Safeguards Security & Compliance Lead

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

📋 Description

• Oversee the planning, coordination, execution, and quality assurance of the FSA Safeguards program.

• Create and sustain Safeguards program plans, requirements documentation, security reports, inspection plans, procedures, scorecards, executive presentations, and implementation guidance.

• Convert IRS Publication 1075, FTI protection requirements, and Federal security mandates into actionable controls, crosswalks, processes, evidence requirements, and stakeholder guidance.

• Collaborate with business offices, system owners, technical teams, contractors, hosting/processing locations, and Government stakeholders.

• Lead security and vulnerability risk assessments, security evaluations, inspections, and Blue/White/Red Team initiatives.

• Facilitate cloud security expertise and evaluate compliance evidence, policies, procedures, and technical artifacts.

• Monitor Safeguards risks, findings, dependencies, corrective actions, and FTI POA&Ms through the remediation and closure processes.

• Manage continuous monitoring and periodic compliance reviews.

• Guide requirements collection and change management.

• Oversee quality assessments of evidence, security documentation, findings, reports, policies, procedures, and Safeguards deliverables.

• Offer senior-level security and compliance guidance for non-FTI ATO activities assigned.

• Coordinate a team of multidisciplinary Safeguards specialists to address complex issues related to assessments, architecture, cloud, risk, policy, and compliance.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

• More than 10 years of experience in information assurance, cybersecurity, security compliance, security assessment, risk management, or a closely related area.

• A senior-level industry certification such as CISSP or an equivalent credential.

• Proven experience providing technical and managerial leadership on significant cybersecurity, information assurance, compliance, or technology projects.

• In-depth knowledge of Federal security requirements, security controls, assessments, risk management, continuous monitoring, findings/POA&M management, and compliance.

• Experience in directing and overseeing client activities while managing methods, staffing, resources, and execution.

• Experience interfacing and negotiating with clients and senior management.

• Capability to make high-impact technical and management decisions requiring expert domain knowledge.

• Experience leading multidisciplinary cybersecurity/compliance teams and supervising personnel or technical workstreams.

• Familiarity with IRS Publication 1075/FTI security requirements or similar regulated-data security environments.

• Ability to obtain a 6c Public Trust.

• An active Secret clearance is strongly preferred.

• U.S. Citizenship is mandatory.

🏝️ Benefits

• Certification incentive program.

• PTO.

• Floating federal holiday options.

• HMO and High Deductible health insurance plans.

• Health Savings Accounts (HSAs).

• Flex Spending Accounts (FSAs).

• Comprehensive Dental Plans.

• Vision insurance.

• Short-term and long-term disability insurance.

• Life Insurance.

• 401(k) matching.

• Flexible Work Environment.

• Recognition and rewards for professional development and obtaining new certifications.

• Flexibility to balance quality work with personal lives.