Lead cybersecurity operations for a federal facility's control and building automation systems as an on-site cyber authority, mentoring a small RMF team while bridging local operations and enterprise-level government security requirements.
What you'll do
- Lead daily cybersecurity operations including patching, hardening, monitoring, and compliance for facility and control systems
- Supervise and mentor two RMF Specialists, reviewing their work and developing their technical capabilities
- Act as on-site liaison between facility operations teams, OEM vendors, and remote government cybersecurity stakeholders to align with enterprise security requirements
- Run vulnerability scans, analyze results, drive remediation to completion, and maintain system inventory and documentation
- Oversee RMF documentation creation and security artifacts to ensure accuracy and audit-readiness
- Represent on-site readiness in customer meetings, workshops, and program reviews
- Lead cyber phase-in and transition efforts during ramp-up to ensure smooth collaboration with broader government cyber organization
Mission
Supporting a federal customer's critical infrastructure—building automation, utilities, and facility control systems—ensuring systems remain secure, compliant, and audit-ready to maintain Authority to Operate (ATO) and support the installation's operational continuity.
Required skills
- RMF process
- Vulnerability scanning and remediation
- NIST 800-53 and 800-82
- DoD cybersecurity tools
- Federal cybersecurity frameworks
- Technical writing
- Team leadership and mentoring
- Facility/control systems security