
Senior Technical Lead
GovCIO
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $155,000 - $165,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Serve as the primary technical authority responsible for driving enterprise-level security, compliance, and operational excellence across the organization.
- Oversee the FedRAMP certification effort, manage Change Management operations, direct POA&M and vulnerability remediation activities, and ensure a mature, responsive Incident Management program.
- Lead the organization’s end‑to‑end FedRAMP certification and assessment initiative, including documentation, readiness, technical controls implementation, and auditor coordination.
- Ensure continuous compliance with NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171, NIST 800‑207 (Zero Trust), RMF, and other federal regulatory frameworks.
- Own the Plan of Action & Milestones (POA&M) lifecycle: creation, assignment, tracking, compliance reporting, and closure.
- Collaborate with cross‑functional engineering teams to validate remediation efforts and integrate security best practices into operations and development pipelines.
- Oversee the Change Management process, ensuring consistent governance, risk review, approval workflows, and documentation.
- Lead the organization’s Incident Management program, including triage, response coordination, root cause analysis, and post‑incident reporting.
Requirements
- Bachelor's with 12+ years in IT leadership roles such as Enterprise Architect, Technical Lead, Program Manager, or Solutions Architect.
- Extensive experience working with Federal agencies, FedRAMP requirements, and NIST frameworks.
- Demonstrated experience leading: FedRAMP or RMF certification efforts, Change Management programs, Vulnerability & POA&M remediation, Incident Management operations.
- Strong background in cloud security, hybrid/multi-cloud architectures, and Zero Trust.
- Experience guiding large-scale cloud migrations, data center consolidations, or modernization efforts.
- Excellent communication skills with proven ability to influence C-level and senior leaders.
Benefits
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Corporate Discounts
- Learning & Development platform, to include certification preparation content
- Training, Education and Certification Assistance*
- Referral Bonus Program
- Internal Mobility Program
- Pet Insurance
- Flexible Work Environment
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
FedRAMPNIST 800-53NIST 800-171NIST 800-207RMFChange ManagementIncident ManagementVulnerability remediationCloud securityZero Trust
Soft Skills
communicationleadershipinfluencecollaborationorganizational skillsproblem-solvingrisk managementtechnical authoritycross-functional teamworkroot cause analysis