Project Manager – Senior ISSO

Coalfire

Project Manager supporting cybersecurity consultancy efforts for federal agencies in Washington, D.C. Leading teams in risk assessment, compliance, and security strategies.

Posted 4/16/2026full-timeWashington • District of Columbia, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudCyber SecurityPMP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as the principal information assurance advisor to the Chief Information System Officer (CISO) and IT Program Manager/System Owner.
Collaborate with Chief Information Officer (CIO) office to ensure security/privacy/A&A requirements are met.
Lead a team of information assurance / security engineering professionals supporting unclassified networks and applications.
Ensure that the security team is conducting audit review, analysis, and reporting.
Represent customer at monthly meetings as needed.
Coordinate with security engineers to ensure all identified events on the network are audited and analyzed.
Provide technical expertise in the areas of vulnerability assessment, risk assessment, network security, product evaluation, and security implementation.
Provide technical evaluations of customer systems and assists with making security improvements.
Support continuous monitoring of production systems in accordance with defined security controls.
Participate and contribute to the Configuration Control Board (CCB).
Manage a team of ISSOs and engineers.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience with NIST 800-37, NIST 800-53, and FISMA.
Knowledge of FedRAMP and cloud security
Enterprise security and consulting experience
Ten (10) + years of information technology, cybersecurity experience for a consulting or government organization or A minimum of five (5) years of management experience.
One or more of the following is required: CISSP, CISM, CISA
Ability to obtain the PMP certification
Completed Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university, preferably in an IT related field.

Benefits

Comp & perks

paid parental leave
flexible time off
certification and training reimbursement
digital mental health and wellbeing support memberships
comprehensive insurance options

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Hard Skills & Tools

vulnerability assessmentrisk assessmentnetwork securitysecurity implementationaudit reviewsecurity analysissecurity reportingcloud securityenterprise securitysecurity improvements

Soft Skills

leadershipcollaborationcommunicationteam managementtechnical expertise

Certifications

CISSPCISMCISAPMP