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Senior Cybersecurity & Compliance Advisor

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Apogee is seeking an experienced Senior Cybersecurity & Compliance Advisor to provide cybersecurity governance, risk management, and compliance guidance supporting a federal simulation and analytics solution. This role will focus on security advisory, control assessment, authorization readiness, and risk mitigation while complementing the prime contractor’s hands-on DevSecOps and cybersecurity engineering teams.

The successful candidate will help ensure cybersecurity requirements, security controls, documentation, and authorization-readiness activities are integrated throughout the solution lifecycle, including design, development, testing, deployment, and transition.

This position requires a cybersecurity professional who can bridge technical security requirements with federal compliance expectations while effectively communicating risks and recommendations to technical teams, program leadership, and government stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

Cybersecurity Governance & Risk Advisory

  • Provide cybersecurity governance, risk, and compliance guidance throughout the program lifecycle.
  • Advise project teams on federal cybersecurity requirements, policies, and security best practices.
  • Support interpretation and implementation of FISMA Moderate requirements and NIST security controls.
  • Participate in cybersecurity risk assessments, technical design reviews, and security governance discussions.
  • Identify security gaps, residual risks, control deficiencies, and recommended mitigation strategies.
  • Communicate cybersecurity risks and compliance requirements to technical teams, leadership, and federal stakeholders.

Compliance & Authorization Support

  • Review security architectures, control implementations, security documentation, and technical evidence.
  • Support development and review of security documentation, including:
  • Security plans
  • Control narratives
  • Risk assessments
  • Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms)
  • Authorization-readiness documentation
  • Support preparation activities for audits, security assessments, inspections, and authorization reviews.
  • Evaluate cybersecurity artifacts for completeness, accuracy, and alignment with federal compliance expectations.
  • Assist with continuous monitoring and ongoing authorization activities.

Security Engineering & Technical Review

  • Review cybersecurity practices related to:
  • Vulnerability management
  • Audit logging and monitoring
  • Identity and access management
  • Incident response
  • Configuration management
  • Provide guidance on software supply-chain security, including:
  • Software Bill of Materials (SBOM)
  • Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
  • Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)
  • Dependency analysis
  • Vulnerability remediation tracking
  • Collaborate with technical architects, DevSecOps engineers, program managers, and federal security stakeholders.
  • Support cybersecurity training, awareness, and knowledge-transfer activities.

Requirements

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Assurance, Information Systems, Computer Science, Risk Management, or related discipline.
  • Minimum 8 years of experience in cybersecurity, information assurance, security compliance, risk management, or federal cybersecurity programs.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of:
  • Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA)
  • NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF)
  • NIST Special Publication 800-53 security controls
  • Experience reviewing security documentation, control evidence, risk assessments, authorization packages, or compliance artifacts.
  • Ability to analyze cybersecurity risks and translate technical requirements into actionable recommendations.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage technical and executive audiences.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain client-required suitability requirements, including Public Trust eligibility if required.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CAP/CGRC, Security+, or comparable cybersecurity certification.
  • Experience supporting FISMA Moderate systems, federal authorization activities, or Authority to Operate (ATO) processes.
  • Familiarity with:
  • Cloud security practices
  • Identity and Access Management (IAM)
  • Vulnerability management
  • DevSecOps methodologies
  • Software supply-chain security
  • SBOM, SAST, and DAST processes
  • Experience supporting federal cybersecurity assessments, audits, inspections, continuous monitoring, or compliance programs.
  • Experience working with federal agencies or government contractors in mission-critical environments.
  • Security Requirement: Ability to obtain and maintain client-required suitability clearance or Public Trust determination.
  • Location Requirement: Candidates must be able to support periodic onsite meetings in Virginia.

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