System Security Steward SME

Job Title: System Security Steward SME
Clearance Required: Public Trust Clearance
Work Location: Atlanta, Georgia

• Strategic planning, policy development and preparation of executive presentations
• Identification of risks, gaps and opportunities
• Ability to work multiple projects concurrently within deadlines while ensuring that complex information is conveyed in a clear, accurate, and concise manner under normal and in crisis situations.
• Serve in a variety of ad hoc roles to include participating in and contributing to proposal efforts and hiring processes.
• Developing and presenting brown bags to present across program offices for continuous process improvement.
• Writing POAMs, including detailed justifications for program-required non-compliant items
• Ability to work multiple projects concurrently within deadlines while ensuring that complex information is conveyed in a clear, accurate, and concise manner under normal and in crisis situations.
• Superior verbal and written communication and customer service skills including presenting to senior government officials.
• Network security, continuous monitoring, system auditing, and security policy development
• Compliance scanning tools (ACAS, Fortify), running scans, evaluating results, and determining remediation steps.
• Skill in the use of various types of office automation to includes Microsoft Suite (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Visio, Project, and Access)

• Undergraduate degree in cyber security, IT, Computer Science, or a related field preferred but not required.

• Must be eligible for a CDC Security Clearance
• 7+ years of specialized Cyber Security experience (CDC experience strongly preferred)
• NIST, DISA, and DoD Security Standards and Risk Management Framework (RMF) processes
• Working and documenting Risk Management Framework processing with end results achieving an Authority to Operate (ATO)
• Network security, continuous monitoring, system auditing, and security policy development
• Compliance scanning tools (ACAS, Fortify); running scans, evaluating results, and determining remediation steps.
• Writing POAMs, including detailed justifications for program-required non-compliant items
• Thorough understand of and experience with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)
• Vulnerability remediation activities, scanning and analysis and STIG/ Manual Checklist auditing
• Industry best practices such as ISO, CMMI, Lean Six Sigma, and agile scrum.
• System Development Lifecycle (SDLC) Requirements, use cases, release management, testing, risk management, change management, and configuration management experience.
• Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Applications, Security Architecture, Relational databases
• Installing, managing, maintaining, administering, and troubleshooting applications, and documenting technical guides
• Software Development and Documentation Standards (SDDS)
• Department of Defense (DoD) Acquisition lifecycle-working in major acquisition
• Program/system(s) adherence with DoDI and DoDD

• One or more of the following CDC approved (IAM Level II or III) 8570 baseline certifications (CISSP, CISSP-ISSEP, GICSP, GSEC, SSCP, CCNA, CASP+, CCNP, CISA) preferred.

The likely salary range for this position is $124,000 to $180,000. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position and could fall outside of this range.

Final date to receive applications: 4/24/2026

• PTO including paid parental, military, and bereavement leave
• Eleven (11) paid Federal holidays, five of which are floating holidays (as designated by the company's holiday schedule each year)
• Health and Dental Insurance (including 100% employer paid premiums for employee coverage under the HDHP health plan)
• Life Insurance, STD/LTD term disability coverage, with employer paid premiums
• 401(k) plan with a match that is 100% vested after you complete two years of service
• FSA/DFSA/HSA flexible benefit plans
• Annual Tuition & Professional Development Reimbursement benefit

We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

Guided by our core values-Harmony, Engagement, Accountability, Resourcefulness, and Tenacity (HEART)- we foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning and are committed to delivering high-impact solutions. We recognize and reward hard work.

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