Program Manager – Cybersecurity Architecture & Engineering

Zermount is seeking a highly capable Program Manager to lead a federal cybersecurity architecture and engineering program supporting enterprise security modernization, Continuous Authorization to Operate (cATO), cloud and hybrid security engineering, Dev Sec Ops  enablement, and Emerging Technology and AI Security Engineering and Testing.

Zermount is seeking a highly capable Program Manager to lead a federal cybersecurity architecture and engineering program supporting enterprise security modernization, Continuous Authorization to Operate (cATO), cloud and hybrid security engineering, Dev Sec Ops  enablement, and Emerging Technology and AI Security Engineering and Testing. This is a leadership role for a Program Manager who can drive delivery across complex cybersecurity work streams, coordinate technical teams, manage customer expectations, and ensure high-quality contract execution.

The Program Manager will serve as a key interface between Government stakeholders, company leadership, cybersecurity engineers, architects, analysts, Agile teams, and mission partners. The successful candidate does not need to be the hands-on engineer for every technology area, but must be able to understand cybersecurity delivery, manage technical execution, identify risks and dependencies, communicate clearly with senior stakeholders, and ensure deliverables are accurate, timely, and aligned with federal requirements.

This role is ideal for a strong cybersecurity or federal IT/Cybersecurity Program Manager who understands RMF, ATO/cATO, cloud security, Dev Sec Ops , security architecture, and emerging technology risk management, and who can lead teams in a fast-moving customer environment.

• Lead day-to-day execution of a federal cybersecurity architecture and engineering program, ensuring work is delivered on schedule, within scope, and in alignment with contract requirements.
• Serve as the primary program interface with Government stakeholders, company leadership, technical teams, subcontractors, and mission partners.
• Manage program scope, staffing, schedule, risks, issues, dependencies, action items, deliverables, and performance reporting.
• Develop and maintain key program management artifacts, including the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), sprint plans, deliverable tracker, risk register, issue log, action item register, staffing tracker, and status reports.
• Lead cross-functional teams supporting cybersecurity architecture, cloud security, RMF modernization, cATO, Dev Sec Ops , vulnerability management, continuous monitoring, and emerging technology/AI security assessment activities.
• Coordinate the development of cybersecurity architecture recommendations, secure design patterns, implementation roadmaps, SOPs, playbooks, dashboards, briefings, and customer-ready deliverables.
• Support cATO implementation activities, including automated control assessment, control-to-evidence mapping, evidence collection, continuous monitoring, OSCAL-aligned documentation, metrics, dashboards, and authorization-support artifacts.
• Oversee Emerging Technology and AI Security Engineering and Testing activities, including intake, triage, risk-tiering, evidence expectations, decision gates, testing coordination, and risk reporting.
• Ensure emerging technology and AI assessments consider security, privacy, data protection, access control, supply chain risk, logging, monitoring, misuse risk, integration risk, and operational impact.
• Facilitate Agile delivery activities, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, capacity planning, sprint reviews,…