Security Specialist, Mid

• Pay or shift range: $110,000 USD to $150,000 USD
  The salary range provided reflects the budgeted compensation for this position. Final offers are determined based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, specific skills, education, work location, internal equity, and alignment with current market data. All offers are made in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

Zen Strategics, a Titan Technologies company, is seeking a mid-level Security Specialist to support the cybersecurity mission of U.S. Customs and Border Protection by helping protect critical information systems, networks, and data from emerging threats. This position supports enterprise security operations and contributes to the ongoing enhancement of the agency's cyber defense capabilities in a dynamic, mission-critical environment.

The Security Specialist provides cybersecurity expertise across multiple security domains, supporting security operations, risk management, compliance, and technical security initiatives. Conducts security assessments, analyzes security requirements, and implements security solutions to protect enterprise systems and data. As the Senior Security Specialist, you will perform security testing, vulnerability analysis, and security control evaluation activities. In this role, you will support security architecture reviews, incident response efforts, and security automation initiatives.

May develop security documentation, provide technical guidance to teams, and contribute to security program enhancement across various cybersecurity functional areas. May design, install, and manage security mechanisms, investigate security violations and recommend enhancements to address security gaps and strengthen security posture.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support Security Authorization (SA) and Ongoing Authorization (OA) activities for assigned FISMA systems, ensuring compliance with Federal, DHS, and CBP security requirements.
• Conduct security authorization reviews, assess security controls, and document results to support Authorization to Operate (ATO) decisions and continuous monitoring efforts.
• Coordinate with system owners, ISSOs, and stakeholders to manage authorization packages, security documentation, milestones, risk findings, and compliance activities.
• Review and process security documentation, including waivers, risk acceptances, interconnection agreements, system inventories, and other authorization artifacts.
• Monitor compliance metrics, vulnerabilities, POA&Ms, and authorization timelines to support FISMA reporting and audit readiness requirements.
• Provide cybersecurity compliance analysis, security recommendations, and briefings to support risk-based decision making and authorization activities.
• Support reporting, dashboards, data calls, and metrics collection related to FISMA compliance and Security Authorization performance.
• Serve as a liaison among CBP, DHS, system stakeholders, and external partners on matters related to security authorization and compliance.

You MUST have:

• A CBP BI - high trust clearance is required.
• Knowledge of Security Authorization (SA), Assessment and Authorization (A&A), and Ongoing Authorization (OA) processes.
• Understanding of FISMA compliance requirements and NIST SP 800-53 security controls.
• Ability to assess security controls and evaluate system compliance with cybersecurity requirements, policies, and standards.
• Demonstrated ability to review, manage, and maintain security authorization documentation and related compliance artifacts.
• Knowledge of vulnerability management, POA&M tracking, risk acceptance processes, and continuous monitoring activities.
• Ability to analyze cybersecurity compliance findings and develop recommendations for…