SAIC is seeking a Deputy Cybersecurity Governance Lead to support a critical U.S. government agency in the National Capital Region. This senior-level role provides operational leadership across Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) activities supporting enterprise systems and their subsystems.

This role is responsible for ensuring the security and compliance of agency information systems by overseeing implementation and management of security controls aligned with federal cybersecurity frameworks, including the NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF), FISMA, and NIST SP 800-53.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced cybersecurity leader to contribute to the secure provisioning, authorization, and ongoing monitoring of systems across both on-premise and cloud environments. The Deputy Cybersecurity Governance Lead will collaborate with federal Information System Security Officers (ISSOs), system owners, engineers, and security teams to maintain the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of government systems, while driving consistency, quality, and accountability across GRC operations.

This hybrid role requires a minimum of three on-site days per week in Washington, DC.

Responsibilities:

Provide day-to-day operational leadership across GRC workstreams, including Risk Management, Assessment & Authorization, and Audit Support.
Oversee development, review, and quality assurance of Security Authorization packages, including SSPs, SARs, and POA&Ms across multiple systems.
Coordinate and prepare systems for Security Control Assessments (SCA), ensuring completeness, accuracy, and audit readiness of all artifacts.
Oversee Security Impact Analyses (SIAs) for system changes, modernization efforts, and new system integrations.
Ensure effective implementation and monitoring of security controls in accordance with NIST SP 800-53, RMF, and agency security policies.
Lead POA&M lifecycle management, including development, tracking, remediation validation, and closure assessments.
Oversee Risk Acceptance processes, ensuring proper documentation, justification, and alignment with system risk posture.
Manage and enforce continuous monitoring activities, ensuring control effectiveness and ongoing authorization compliance.
Coordinate audit support activities, including PBC responses, audit data calls, audit brief development, and remediation of findings.
Lead development of audit response packages (RCF, RAC, PSR) and support FISMA and A-130 reporting requirements.
Serve as a primary contractor interface to federal stakeholders, including ISSOs, Authorizing Officials (AO), and Security Control Assessors (SCA).
Oversee coordination between system owners, Security Operations, Vulnerability Management, and Security Tools teams to ensure integrated security operations.
Provide mentorship and oversight to ISSO support and business area liaisons, ensuring effective execution of responsibilities.
Establish and enforce quality standards for all GRC deliverables, ensuring documentation reflects actual system implementation.
Manage task tracking, prioritization, and execution across team activities to ensure contract deliverables and timelines are met.
Identify process gaps and implement improvements to increase efficiency, reduce RMF cycle time, and enhance audit readiness.
Prepare and deliver executive-level reports, risk briefings, and status updates to internal and external stakeholders.

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