SME Cybersecurity Engineer

GovCIO is currently hiring for a SME Cybersecurity Engineer to support cybersecurity, compliance, and risk management activities supporting the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG). This role provides high-level engineering, technical leadership, and stregic guidance to maintain federal security standards, manage vulnerabilities, and ensure mission-critical systems achieve and retain authorizion. This position will be loced in Alexandria, VA,and will be a hybrid position.

As an SME Cybersecurity Engineer, you will serve as a principal technical authority for the cybersecurity posture, compliance framework, and risk management initiives. Core responsibilities include:

• Lead the drafting and maintenance of comprehensive Authority to Opere (ATO) packages and documention in alignment with federal guidelines.
• Provide expert guidance in the selection, tailoring, and implemention of complex security controls applicable to the system environment.
• Identify, select, and oversee the applicion of approprie Defense Informion Systems Agency (DISA) Security Technical Implemention Guide (STIG) Checklists.
• Cree, manage, and actively monitor Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms) to ensure swift remediion of enterprise security gaps.
• Lead and conduct thorough Privacy Threshold Analysis (PTA) to ensure federal da privacy compliance.
• Actively monitor Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS) scans and collabore with technical infrastructure teams to remedie identified vulnerabilities.
• Direct and document regular Contingency Plan (CP) testing to ensure operional resilience and disaster recovery readiness.
• Support change management processes by overseeing the accure completion and routing of all required engineering paperwork.
• Facilite Cybersecurity Service Provider (CSSP) onboarding processes to align with organizional defense-in-depth stregies.
• Engage, coordine, and maintain stregic communicion with various departments within Coast Guard Cyber Command (CGCYBER).
• Respond accurely and promptly to Cyber Operional Readiness Assessment (CORA) and broader CGCYBER da calls.
• Provide all requested technical security documention to the primary Informion Systems Security Officer (ISSO) to support overarching compliance.

High School with 12+ years (or commensure experience)

Required Skills & Experience

• Certificions: DoD 8570.01-M IAM Level I Certificion (e.g., Security+ CE, CAP, GSLC, or equivalent).
• Demonstred practical user experience with Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS) for federal vulnerability scanning.
• Hands-on experience utilizing Security Informion and Event Management (SIEM) systems for analyzing security alerts and system logs.
• Familiarity with Extended Detection and Response (XDR) plforms for endpoint and network thre detection.
• Direct user experience naviging the Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Service (eMASS) for IT security compliance and risk management.
• Proven understanding of the Risk Management Framework (RMF) process and federal system hardening procedures.

Clearance Level: Must have an active Secret clearance

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Experience supporting U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) or Department of Homeland Security (DHS) cybersecurity programs.
• Advanced baseline cybersecurity certificions such as IAM Level II/III credentials (e.g., CISSP, CISM, or CASP+).
• Prior experience participing directly in formal federal security audits or Cyber Operional Readiness Assessments (CORA).
• Familiarity with automion tools or dashboards used to track and report vulnerability remediion progress.s.