Security and Privacy Lead

Unissant•Bethesda, MD

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

Unissant, Inc. delivers innovative capabilities to the agencies that keep our nation healthy and safe. We apply our domain expertise, data acumen, and technology know-how to achieve breakthrough results for our clients. Working collaboratively, we advance missions and careers through a focus on honesty, integrity, and dependability. We continuously look for talent, excited to join that effort. To learn more about our exciting organization, please visit us at www.unissant.com. We are seeking a Security and Privacy Lead to join our team and support our client. The ideal candidate is a thoughtful and knowledgeable privacy and security professional who understands how to balance regulatory requirements, operational realities, and mission needs. This individual brings strong experience supporting privacy compliance in federal environments and is skilled at guiding stakeholders through documentation, policy interpretation, and secure data handling practices.

Requirements

Minimum of 3–5 years of experience supporting privacy, security, or compliance efforts in federal or highly regulated environments.
Experience working with FISMA systems and supporting enterprise-wide compliance activities.
Strong familiarity with privacy documentation, compliance expectations, continuous monitoring, and NIST-based security environments.
Experience coordinating with technical and non-technical stakeholders to support privacy and security objectives.
Knowledge of trends in AI, securing AI applications, embedded artificial intelligence tools, data protections, and FedRAMP environments.
Bachelor's Degree is required.
Excellent verbal and written skills, ability to present proposals and performance data, comfortable interfacing all levels of organization.
Ability to write clear and concise creative content in a highly confidential manner.
Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.

Nice To Haves

Master's Degree in a relevant field of study preferred.
Desired certifications include CIPP/US and CIPM.
Experience with cloud authorization packages and enterprise-wide assessments across multiple FISMA systems is considered a plus.

Responsibilities

Lead privacy and security compliance efforts to help protect PII, PHI, and other sensitive information across client systems.
Partner with system owners, ISSOs, and stakeholders to gather information, develop documentation, and support compliance initiatives.
Develop and maintain privacy artifacts such as PIAs, PTAs, SORNs, and related materials.
Interpret privacy laws, regulations, and policies and provide practical guidance on system and policy decisions.
Support the development of privacy procedures, training materials, and awareness efforts.
Monitor changes in privacy requirements and help stakeholders understand resulting impacts and adjustments.