{"id":3938285,"url":"https://alion.io/job/saic-cybersecurity-engineer-rmf-specialist-lead","title":"Cybersecurity Engineer RMF Specialist Lead","company":{"id":58788,"name":"SAIC","domain":"saic.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/saic","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Oracle","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":78,"open_postings":93,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.892,"repost_share":0.011,"time_to_fill_p50_days":24,"computed_at":"2026-11-08T05:47:12Z"}},"role":"Security","role_family":"Security","seniority":"lead","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Arlington, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":9,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"AWS","optional":false},{"name":"Azure","optional":false},{"name":"Microsoft Defender","optional":false},{"name":"Microsoft Defender for Cloud","optional":false},{"name":"SIEM","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-02T16:28:30Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-02","last_verified_at":"2026-11-08T15:34:45Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":6,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":6},"description":"SAIC is seeking an experiencedCybersecurity Engineer RMF Specialist Lead to support compliance, monitoring, and authorization activities for DoD/Federal systems.\nThis position will be onsite at the Mark Center in Alexandria, Virginia.\nThe ideal candidate has strong RMF and ATO experience, is comfortable with cloud environments, and can work hands-on with security monitoring tools (including Azure security services and other enterprise monitoring platforms).\nKey Responsibilities:\nLead and support Risk Management Framework (RMF) activities across all steps (categorization through continuous monitoring).\nDevelop, update, and maintain ATO packages, including System Security Plans (SSPs), Security Assessment Reports (SARs), and related artifacts.\nCreate, track, and manage Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms) to ensure timely remediation of findings.\nConfigure, interpret, and monitor security alerts and dashboards using Azure security tools (e.g., Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Sentinel) and other monitoring solutions (e.g., SIEM, vulnerability scanners, endpoint protection).\nAnalyze security events and vulnerabilities, provide recommendations, and coordinate mitigation with system owners and engineers.\nApply DoD/Federal cybersecurity policies, standards, and guidelines to operational environments and projects.\nSupport continuous monitoring activities and periodic security assessments.\nCollaborate with cross-functional teams (network, cloud, applications, operations) to integrate security into system design and ongoing operations.\nDocument processes, maintain evidence, and support internal and external audits/inspections.\n Required Education:\nBachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more related experience.\nRequired Qualifications:\nMinimum 9 years of hands-on cybersecurity experience.\nStrong knowledge and practical experience with:\nDoD/Federal cybersecurity policy and guidance.\nRMF processes, documentation, and control implementation.\nATO package development and sustainment.\nPOA&M creation, management, and closure.\nExperience with security monitoring tools, including:\nAzure security tools (e.g., Microsoft Defender, Sentinel, or similar).\nAt least one enterprise SIEM and one vulnerability management tool.\nUnderstanding of cloud architectures (Azure, AWS, or similar) and willingness to deepen cloud security expertise.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly document security posture and present findings to stakeholders.\nAbility and willingness to work onsite at the Mark Center in Alexandria, VA, Monday-Friday.\nClearance:\nActive DoD Secret security clearance.","description_format":"text","description_chars":2726,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":9,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":true,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Cybersecurity","Information Security","Security Operations","Engineering Services"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-08T10:40:47Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":85,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.854,"p_room":1,"age_days":6,"expected_fill_days":24,"reasons":["conf:13","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-09T05:32:46Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/saic-cybersecurity-engineer-rmf-specialist-lead","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/saic-cybersecurity-engineer-rmf-specialist-lead.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-09T05:32:46Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":757,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-10T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":58788},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=58788"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fsaic-cybersecurity-engineer-rmf-specialist-lead"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fsaic-cybersecurity-engineer-rmf-specialist-lead"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fsaic-cybersecurity-engineer-rmf-specialist-lead"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/saic-cybersecurity-engineer-rmf-specialist-lead\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fsaic-cybersecurity-engineer-rmf-specialist-lead"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3938285}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"saic.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3938285},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}