Lynk

Security Analyst

• Own and maintain the System Security Plan (SSP) and Plan of Action & Milestones (POA&M) for all CUI-scoped systems; always keep documentation audit-ready.
• Assess all 110 NIST SP 800-171 practices for implementation and effectiveness; map existing controls (Wazuh, ThreatDown, Tenable, ManageEngine, AD GPOs, SnipeIT) to CMMC requirements, identify gaps, and drive remediation.
• Maintain the organizational risk register; support ongoing Risk Management Framework (RMF) processes and report risk posture to the CISO.
• Lead preparation for CMMC Level 2 assessments — build evidence packages, coordinate with the C3PAO, and manage assessor requests and findings.
• Develop and maintain cybersecurity policies, procedures, and standards aligned to CMMC, DFARS, SOC 2, and GDPR; ensure version control and staff acknowledgment records are maintained.
• Define, track, and report security metrics and KPIs to the CISO and non-technical stakeholders including legal, contracts, and business development teams.
• Support contract teams with DFARS clause requirements, cybersecurity representations, and customer security questionnaires.
• Conduct vendor and third-party risk assessments; maintain supplier risk documentation.
• Manage the security awareness training program and phishing simulations; maintain completion records per CMMC requirements.
• Monitor SIEM for security events and alerts relevant to CUI systems; write and tune detection rules; triage and escalate incidents; produce post-incident reports with compliance impact assessment. Leverage audit log aggregation to satisfy CMMC AU (Audit & Accountability) control evidence requirements.
• Monitor EDR alerts for CUI-scoped endpoints; investigate detections and coordinate response with IT.
• Work with IT to ensure vulnerability findings are remediated within CMMC-required timeframes, track and report on remediation status.
• Leverage MDM and Active Directory to enforce device compliance, GPO-based security baselines, and access control policies across CUI-scoped endpoints.
• Use asset inventory as the authoritative hardware/software asset register for CMMC system boundary documentation; keep it current and audit ready.
• Conduct periodic access control audits; enforce least-privilege across AD, SSO, and SaaS tooling handling CUI.

Security Analyst – ISSO