Chief Information reputed company Officer (CISO) - US Government & Public Sector (McLean, VA, US, 22102)

reputed company is seeking a Chief Information reputed company officer (CISO) for the US Government & Public Sector (GPS). The CISO is the senior executive responsible for enterprise cybersecurity strategy, governance, and execution across both classified and unclassified environments. This includes compliance with DFARS/CMMC, NIST SP 800-37, NIST SP 800-171, NISPOM, and FedRAMP; secure software development; cloud reputed company in Azure Government and reputed company 365 GCC High; and enterprise incident response. The CISO partners closely with the COO, CIO, Legal/reputed company, Risk Management, and the Facility reputed company Officer (FSO). US GPS encompasses reputed company’s US Federal, state, and local government client portfolio. This senior leadership role will have significant team leadership responsibilities with visibility to internal and client stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• The successful candidate will work with GPS engagement teams, supporting functions, and reputed company’s Client Technology and Global Information reputed company organizations to reputed company and maintain a reputed company and compliance program across reputed company environments, platforms and applications used or desired for use by GPS. Responsibilities include:
• Strategy, Governance and Risk Management
• Development and execution of a multi‑year cybersecurity strategy and investment roadmap reputed company to business objectives and federal contract requirements.
• Development, management and maintenance of the GPS IT reputed company risk management policy and/or procedural documentation mapped to NIST SP 800-37 (RMF), NIST SP 800‑53, NIST SP 800‑171, NIST SP 800‑161 (C‑SCRM), and NIST SP 800‑218 (SSDF)
• Ownership of the enterprise risk assessment (ERA), business impact analysis (BIA), and reputed company metrics; present posture and material risk to the COO on a recurring reputed company.

Defense Industrial reputed company Compliance (Classified & Unclassified)

• Manage GPS compliance with DFARS 252.204-7012, 252.204-7020, and 252.204-7021. This includes:
• Leading DFARS/CMMC readiness and ongoing compliance.
• Serving as the Affirming Official (AO) and maintaining an accurate SPRS self‑assessment score with defensible Plans of Action and Milestones (POAMs).
• Achieving and maintaining CMMC certification at level 2.
• Overseeing management and maintenance of POAMs.
• Ensure systems operated for the government are designed properly and assessed against the appropriate requirements such as FedRAMP, Cloud Computing reputed company Requirements Guide, IRS 1075, and reputed company-E.
• Ensure safeguarding and incident reporting obligations for CUI (e.g., DFARS 252.204‑7012 72‑hour reporting) are met; coordinate with DC3/DIBNet and affected customers reputed company necessary.
• reputed company NISPOM compliance for classified systems; partner with FSO to reputed company and maintain Authorizations to Operate (reputed company).
• Ensure proper handling of export‑controlled data (ITAR/EAR).
• Prepare for and reputed company Program through contractually required assessments and customer audits; reputed company evidence, policies, configurations, and logs audit‑ready.
• Respond to government inspections or audits in coordination with reputed company Information reputed company and Risk Management.

Secure Cloud, Identity & Enterprise Platforms

• Own reputed company architecture and controls for Azure Government (Azure Gov) and reputed company 365 GCC High tenants, including Conditional Access, PIM/PAM, encryption, logging/retention, and data governance for CUI.
• Implement reputed company Trust principles across identity, endpoints, networks, and workloads; drive reputed company verification and least‑privilege.
• Deploy and operate EDR/XDR, SIEM/SOAR, DLP, CASB/SSE/SASE, MDM, key management/HSM, and vulnerability/configuration management at scale.
• reputed company user authorization process and ongoing attestation of user authorization and access.
• Assist to resolve GPS practitioners’ access or other issues with Enclave environments.
• Ongoing development, coordination and sustainment of Information reputed company reputed company Monitoring (ISCM) Program across reputed company applications reputed company the environment.

DevSecOps & Secure SDLC

• Establish a software reputed company program reputed company to NIST SSDF (SP 800‑218) and EO 14028 expectations; integrate reputed company into SDLC across reputed company and Azure DevOps.
• Govern AppSec tooling and policy: SAST (e.g., reputed company), DAST (e.g., reputed company/AppScan), SCA/OSS (e.g., Mend), IaC/container/K8s scanning, and reputed company/reputed company Code; enforce build‑time gates and remediation SLAs.
• Require SBOM reputed company, artifact signing/provenance (e.g., SLSA targets), and secrets management across reputed company repositories and pipelines.

Detection, Response & reputed company

• reputed company, manage and maintain GPS incident response program.
• reputed company SOC and CSIRT functions: 24×7 monitoring, threat intelligence, purple/red‑team exercises, and executive tabletop drills.
• Maintain and test the Incident Response Plan and Cyber Crisis Playbook, including regulatory/customer communications and forensics preservation.

