Senior Cybersecurity & Compliance Advisor

Apogee is seeking an experienced Senior Cybersecurity & Compliance Advisor to provide cybersecurity governance, risk management, and compliance guidance supporting a federal simulation and analytics solution. This role will focus on security advisory, control assessment, authorization readiness, and risk mitigation while complementing the prime contractor’s hands-on DevSecOps and cybersecurity engineering teams.

The successful candidate will help ensure cybersecurity requirements, security controls, documentation, and authorization-readiness activities are integrated throughout the solution lifecycle, including design, development, testing, deployment, and transition.

This position requires a cybersecurity professional who can bridge technical security requirements with federal compliance expectations while effectively communicating risks and recommendations to technical teams, program leadership, and government stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Cybersecurity Governance & Risk Advisory
• Provide cybersecurity governance, risk, and compliance guidance throughout the program lifecycle.
• Advise project teams on federal cybersecurity requirements, policies, and security best practices.
• Support interpretation and implementation of FISMA Moderate requirements and NIST security controls.
• Participate in cybersecurity risk assessments, technical design reviews, and security governance discussions.
• Identify security gaps, residual risks, control deficiencies, and recommended mitigation strategies.
• Communicate cybersecurity risks and compliance requirements to technical teams, leadership, and federal stakeholders.
• Compliance & Authorization Support
• Review security architectures, control implementations, security documentation, and technical evidence.
• Support development and review of security documentation, including: Security plans
• Control narratives
• Risk assessments
• Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms)
• Authorization-readiness documentation
• Support preparation activities for audits, security assessments, inspections, and authorization reviews.
• Evaluate cybersecurity artifacts for completeness, accuracy, and alignment with federal compliance expectations.
• Assist with continuous monitoring and ongoing authorization activities.
• Security Engineering & Technical Review
• Review cybersecurity practices related to: Vulnerability management
• Audit logging and monitoring
• Identity and access management
• Incident response
• Configuration management
• Provide guidance on software supply-chain security, including: Software Bill of Materials (SBOM)
• Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
• Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)
• Dependency analysis
• Vulnerability remediation tracking
• Collaborate with technical architects, DevSecOps engineers, program managers, and federal security stakeholders.
• Support cybersecurity training, awareness, and knowledge-transfer activities.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Assurance, Information Systems, Computer Science, Risk Management, or related discipline.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in cybersecurity, information assurance, security compliance, risk management, or federal cybersecurity programs.
• Demonstrated knowledge of: Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA)
• NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF)
• NIST Special Publication 800-53 security controls
• Experience reviewing security documentation, control evidence, risk assessments, authorization packages, or compliance artifacts.
• Ability to analyze cybersecurity risks and translate technical requirements into actionable recommendations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage technical and executive audiences.
• Ability to obtain and maintain client-required suitability requirements, including Public Trust eligibility if required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CAP/CGRC, Security+, or comparable cybersecurity certification.
• Experience supporting FISMA Moderate systems, federal authorization activities, or Authority to Operate (ATO) processes.
• Familiarity with: Cloud security practices
• Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Vulnerability management
• DevSecOps methodologies
• Software supply-chain security
• SBOM, SAST, and DAST processes
• Experience supporting federal cybersecurity assessments, audits, inspections, continuous monitoring, or compliance programs.
• Experience working with federal agencies or government contractors in mission-critical environments.
• Security Requirement: Ability to obtain and maintain client-required suitability clearance or Public Trust determination.
• Location Requirement: Candidates must be able to support periodic onsite meetings in Virginia.