Overview The Government Publishing Office (GPO) SecDevOps program provides advanced security, development, and operations support to safeguard federal information systems and infrastructure. This initiative integrates cybersecurity best practices with agile development and IT operations to ensure continuous security, compliance, and resilience across GPO's enterprise IT services. The mission is to protect and enable GPO's digital transformation by delivering secure, scalable, and reliable IT services in alignment with federal cybersecurity mandates and operational excellence standards.
DecisionPoint Corporation is seeking a Zero Trust Security Engineer - Mid to support operational continuity and cybersecurity resilience through ongoing Risk Management Framework (RMF) and Zero Trust Engineering functions. This role plays a key part in GPO's Continuity of Operations (COOP) readiness by ensuring secure, high-availability operations at alternate work sites. Under the guidance of the ZTA SME, this position contributes to RMF documentation and provides surge support for security operations during contingency scenarios.
Location: Remote - candidates located in the Washington, DC metropolitan area (DMV) are highly preferred.
Clearance Requirement: Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
Note: By applying to this position, you acknowledge and consent to having your resume included in an active competitive government contract bid.
Duties & Responsibilities Zero Trust Security Engineer - Mid will:
- Ensure continuity of cybersecurity operations at designated alternate GPO sites during COOP activations, tests, or real-world contingencies.
- Support deployment and validation of endpoint protection, log collection, and incident response capabilities at alternate sites.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of COOP plans, playbooks, and contact protocols for security operations staff.
- Assist in the creation and maintenance of RMF artifacts including System Security Plans (SSPs), Security Assessment Reports (SARs), and POA&Ms.
- Provide operational security documentation, asset inventories, and security control implementation summaries.
- Support RMF review cycles, compliance audits, and incident post-mortem documentation.
- Participate in testing of Zero Trust capabilities during COOP exercises and real-time transitions.
- Ensure secure access to Microsoft Sentinel, Defender, Trellix, and other tools during COOP operations.
- Assist in troubleshooting availability or access issues across cybersecurity infrastructure in emergency scenarios.
Qualifications - Minimum Experience: 4 years of experience supporting cybersecurity operations, RMF documentation, or enterprise IT continuity planning.
- Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, other related disciplines (or equivalent experience)
- Technical Knowledge: Familiarity with COOP operations, RMF frameworks (NIST SP 800-37/53), and common cybersecurity toolsets. Ability to operate independently during surge conditions or remote continuity operations.
- Federal experience (preferred)
- Certifications (preferred): CompTIA Security+ or CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional).
Our Equal Employment Opportunity Policy - EEO and Affirmative Action Policy: DecisionPoint Corporation is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. It is the policy of DecisionPoint Corporation to provide equal employment opportunity in accordance with all applicable Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action laws, directives and regulations to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other protected status under Federal, State or Local laws.
- Pay Transparency Policy: In accordance with Presidential Executive Order 13665, DecisionPoint Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.
- Authorization to Share Resume and Personal Information: By expressing your interest and submitting your resume for this position, you authorize DecisionPoint Corporation to share your resume, as well as personal information included on the resume, with its subsidiaries, affiliates and teaming partners for the purpose of considering you for this position and other available positions requiring comparable skills, education and experience. Should DecisionPoint Corporation. or its affiliates and teaming partners wish to initiate pre-employment discussions, you will be asked to complete an employment application and related employment documents.
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