Senior Cybersecurity Advisor

Orchard•Bethesda, MD

12d•Onsite

About The Position

As the Senior Cybersecurity Advisor, you will support the enterprise cybersecurity posture, policy, and risk decisions. Your responsibilities will include. Cybersecurity Strategy & Governance: Advise on priorities, policy updates, and governance actions to align with mission and national requirements. Risk Management & Compliance: Support RMF/ATO activities, reciprocity initiatives, control selection, and continuous monitoring strategies. Zero Trust & Security Architecture: Guide zero trust planning, identity, segmentation, encryption, and secure access patterns. Incident & Vulnerability Preparedness: Advise on incident response processes, vulnerability management, and security operations improvements. DevSecOps Enablement: Integrate security development pipeline and acquisition planning. Executive Reporting: Develop metrics, dashboards, and briefs for senior leadership.

Requirements

Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
US Citizenship is required.
Bachelor's degree in B-STEM with 8 years of experience OR Master’s Degree in B-STEM with 6 years of experience OR Associate's degree with 12 years of experience OR High-School/High School equivalency diploma with 14 years of experience.
One (1) or more years leading a team or managing staff.
Experience advising executive leadership on cybersecurity strategy, governance, and risk management for complex enterprises.
Experience with security frameworks and concepts (e.g., RMF, NIST CSF/800-53, zero trust, identity and access management).
Experience improving ATO processes and promoting reciprocity; developing security policies/standards and implementation guidance.
Direct IC experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience overseeing incident response planning, vulnerability management, and security monitoring concepts (SOC/SIEM).
Experience integrating cybersecurity into acquisition and system engineering (security-by-design/DevSecOps).
Experience briefing senior leaders and coordinating across multiple organizations.

Responsibilities

Advise on priorities, policy updates, and governance actions to align with mission and national requirements.
Support RMF/ATO activities, reciprocity initiatives, control selection, and continuous monitoring strategies.
Guide zero trust planning, identity, segmentation, encryption, and secure access patterns.
Advise on incident response processes, vulnerability management, and security operations improvements.
Integrate security development pipeline and acquisition planning.
Develop metrics, dashboards, and briefs for senior leadership.