RMF and Authorization Lead

A-TEK Inc.•Rockville, MD

14h•$165,000 - $185,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Empower, Innovate, Impact! At Team A-TEK, we EMPOWER people to drive INNOVATION that IMPACTS mission! A-TEK operates at the intersection of mission and innovation by applying our deep domain expertise across the federal markets. Embracing our digital-first strategy, A-TEK provides enhanced capabilities in application development, digital transformation, enterprise IT, and scientific services. Our solutions are designed to modernize, automate, secure, protect, and enhance the operations of our federal clients, ensuring they stay ahead in a rapidly evolving digital landscape. Our work is fueled by a passion to serve our clients’ needs and to protect the safety and welfare of Americans. That passion shapes how we nurture our most valuable asset – Our Employees. A-TEK actively cultivates the talent that drives our success and fosters a creative, challenging, and mission-driven work environment for current and future employees. A-TEK is seeking an experienced RMF/A&A Lead to support our federal customer. The RMF/A&A Lead serves as the senior technical authority for RMF and A&A activities supporting an HHS-affiliated agency. This individual leads authorization readiness, authorization package development and maintenance, Governance, Risk, and Compliance activities, cybersecurity documentation, risk management, and system lifecycle support. The Lead coordinates with system owners, ISSOs, administrators, privacy officials, assessors, and agency cybersecurity personnel to maintain complete, current, and audit ready authorization packages. The ability to support hybrid work requirements in the Washington, DC metropolitan area or Research Triangle, NC area is required.

Requirements

Demonstrated experience leading Federal RMF and A&A activities of comparable scope and complexity.
Knowledge of NIST SP 800-37, NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-53A, FISMA, and Federal continuous monitoring requirements.
Experience developing and maintaining Federal authorization packages.
Experience supporting independent security assessments, POA&M management, and risk-based decisions.
Strong technical writing, stakeholder coordination, and quality review skills.
Ability to support hybrid work requirements in the Washington, DC metropolitan area or Research Triangle area.
Education and experience that satisfy the proposed GSA labor category.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting HHS or another Federal health agency.
Experience using JCAM or a comparable Federal GRC platform.
Experience supporting cloud security, FedRAMP, inherited controls, and shared responsibility analysis.
Experience coordinating multiple concurrent authorization, assessment, and continuous monitoring activities.
CISSP, CAP/CGRC, CISM, Security+, or an applicable cloud security certification.

Responsibilities

Lead RMF activities across three primary authorization boundaries and the associated system inventory.
Maintain SSPs, SARs, POA&Ms, Executive Summaries, ATO documentation, and supporting evidence.
Coordinate three annual security control assessments and prepare evidence for the independent assessor.
Maintain assessor independence and avoid acting as the assessor of record unless the agency expressly authorizes an activity.
Direct system registration, inventory reconciliation, artifact maintenance, data quality review, and status validation in the agency’s designated GRC platform.
Lead POA&M management, residual risk analysis, risk reporting, and remediation tracking.
Support cloud and FedRAMP documentation, control inheritance analysis, and shared responsibility analysis.
Review major changes, prepare security impact analyses, and support onboarding and decommissioning.
Conduct technical and quality reviews before submitting cybersecurity artifacts.
Identify and escalate risks that could affect an authorization, assessment, or deliverable schedule.
Support transition activities and reconcile authorization boundaries, inventories, artifacts, and active work.