Hiring: Information Systems Security Manager (ISSM) Company: Veilant Location: Chantilly, VA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 13:42:27 Employment Type: Full-time / Remote Target Skills & Keywords : Configuration Management, Risk Management, Splunk, Zero Trust About the job Experience: •5+ years of progressively increasing responsibility supporting cybersecurity, information assurance, risk management, or compliance for classified and unclassified programs, within the U.S. Government or as a cleared contractor. Required Skills: •At most organizations, security accreditation shows up at the end of a program — a paperwork sprint to get an ATO signed before a deadline, run by someone who wasn't in the room when the architecture was decided. •That's not the job here. •If you've spent years watching RMF get treated as a compliance tax and you know it can be run as a discipline that actually makes systems better, this is the role where you get to prove it. •RMF accreditation, end to end. •You'll review systems on a regular cadence for drift from documented configurations and procedures, report what you find without softening it, and drive remediation to closure. •You'll be the person in the building who knows what NIST CSF, SP 800-171, SP 800-53, CMMC, and the DoD Zero Trust Mandate actually require — and, more usefully, what they mean for the system in front of you. •Security as a design input. •You'll identify security requirements early and get them built into architecture rather than bolted on. You'll advise mission teams on how their work maps to authorization processes — software, wireless, cloud approvals — so nobody discovers a blocker three weeks before delivery. Qualifications: •Active TS/SCI with Polygraph. This is a hard requirement — we're unable to consider candidates without a current clearance at this level. •A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Computer Engineering, or a related field — or equivalent hands-on experience. •Direct RMF experience — you've built ATO packages, not just contributed to them, and you've owned the relationship with an authorizing official. •Applied technical depth in one or more of: cloud and external services, system administration, configuration management, system and network architecture, operational technology, wireless, telecommunications security, supply chain risk, or security analysis tooling (Splunk, Nessus, Wireshark, and the like). •Communication that lands with both audiences. You can brief a room of engineers and a room of executives on the same risk, and both walk out knowing what to do next. •Willingness to work predominantly on-site in cleared facilities in Northern Virginia. •CISSP, CISM, or equivalent certification •Direct experience implementing DoD Zero Trust requirements or CMMC readiness •A track record of turning a skeptical mission team into a partner •This is an opportunity to shape a new commercial product function from the ground up. You will not simply inherit a roadmap — you will help define where Veilant goes next. Compensation: •$195,000 - $232,000 / year •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!