and DMDC. The RMF Engineer will support the development maintenance assessment and authorization of cybersecurity packages for DHRA information systems. This position will work directly with system owners cybersecurity personnel and Government stakeholders to ensure authorization packages are complete technicallyaccurate current and positioned to move efficiently through the Department of Defense authorization process.

Hybrid Work Locations:

Mark Center Alexandria Virginia

Department of Defense Center Monterey Bay Seaside California

Clearance: Active Secret security clearance required at time of consideration. U.S. Citizen required.

Mission Environment

DMDC operates a large and complex Department of Defense information environment supporting personnelmanpower identity readiness entitlement and other mission-critical data and applications.CyberPRIMESsupports the cybersecurity governance and authorization activitiestooperatethese systems securely. RMF Engineers will work across multiple authorization boundaries and coordinate with system ownersInformation System Security Managers (ISSMs)Information System Security Officers (ISSOs) technical teams assessors and Government authorizing stakeholders. Theobjectiveis not simply tomaintaincompliance documentation. The RMF Engineer must understand the underlying system evaluate how security controls are implementedidentifygaps that create authorization or mission risk and help system owners move those issues to resolution.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop review andmaintaincomplete andaccurateRisk Management Framework authorization packages.

• Review and support development ofSystem Security Plans (SSPs) system categorization security-control selection control implementation documentation assessment results authorization packages and continuous-monitoring reports.

• Maintain RMF authorization schedules trackers repositories workflows accounts tickets and status information.

• Maintain and update authorization packages within theEnterprise Mission Assurance Support Service (eMASS).

• Coordinate with system owners cybersecurity personnel technical teams and Government stakeholders to obtain required authorization artifacts and supporting evidence.

• Identifymissing artifacts incomplete documentation control-implementation gaps and other issues that may delay authorization.

• Provide RMF andeMASSguidance to system owners and other program stakeholders.

• Support Information System Security Manager and Information System Security Officer functions associated with system authorization and continuous monitoring.

• Review security-control implementation and supporting evidence for completeness technical accuracy and compliance with applicable requirements.

• Support cybersecurity compliance reviews and authorization-status reporting.

• Develop review and trackPlan of Action and Milestones (POA&M)items through remediation and closure.

• Track conditions associated with anAuthorization to Operate (ATO)and coordinate required corrective actions.

• Perform quality assurance reviews of RMF submissions before Government review or assessment.

• Support security-assessment planning execution documentation and reporting.

• Support continuous authorization and continuous-monitoring activities for authorized systems.

• Assess the impact of changes in Department of Defense cybersecurity policy or authorization requirements andassistsystem owners in transitioning to new requirements.

• Perform cybersecurity risk assessments and support security testing associated with system authorization.

• Evaluate system hardening vulnerabilities configuration issues and other technical security conditions that affect authorization risk.

• Support vulnerability and compliance remediation activities associated with RMF findings and Plan of Action and Milestones items.

• Troubleshoot cybersecurity compliance and authorization issues requiring coordination across system owners engineers administrators cybersecurity teams and Government stakeholders.

• Provide clear status risk and technical information to Government leadershipregardingauthorization progress deficiencies and actionsfor resolution.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Cybersecurity Computer Science Information Technology Engineering or a related technical discipline and3 or more years of relevant professional experience. Specific experience education and training may be considered in lieu of degree.

• Experience supporting the Department of Defense Risk Management Framework or comparable Federal system authorization processes.

• Experience developing reviewing ormaintainingcybersecurity authorization packages.

• Experience working with System Security Plans security controls assessment artifacts Plans of Action and Milestones or continuous-monitoring documentation.

• Experience assessing security-control implementation and supporting technical evidence.

• Experienceidentifyingauthorization-package deficiencies and coordinating corrective actions with system owners and technical teams.

• Experience supporting cybersecurity risk assessment security testing vulnerability analysis system hardening or compliance activities.

• Strong technical documentation organizational and analytical skills.

• Ability to manage multiple authorization activities schedules findings and dependencies simultaneously.

• Ability to work effectively with system owners engineers cybersecurity personnel assessors and Government stakeholders.

• U.S. Citizenshiprequired.

• ActiveSecret security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting Department of Defense system authorization and continuous-monitoring programs.

• Hands-on experience with Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Service.

• Experience supporting Information System Security Manager or Information System Security Officer functions.

• Experience developing or reviewing System Security Plans and security-control implementation statements.

• Experience managing Plans of Action and Milestones and authorization conditions through closure.

• Experience supporting security-control assessments authorization decisions and continuous authorization.

• Experience assessing vulnerabilities security configurations and technical findings within an RMF authorization context.

• Experience performing quality assurance reviews of authorization packages before Government submission.

• Experience supporting multiple systems or authorization boundaries concurrently.

• Familiarity with DHRA DMDC or comparable Department of Defense enterprise environments.