Senior Information Systems Security Officer

SAIC • Washington, DC

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

SAIC is seeking a technical Senior Information System Security Officer (ISSO) to support a critical U.S. government agency in the National Capital Region. This role reports to the Security Program Management Office (SPMO) Manager and works directly with team members and Federal ISSOs to support authorization, compliance, continuous monitoring, and risk management activities across assigned systems. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced cybersecurity professional with a strong technical background to support the secure authorization and ongoing compliance of systems across on-premises and cloud environments. This is not a hands-on engineering position. Instead, the Senior ISSO leverages prior experience as a Systems Administrator, Cloud Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer, Network Engineer, Security Engineer, or similar technical role to independently validate security implementations, assess technical risk, and ensure authorization decisions are supported by accurate technical evidence. The successful candidate must be comfortable engaging engineers, architects, and system owners to validate security controls, identify inconsistencies, and challenge unsupported technical assumptions. This hybrid role requires a minimum of three on-site days per week in Washington, DC.

Requirements

• Strong technical background in cybersecurity.
• Prior experience as a Systems Administrator, Cloud Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer, Network Engineer, Security Engineer, or similar technical role.
• Comfortable engaging engineers, architects, and system owners to validate security controls, identify inconsistencies, and challenge unsupported technical assumptions.
• Familiarity with NIST SP 800-53, RMF, FISMA, and agency policies.
• Experience with security documentation and authorization artifacts (SSPs, SARs, POA&Ms, SIAs).

Responsibilities

• Support the security authorization lifecycle and ongoing continuous monitoring activities for assigned systems.
• Develop, review, and maintain security documentation and authorization artifacts, including SSPs, SARs, POA&Ms, SIAs, and related documentation, in accordance with NIST SP 800-53, RMF, FISMA, and agency policies.
• Coordinate and prepare systems for Security Control Assessments (SCAs), ensuring documentation and evidence are complete, accurate, and technically defensible.
• Conduct Security Impact Analyses (SIAs) for changes to hardware, software, cloud infrastructure, connectivity, or system architecture.
• Review system architecture, technical documentation, and supporting evidence to validate security controls, independently assess technical implementations, identify inconsistencies, and collaborate with engineers, architects, administrators, and system owners to resolve discrepancies.
• Support change management, continuous monitoring, POA&M management, risk acceptance, audit responses, and remediation activities to maintain ongoing authorization and compliance.
• Coordinate with system owners, engineers, architects, and governance stakeholders to support standards reviews, exception requests, policy implementation, compliance reporting, and risk management activities.
• Develop dashboards, executive risk briefings, status reports, and other stakeholder communications while supporting the Lead ISSO in operational execution and coordination activities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed