Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Battelle conducts research and development, manages national laboratories, designs and manufactures products, and delivers critical services for its clients. The IT Security Analyst IV serves as a cybersecurity subject matter expert, leading cybersecurity compliance, risk management, security assessments, documentation, continuous monitoring, and security operations for federal information systems, cloud environments, research platforms, and remote Arctic operations.
Responsibilities
- Lead the implementation, assessment, monitoring, and sustainment of cybersecurity controls to maintain compliance with FISMA, NIST 800-53, and federal Risk Management Framework (RMF) requirements
- Coordinate cybersecurity assessments, audits, and authorization activities with internal stakeholders, external assessors, federal agencies, and corporate cybersecurity teams
- Lead cybersecurity projects and initiatives, ensuring objectives are achieved within scope, schedule, and budget constraints
- Conduct security assessments, control reviews, vulnerability assessments, and risk analyses to evaluate the effectiveness of cybersecurity controls and identify areas for improvement
- Develop and maintain security documentation, including System Security Plans (SSPs), Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms), policies, procedures, standards, and compliance artifacts
- Lead continuous monitoring activities including vulnerability management, remediation tracking, configuration compliance validation, security metrics collection, and reporting
- Collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, networking, and application teams to design and implement secure solutions that meet business and federal compliance requirements
- Evaluate emerging technologies, cloud services, applications, and operational initiatives to identify cybersecurity risks and recommend appropriate mitigations
- Support incident response activities including security investigations, root cause analysis, corrective action planning, and implementation of security improvements
- Serve as a cybersecurity advisor to system owners, project teams, program leadership, and stakeholders regarding cybersecurity strategy, risk management, compliance requirements, and security best practices
- Provide mentorship, guidance, and technical leadership to junior cybersecurity and IT staff
- Support cybersecurity activities across geographically dispersed facilities, remote field sites, cloud platforms, and Arctic communications infrastructure
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, and eight (8) years of relevant experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Demonstrated experience supporting federal cybersecurity compliance programs, including implementation and assessment of NIST 800-53 security controls
- Experience with FISMA compliance, Risk Management Framework (RMF), continuous monitoring, vulnerability management, and security assessments
- Experience developing and maintaining cybersecurity documentation, policies, procedures, risk assessments, and compliance artifacts
- Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles, identity and access management, cloud security, infrastructure security, and enterprise security architecture
- Experience leading cybersecurity projects and coordinating activities across technical and non-technical teams
- Ability to communicate cybersecurity risks and recommendations effectively to technical staff, management, and external stakeholders
- Prior experience in information security, cybersecurity operations, governance, risk management, or compliance functions
- Must be a U.S. citizen
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
- Additional cybersecurity certifications such as CISM, CRISC, CGRC (formerly CAP), Security+, GIAC, or equivalent
- Experience supporting federal civilian agencies, government contractors, or research organizations subject to FISMA requirements
- Experience serving in roles such as ISSO, Security Control Assessor, cybersecurity program lead, compliance lead, or similar senior cybersecurity positions
- Experience with Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Defender, vulnerability management platforms, and cloud security technologies
- Knowledge of cybersecurity considerations associated with remote operations, scientific research environments, and geographically distributed infrastructure
- Experience leading teams, mentoring staff, and coordinating cross-functional cybersecurity initiatives
Benefits
- Balance life through a compressed work schedule: Most of our team follows a flexible, compressed work schedule that allows for every other Friday off—giving you a dedicated day to accomplish things in your personal life without using vacation time.
- Enjoy enhanced work flexibility, including a hybrid arrangement: You have options for where and when you work. Our Together with Flexibility model allows you to work 60% in-office and 40% remote, with Monday and Tuesday as common in-office days, dependent on team and position needs.
- Take time to recharge: You get paid time off to support work-life balance and keep motivated.
- Prioritize wellness: Stay healthy with medical, dental, and vision coverage with wellness incentives and benefits plus a variety of optional supplemental benefits.
- Better together: Coverage for partners, gender-affirming care and health support, and family formation support.
- Build your financial future: Build financial stability with an industry-leading 401(k) retirement savings plan. For most employees, we put in 5 percent whether you contribute or not, and match your contributions on top of that.
- Advance your education: Tuition assistance is available to pursue higher education.
- Apply your talent to challenging and meaningful projects
- Receive select funding to pursue ideas in scientific and technological discovery
- Partner with world-class experts in a collaborative environment
- Nurture and develop the next generation of scientific leaders
- Give back to and improve our communities
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