Senior Cybersecurity Engineer (Controls & Assessment Lead)
NightwingAbout the role
Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration and intelligence mission support services to meet our customers’ most demanding challenges. Our capabilities include cyber space operations, cyber defense and resiliency, vulnerability research, ubiquitous technical surveillance, data intelligence, lifecycle mission enablement, and software modernization. Nightwing brings disruptive technologies, agility, and competitive offerings to customers in the intelligence community, defense, civil, and commercial markets.
Nightwing is supporting a U.S. Government customer to provide support for onsite incident response to civilian Government agencies and critical asset owners who experience cyber-attacks, providing immediate investigation and resolution. Contract personnel perform investigations to characterize the severity of breaches, develop mitigation plans, and assist with the restoration of services. Nightwing is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer (Controls & Assessment Lead) to support this critical customer mission.
The Senior Cybersecurity Engineer will lead security controls implementation and risk assessment activities for technology integration initiatives. This role ensures all pilot and production integrations meet federal security requirements, maintain compliance frameworks, and align with CISA's risk reduction priorities while enabling innovation and modernization.
Responsibilities:
- Lead security controls assessment and implementation for technology integration pilots
- Establish risk frameworks for pilot design and execution activities
- Ensure compliance with federal security requirements (NIST, FISMA, FedRAMP)
- Conduct security assessments of proposed technology insertions
- Define security boundaries and controls for pilot environments
- Coordinate with RMF and security teams on authorization activities
- Ensure pilots maintain security posture and avoid becoming security liabilities
- Assess security readiness for scaling pilots into production
- Develop security metrics for measuring pilot and production outcomes
- Lead security governance review processes and decision points
- Ensure alignment with CISA Zero Trust Strategy and security architecture
- Conduct risk assessments for technology insertions across federated environments
- Support continuous monitoring and security validation of integrated capabilities
- Provide security guidance to development and operations teams
- Document security controls, procedures, and compliance evidence
Required Skills/Clearances:
- U.S. Citizenship
- Active TS/SCI clearance
- Ability to obtain Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Entry on Duty (EOD) Suitability
- 10+ years of exp
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