Government Technical Advisor – IT/Cyber

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Act as the subject matter expert for Federal Accounts concerning federal cybersecurity, information assurance, technology compliance, and security authorization requirements impacting Varian solutions.

• Provide support to leadership and cross-functional teams regarding federal cybersecurity, compliance, and authorization mandates, such as DoD RMF, NIST SP 800-37 and SP 800-53, FISMA, FedRAMP, ATO, ERA, ATC, MOU-ISA, continuous monitoring, and vulnerability management.

• Facilitate technical readiness reviews, documentation, risk assessments, stakeholder inputs, and technical validation activities that aid in authorization processes.

• Monitor evolving federal policies and product approval statuses; evaluate business and technical impacts, communicate requirements, and assist in risk mitigation and POA&M development.

• Offer cybersecurity and compliance advice during proposals, contracting, project planning, implementation, modernization, and lifecycle sustainment.

• Provide guidance on federal network integration, enterprise architecture, cybersecurity design, and infrastructure dependencies related to Active Directory, SQL Server, virtualization, PKI, certificate services, firewalls, cloud services, secure remote access, system interfaces, and network-connected medical devices.

• Support DHA B2B, site-to-site connectivity, VPN, digital certificate, network access, MOU/ISA, and ATC initiatives while collaborating with customer IT and cybersecurity organizations.

• Assess deployment and integration architectures to pinpoint dependencies, cybersecurity considerations, implementation risks, and obstacles prior to execution.

• Assist in strategic planning and modernization for Radiation Oncology software, treatment delivery systems, medical devices, cloud solutions, database migrations, platform transitions, infrastructure enhancements, and enterprise integration.

• Analyze architecture, infrastructure, integration, and cybersecurity implications of new products, software versions, connected devices, cloud-hosted designs, and emerging technologies.

• Advocate for federal customer requirements and authorization needs to Product Management, Engineering, Product Security, Regulatory, Service, and Installations, influencing roadmaps and technical designs.

• Build and maintain relationships with federal customer leadership, CIO organizations, information security officers, cybersecurity officials, and technical stakeholders.

• Simplify complex technical and cybersecurity issues for both technical and non-technical audiences, supporting executive briefings, cybersecurity reviews, customer meetings, strategic planning, and issue escalation.

• Provide cross-coverage and technical assistance for other Federal Accounts resources.

• Serve as a technical subject matter expert and escalation resource to investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve complex software, infrastructure, connectivity, cybersecurity, and product-related challenges.

• Develop and uphold Federal Accounts IT and Cybersecurity standard operating procedures, technical guidance, templates, training materials, and customer-facing resources.

• Establish repeatable processes that enhance authorization, product approval, technology deployment, risk management, and organizational knowledge sharing across federal programs.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive knowledge of federal cybersecurity and authorization frameworks, including RMF, NIST SP 800-37, NIST SP 800-53, FISMA, FedRAMP, ATO, ERA, and associated security control and assessment practices.

• Proficient understanding of cybersecurity controls, vulnerability management, compliance assessments, continuous monitoring, risk mitigation, network architecture, secure connectivity, VPN technologies, and medical device or healthcare system integration.

• Capacity to interpret federal directives, technical standards, contractual obligations, and customer requirements, translating them into actionable technical and operational tasks.

• Exceptional executive presence, presentation, communication, consultation, and relationship-management abilities.

• Capability to work independently across multiple high-priority initiatives and complex stakeholder groups.

• Proven track record of coordinating efforts across Engineering, Product Management, Product Security, Cybersecurity, Regulatory, Service, Installations, customer IT, and federal program organizations.

• Candidate must possess or be able to acquire CompTIA Security+, PIV card, and CAC with ALT token access.

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Engineering, Healthcare Informatics, or a related field is preferred.

• A minimum of seven years of experience in supporting healthcare technology, cybersecurity, federal programs, medical device integration, enterprise software, or similarly regulated environments.

• Experience in participating in RMF assessments, ATO programs, FISMA compliance, security authorization, federal healthcare IT, or comparable government or defense initiatives.

• Prior experience with DHA, DoD, VHA, VA, or other federal agencies is preferred.

• Security+, CISSP, CISM, CAP, or a similar cybersecurity certification is preferred.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications and enterprise collaboration platforms.

• Must be capable of working with controlled technology in compliance with US export control laws.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical insurance

• Dental insurance

• Vision insurance

• 401(k) retirement plan

• Life insurance

• Long-term and short-term disability insurance

• Paid parking/public transportation

• Paid time off

• Paid sick and safe time