Information Security Administrator

parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, long term disability, 401(k)

US

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace.

The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit  to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Peraton is seeking an experienced Security Administrator with a primary focus on security administration, audit support, policy management, and third-party risk oversight to maintain a continuous compliance posture against NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5, HIPAA, and related frameworks.

The ideal candidate will be a self-starter with strong project management skills, audit experience, and the ability to manage multiple security and compliance work streams while supporting security leadership, privacy stakeholders, vendors, on-site security engineering teams, and independent assessment organizations.

This selected individual will support our Safe Guard Services (SGS) team, a subsidiary of Peraton, which performs data analysis, investigation, and medical review, to detect, prevent, deter, reduce, and make referrals to recover fraud, waste, and abuse in Medicare/Medicaid healthcare programs.

The Security Administrator will be responsible for the following but not limited to::

• Author, maintain, and update security policies, procedures, standards, plans, and control documentation for the SGS Contracts environment.
• Perform control testing and gap analysis against NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5, HIPAA/HITECH and the CMS ARS and PIM.
• Document deficiencies and manage the Plan of Action & Milestones (POA&M) lifecycle from identification through verified closure
• Respond to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEVs), CCIC bulletins, and compliance data calls

• Support maintenance of the control evidence library and GRC platform records, control mappings, and compliance reporting using CFACTs.
• Serve as the operational-side evidence provider for annual independent assessments and CMS reviews.
• Support Security Assessment preparation and security assessment report development
• Ensure audit-readiness on any given day rather than reconstructed compliance

• Conduct vendor security due diligence and assessments.
• Perform contract and control reviews, continuous monitoring, and risk reporting
• Manage vendor security questionnaires and ongoing compliance verification

• Administer SMM platform documentation, audit activities, and training programs
• Serve as application owner liaison or support PMO coordination for SMM-related activities
• Support application  and controls

• Generate and audit Lenel access control reports on a weekly and monthly basis
• Conduct group audits and access reviews.
• Support training and onboarding activities

• Leverage SharePoint and Power Apps knowledge to streamline workflows and reporting
• Participate and support change control boards; evaluate applications;…