Cyber Risk and Vulnerability Lead

Location: Remote within the United States; role associated with Washington, DC, District of Columbia

Salary: $155,000–$165,000 per year

Company

hirify.global Mission Optimization, an hirify.global company and Alaska Native Corporation, delivers administrative support services and federal project solutions for government customers.

What you will do

• Lead enterprise-wide cybersecurity risk and vulnerability management for NIST and FISMA systems, subsystems, and significant organizational components.
• Assess security controls, vulnerabilities, threat likelihood, operational impact, and compliance with legal, governmental, and industry requirements.
• Advise IT and engineering teams on secure solutions, cybersecurity tools, benchmarks, remediation priorities, and business risk.
• Communicate findings, technical risks, security strategies, and remediation outcomes to management, federal leadership, executive leaders, and government officials.
• Coordinate cybersecurity data requests, audits, reporting, and vulnerability response across ISSOs, system owners, TPOCs, contractors, operational security teams, and federal leadership.
• Oversee a small team of senior technical professionals and serve as the primary technical and security liaison across multiple projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in an information technology-related field and eight (8) years of information technology work experience, including at least four (4) years performing risk and vulnerability assessments on progressively more complex systems and projects.
• Experience in cybersecurity operations, security control assessments, or related technical security functions.
• Experience applying cybersecurity policies, principles, and practices and developing security solutions that maintain enterprise information assurance.
• Experience validating cybersecurity tools and processes and assessing enterprise status against established benchmarks.
• Ability to provide senior-level consulting, lead enterprise-wide risk and vulnerability efforts, oversee senior staff, and work independently with cybersecurity, assessment, external, and government teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for preparing, presenting, and defending security strategies, vulnerability assessments, remediation plans, and outcomes.
• Ability to complete a DOE background investigation and obtain federal government clearance for access to federal systems.
• Ability to obtain DOE L clearance; clearance requirements are established by the government contract.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work arrangement.
• Regular full-time employment with comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• 401(k), paid time off, voluntary benefits, competitive pay, growth opportunities, and retirement options.
• Work environment focused on innovation and diversity while supporting federal customers and Alaska Native shareholder communities.