Information Assurance Specialist

BizFirst LLC

Information Assurance Specialist providing technical analysis and auditing for government clients. Collaborating in a team environment in Suitland, Maryland.

Posted 5/21/2026full-timeSuitland • Maryland • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $60,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudCyber SecurityTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support accreditation and authorization efforts by auditing security procedures, reviewing system compliance, monitoring RMF-related controls, and helping maintain the documentation and evidence needed to support an Authority to Operate (ATO).
Work with system owners and system administrators to audit standard operating procedures, checklists, and policies.
Review and analyze audit logs to ensure compliance with Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) and Information Assurance Vulnerability Alerts (IAVAs) in support of achieving and maintaining authorization to operate.
Review and audit system configuration management, including system documentation, user manuals, and database versions.
Define, review, and audit policies to help ensure system access, user accounts, and other security controls are properly managed.
Support the maintenance of existing Authority to Operate (ATO), physical security controls, and required protection of sensitive or classified information.
Ensure RMF compliance with SOPs, media sanitation procedures, contingency planning, incident response, and insider threat policies and protocols.
Audit and manage all outstanding open compliance items through completion and/or risk acceptance.
Review and ensure compliance with information security boundaries through interconnection security agreements and service level agreements.
Understand and monitor agreements with FedRAMP cloud and services providers and associated controls.

Requirements

What you’ll need

U.S. Citizen.
Active Top Secret (TS) clearance with SCI eligibility.
College degree or higher in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
Minimum of 3+ years' relevant experience in information assurance, cybersecurity, RMF, accreditation and authorization, or system security compliance.
Experience with system hardening and patching.
Experience managing system configurations.
Experience working with the NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF).
Ability to understand, interpret, and implement NIST policy.
Experience with ACAS, eMASS, and CMRS is desirable.
Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
Ability to work independently in an autonomous environment.
Security+, CASP+, CISSP, or comparable certification required.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Support accreditation and authorization efforts by auditing security procedures, reviewing system compliance, monitoring RMF-related controls, and helping maintain the documentation and evidence needed to support an Authority to Operate (ATO).
Work with system owners and system administrators to audit standard operating procedures, checklists, and policies.
Review and analyze audit logs to ensure compliance with Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) and Information Assurance Vulnerability Alerts (IAVAs) in support of achieving and maintaining authorization to operate.
Review and audit system configuration management, including system documentation, user manuals, and database versions.
Define, review, and audit policies to help ensure system access, user accounts, and other security controls are properly managed.
Support the maintenance of existing Authority to Operate (ATO), physical security controls, and required protection of sensitive or classified information.
Ensure RMF compliance with SOPs, media sanitation procedures, contingency planning, incident response, and insider threat policies and protocols.
Audit and manage all outstanding open compliance items through completion and/or risk acceptance.
Review and ensure compliance with information security boundaries through interconnection security agreements and service level agreements.
Understand and monitor agreements with FedRAMP cloud and services providers and associated controls. 🎯 Requirements
U.S. Citizen.
Active Top Secret (TS) clearance with SCI eligibility.
College degree or higher in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
Minimum of 3+ years' relevant experience in information assurance, cybersecurity, RMF, accreditation and authorization, or system security compliance.
Experience with system hardening and patching.
Experience managing system configurations.
Experience working with the NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF).
Ability to understand, interpret, and implement NIST policy.
Experience with ACAS, eMASS, and CMRS is desirable.
Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
Ability to work independently in an autonomous environment.
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Hard Skills & Tools

information assurancecybersecurityRMFsystem hardeningsystem patchingsystem configuration managementNIST Risk Management Frameworkaudit log analysissecurity controls managementcompliance monitoring

Soft Skills

interpersonal communicationindependent workautonomous environment

Certifications

Security+CASP+CISSP