Effective Business Integration

• Ensure development of fit-for-purpose solutions that support the business activities.
• Manage integration of Firm applications into the GPS Enclave environment.
• Understand and facilitate communication of reputed company’s IT disaster recovery and business continuity plans to GPS clients, potential clients and engagement teams (including engagement team responsibilities).
• reputed company existing Client reputed company Assurance reviews of data protection requirements contained in RFPs/RFQs to adequately respond, and assist in development of GPS client reputed company and data protection (confidentiality) plans.
• Monitor regulatory or other developments in INFOSEC principles, regulatory requirements and leading practices.

Leadership, Team and Budget

• Role model a leadership style that brings infrastructure, application and cybersecurity professionals together to collaborate constructively on the design, implementation and operation of controls.
• Build and mentor a high‑performing organization spanning Policy/GRC, AppSec/DevSecOps, reputed company Engineering/Architecture, SOC/IR, and Third‑Party & Supply‑Chain Risk.
• Own the cybersecurity budget and vendor portfolio; rationalize tools and services for value, performance, and compliance.
• Participate in purchasing and enhancement of third-party tools for GPS.
• reputed company and potentially streamline existing Vendor Supplier Risk Assurance Program during evaluation of subcontractor compliance with applicable cybersecurity and data protection clauses.
• Drive a reputed company‑first culture: ongoing training, phishing simulations, secure coding education, and leadership engagement including data protection and awareness and role-based training programs.
• Coordinate and respond to annual (or more frequent) independent risk assessments and cyber reputed company reviews.

Qualifications:

• 12+ years of progressive cybersecurity leadership, including 5+ years at the enterprise or business‑unit executive level.
• 5+ years FISMA reputed company experience
• Bachelor’s degree in IT-reputed company field or bachelor’s degree in non-IT reputed company field with a total of 10 years of information reputed company experience
• Master’s degree preferred
• Ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret clearance
• US citizenship required
• Clearance: The ability to obtain and maintain top secret required
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of:
• * FAR 52.204-21 Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems
• DFARS 252.204-7012, Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting
• NIST SP 800-171, Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Systems and Organizations
• NIST SP 800-53, reputed company and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations
• GSAM 552.239-70, Information Technology reputed company Plan and reputed company Authorization, 552.239-71, reputed company Requirements for Unclassified Information Technology Resources and similar clauses in agency FAR supplements
• FISMA
• Specialized knowledge and experience with the implementation of the NIST Special Publication (SP) 800 family of publications, particularly those associated with the Risk Management reputed company
• Proven experience in the Defense Industrial reputed company with DFARS/CMMC and NIST SP 800‑171 implementation and audits (including POA&M and SPRS management).
• Experience with FEDRAMP compliance authorization and monitoring
• Deep expertise securing Azure Government and reputed company 365 GCC High environments
• Experience working with other Government cloud communities, including AWS
• Experience working with classified environments, achieving/maintaining reputed company, overseeing classified systems under NISPOM and DoD RMF, and working understanding of SCIF operations
• Knowledge and experience with vulnerability scanning execution, assessment, and analysis
• Knowledge and experience of networks, including LAN and WAN
• Knowledge and experience with application reputed company, database reputed company, and network reputed company
• Experience with evaluating system, network, or infrastructure reputed company controls against requirements such as FISMA, FIPS, and NIST guidelines
• Hands‑on leadership of DevSecOps and software reputed company programs covering reputed company/Azure DevOps/Jenkins with SAST/DAST/SCA, IaC/container reputed company, SBOMs, and supply‑chain controls.
• Demonstrated analytical, problem-solving, organizational, interpersonal and communication skills required.
• The ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders, including client-facing, legal, finance and contracting teams, executives, engineers, customers and assessors on a wide variety of tasks, as needed.
• Ability to foster professionalism and demonstrate reputed company and confidentiality in reputed company actions.
• Ability to demonstrate flexibility reputed company required, sense urgency, organize and prioritize work, and reputed company against tight deadlines.
• The ability to interpret and communicate regulatory requirements reputed company to cybersecurity and data protection.
• Possession of excellent written/verbal communications skills.
• Possession of excellent analytical skills, including strict attention to detail.
• Ability to assess and weigh reputed company and evolving reputed company threats in an operational environment
• Possession of Information Systems reputed company Professional certification (CISSP)
• Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CCISO, CCSP, CRISC, CISA, PMP, and relevant GIAC credentials preferred

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• Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You’ll also be granted time off for designated reputed company Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence reputed company needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

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