Principal Specialist, Cybersecurity & Risk Management (Remote)

Date Posted:

2025-12-15

Country:

United States of America

Location:

VA108: 1100 Wilson Blvd, Arlington 1100 Wilson Boulevard , Arlington, VA, 22209 USA

Position Role Type:

Remote

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Security Clearance:

None/Not Required

RTX Corporation is an Aerospace and Defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprises three industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Its 185,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonics, avionics and cybersecurity. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

The following position is to join our RTX Enterprise Services team:

Role Overview:

Principal Specialist, Cybersecurity & Risk Management, a member of the Global Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) organization, reporting to a Compliance Leader. Roles and responsibilities include supporting and communicating compliance activities for internal organizations as well as supporting internal and external audits with regulators. This role will also include providing certifications and status of compliance to customers.  

This individual will work remotely anywhere within the United States. No regular travel is anticipated for this role.

What You Will Do:

• Maintain a baseline understanding of relevant IT specific frameworks referenced in customer requests or customer requests are based upon.
• Manage customer cyber compliance requests, prioritize actions, and provide timely responses to meet customer needs.
• Create and maintain a tracking mechanism to allow for consistent customer responses, limit rework, and report metrics to stakeholders
• Support and facilitate various internal & external audits
• Partner, manage communication, and function as a liaison with external auditors and business units
• Assess compliance with policies, standards, and regulations through the performance of compliance assessments, risk assessments, and controls testing
• Identify any non-compliance with regulations, bring them to management attention and work with others to manage remediation
• Work with control owners, business partners, Enterprise Cyber teams, and Legal to ensure controls are well defined and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations
• Monitoring remediation activities, report progress, and support the publishing of metrics
• Recommend and implement new processes, policies, standards or operating plans in support of strategies
• Manage small projects or processes
• Regularly provide SME support to the business unit teams
• 10% travel

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and a minimum 5 years of experience, or an Advanced Degree and a minimum 3 years experience.
• 3+ years experience with IT cybersecurity frameworks (e.g., CMMC, ISO 27001, NIST 800-171, NIST 800-53, etc.)
• Experience supporting cybersecurity risk and compliance assessments
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Experience in regulations and directives including CMMC, GDPR, Cyber Essentials, etc.
• Security certifications (i.e., Security +, etc.)
• IT Governance and Risk Management certifications (i.e., CISA, CRISC, etc.)
• Industry Experience working with/for US DOD, commercial airlines, and aerospace OEMs.
• Ability to work collaboratively with remote team members
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and proactive, critical thinking skills.
• Ability to build and maintain customer relationships; strong team player, able to meet deadlines and adjust to changing priorities

What We Offer: Whether you’re just starting out on your career journey or are an experienced professional, we offer a robust total rewards package with compensation; healthcare, wellness, retirement and work/life benefits; career development and recognition programs. Some of the benefits we offer include parental (including paternal) leave, flexible work schedules, achievement awards, educational assistance and child/adult b