Remote Cybersecurity Project Lead; cATO & Cloud Security

Military Friendly & Preferred - Hoh Sponsor

SUMMARY: The cATO Technical PM plans and drives delivery of cybersecurity architecture and engineering initiatives such as enterprise security and Continuous Authorization to Operate (cATO). This role coordinates cross-functional teams to deliver secure cloud and hybrid solutions, automate controls and evidence collection (including OSCAL), and improve risk management outcomes through repeatable standards, roadmaps, and Agile execution.



Key Responsibilities

• Lead planning and execution across cybersecurity architecture and engineering work streams to support the agency cybersecurity mission.
• Develop, maintain, and evolve the Enterprise Security Reference Architecture (ESRA), security patterns, and standards for cloud and on prem environments.
• Provide architectural input to the Cybersecurity Roadmap and Strategy, including cATO maturity, automated control testing, and improvements to ATO timelines.
• Design and operationalize continuous monitoring and automated evidence collection pipelines (e.g., SIEM/XDR, scanners, cloud APIs, CI/CD) and integrate outputs into AO grade dashboards.
• Develop and manage OSCAL artifacts (profiles, inheritance models) and evidence data contracts to support scalable, repeatable assessments.
• Oversee and quality assure security architecture reviews (SAR), technical risk assessments/threat modeling, secure design reviews, and High Value Asset (HVA) assessments; ensure findings include practical mitigations and recommendations.
• Support ATO intake and assessment workflows and vulnerability scanning programs (vulnerability, compliance, configuration, database, web application, continuous monitoring, and ad hoc) aligned to RMF and federal guidance.
• Provide security architecture leadership for Dev Sec Ops  strategy and implementation, including integrating security scanning into pipelines and implementing security controls in accordance with RMF/CSF/FISMA/FedRAMP.
• Design and deploy native cloud security services and reference implementations across AWS, Azure, and GCP, including security in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates/blueprints.
• Evaluate and conduct proofs of value for cloud native, COTS, third party, and open source security tools; recommend improvements for coverage, efficacy, and efficiency.
• Partner with operations teams to improve cloud monitoring, detection, and response (e.g., log ingestion/analysis, alert tuning, SOC visibility) and to identify/contain/remediate SDLC vulnerabilities.
• Lead and mentor a team of security architects/engineers; coordinate cross functional stakeholders; provide briefings/presentations to technical and executive audiences.
• Own delivery management: facilitate requirements gathering, backlog refinement, sprint planning, capacity planning, and retrospectives; ensure teams deliver high value increments meeting the Definition of Done.
• Develop and maintain supporting documentation (e.g., SOPs, policies, procedures, review guides, and checklists) as required.
• May be required to perform other tasks and activities associated with the Cybersecurity Architecture and Engineering contract or requested by Executive Leadership to assist with other solutions to support clients or teams.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; high attention to detail; able to work with minimal guidance.
• Demonstrated ability to operate at both the strategic and hands on technical level; able to explain technical risks and options to executive audiences.
• Proven project leadership experience coordinating cross functional teams and stakeholders; able to manage changing priorities and deliver to schedule.
• Experience leading delivery in Agile environments (e.g., Scrum/Kanban), including backlog…