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# Information Assurance (IA) Lead

- **Company:** VTG Defense
- **Location:** Aurora, CO, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $195,000.0 - $220,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computing Platforms, Cyber Security, Information Systems Security Architecture Professional, Information Systems Security Engineering Professional, Systems Integration
- **Published:** July 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/84484480/1

## About the Role

The key personnel shall have demonstrated, recent, and relevant experience working with senior Government managers on IA issues. The IA key personnel shall meet, at a minimum, the standards and certifications of IASAE Level III with recent and relevant IC, DoD, or Government experience in IT, IA, or INFOSEC, related fields, or IA disciplines., * TS/SCI with Poly required

 * Bachelor's degree in Business, Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) (advanced degrees or certifications in Business, STEM is desired).
 * Minimum 10+ years IA experience designing, developing, implementing, and integrating DoD IA architectures, systems, or system components within computing environments (CE), network environments (NE), and enclave environments, ensuring their functionality and security.
 * Relevant experience is required in: IA systems security engineering, engineering the concept, design, development, implementation, and or integration, from end-to-end (E2E), of a system or system component.
 * In addition to the above relevant IA experience, the Information Assurance Systems Architect and Engineer (IASAE) must also have experience with DoD IA Certification and Accreditation Process, or ICD 503 policies, the Government Certification and Authorization process, and guidance from the NIST for implementation with NRO.
 * IASAE Level III: CISSP-ISSEP, CISSP-ISSAP

Pay Range: VTG's estimated starting pay range is $195,000 - 220,000 annually, which is a general guideline for and depending on the geographic location. When extending an offer, VTG also considers work experience, education, skill level, market considerations and may possibly include contractual requirements which may cause an offer to fall outside of this range



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