Cybersecurity Specialist

Job ID: 2508826

Location: BETHESDA, MD, US

Date Posted: 2025-08-18

Category: Cyber

Subcategory: Cybersecurity Spec

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: No

Minimum Clearance Required: TS/SCI with Poly

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: No

Description

S AIC, a leading provider of systems development & deployment, targeting & intelligence analysis, systems engineering & integration, and training capabilities and solutions for the Intelligence Community, is seeking creative and dedicated professionals to fulfill their career goals and objectives while delivering mission excellence on programs of national importance. This position will be in Bethesda, MD.

We are seeking a highly motivated C yber Security S pecialist to join our National Intelligence Program supporting the operations, maintenance of a complex , hybrid on-premises and cloud enterprise IT environment . As a Cyber Security Specialist is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the organization's cyber security assurance processes. This includes developing and implementing security policies and procedures, conducting security assessments, and monitoring the organization's cyber security posture.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with a team in de velop ing and maint ai ni n g the customer's risk management framework
• Collaborate s with stakeholders to define and implement security policies and controls
• Contribute s to incident response planning and post-incident analysis
• Works with a team p repar ing risk reports and present findings to senior management
• Stay s abreast of the latest cyber security trends, threats, and technologies
• Participates in efforts to perform vulnerability analysis and reporting on accredited information systems
• Collaborates to c reate s documentation such as SOPs, internal process documents , and input into cyber policies that support the continuous monitoring of accredited information systems
• Works within a team coordinating with information system POCs for plan updates and mitigation strategies to ensure overall health of IT systems, networks and applications
• Assi sts the team to d evelop c ontinuous monitoring and plans of actions and milestones (POA&Ms)
• Assists the team to develop ATOs following NIST guides and Risk Management Framework (RMF)

Qualifications

Required Education:

• Bachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more related experience

Desired Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science , Information Technology, or equivalent experience

Required Experience:

• 2+ years' e xperience with continuous monitoring and plans of actions and milestones (POA&Ms).
• 2+ years' experience working with NIST 800-53, 800-137 and the Risk Management Framework (RMF)
• Knowledge of DoD Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs)
• Demonstrated experience with cyber security concepts to include encryption services, access control, information protection, network security
• 2+ years' experience developing RMF documentation
• 2+ years' experience assessing systems within cloud environments focusing on security posture
• 2+ years' e xperience performing vulnerability and risk assessments, and security assessment of hardware and software
• Excelle nt written and oral communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

Desired Experience:

• Knowledgeable of various cloud services to include Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service, Software as a Service
• Computer Networking experience (e.g., TCP/IP, packet capture data structures, TLS and related data)

Clearance:

Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.