Cyber Technical Analyst Sr Principal

Advance your career while impacting our national security in cyber as a Cyber Technical Analyst Sr Principal at GDIT. Here, technologists have many paths to grow a meaningful career supporting cyber missions and operations across the federal government.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT

As a Cyber Technical Analyst Sr Principal, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of our customer’s classified commercial cloud environment. You will play a crucial role in securing and continuously monitoring a classified workstation secure enclave, ensuring it meets stringent FedRAMP and CNSSI 1253 requirements while enabling mission-critical operations.

• Support the full RMF and Assessment & Authorization (A&A) lifecycle for the workstation secure enclave, including control implementation, assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring.
• Maintain a comprehensive body of evidence for FedRAMP/DoW A&A packages and continuous monitoring requirements, including POA&M tracking, reporting, and remediation.
• Collaborate with security engineers, system administrators, ISSO/ISSM, vendors, and leadership to integrate and validate security controls and align operations with FedRAMP, DoD, and CNSSI 1253 requirements.
• Identify, assess, and remediate vulnerabilities using Tenable Nessus, Tenable.sc, SCC, STIG tooling, and related security tools; ensure host inventory and scan policies are accurate and complete.
• Review scan results, STIG findings, and patching activities to ensure accurate, actionable data and effective hardening of operating systems, network devices, and applications.
• Evaluate system designs, network architectures, firewall rules, and PPSM submissions to ensure security principles are integrated from the outset and architecture risks are addressed.
• Lead preparation and execution of security control audits and FedRAMP 3PAO assessments, reviewing artifacts, logs, and configurations to validate evidence of compliance and a strong security posture.
• Provide security control assessment and audit oversight, including reviewing and validating implementation work performed by engineers and system administrators.
• Manage a robust continuous monitoring and GRC program, aggregating and analyzing security data to identify trends, anomalies, and potential incidents and providing actionable risk insights to leadership.
• Support risk assessments and incident response, recommending mitigating controls and assisting the ISSM and incident response team with artifacts and deep system/security expertise.

Bring your cyber expertise and drive for innovation to GDIT. The Cyber Technical Analyst Sr Principal must have:

• Education: Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science

• Experience: 8+ years of related experience

• Technical skills:
• Hands-on experience with Tenable.sc and Tenable Nessus
• Progressive experience in information assurance and cybersecurity roles
• Minimum of 5 years of direct, hands-on experience as an ISSO or ISSM with a proven track record of achieving and maintaining ATO for classified systems
• Expert-level knowledge of the NIST SP 800 series (especially 800-37, 800-53, 800-30) and risk management principles

• Experience with FedRAMP and CNSSI 1253 baselines, continuous monitoring, POA&M management, and A&A body-of-evidence documentation

• Security clearance level: Active Top Secret

• Role requirements:
• On-site McLean, VA
• Must be DoD 8140 / 8570.01-M compliant
• CISSP strongly preferred, Years of Experience

8 + years of related experience

• may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree Certification

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) | International Information System Security Certification Consortium (ISC2) - International Information System Security Certification Consortium (ISC2) Travel Required

Less than 10% Citizenship

At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

• Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities

• Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals

• Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off

• Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY

Explore a career in cyber at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your focus on defending and protecting what matters., The likely salary range for this position is $158,950 - $215,050. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Own your opportunity to support our nation’s defense. Make an impact by connecting and securing critical operations across the globe, keeping our country safe and secure., We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.