Security/ATO Automation Engineer

The company is a leading Cybersecurity Architecture and Engineering, Critical Infrastructure and Operations, and Applications Development and Maintenance IT service provider headquartered in Dulles, Virginia with operations across the U.S. We provide innovative enterprise-wide solutions as well as targeted services addressing the complex challenges faced by our federal government clients. Our focus is on enabling our clients to deliver their mission most efficiently and effectively – anytime, anywhere, securely. We combine technical expertise, mission awareness, and an empowered workforce to produce meaningful results.

This is a contingent position based upon contract win.

The company is seeking a Security/ATO Automation Engineer to join our team supporting the Department of Education’s (DoED) Federal Student Aid (FSA) Cybersecurity and Privacy Support Services (CPSS) in Washington, DC.

This person designs and implements automation that supports customer authorization activities by integrating security evidence, assessment results, workflow status, policy checks, and decision-support information into traceable ATO processes.

This is a remote position.

Responsibilities

• Analyze authorization workflows, evidence requirements, assessment activities, control data, approvals, and recurring manual steps to identify automation opportunities.

• Develop automated evidence collection, validation, normalization, routing, status tracking, and reporting capabilities using customer-approved technologies.

• Integrate ATO automation with security scanning, SBOM/SCA, vulnerability, workflow, data, repository, and system-of-record capabilities as approved by the customer.

• Implement rules and policy checks that support consistent assessment and authorization workflows without replacing Government decision authority.

• Develop dashboards and decision-support views that expose evidence status, findings, dependencies, exceptions, and readiness information.

• Collaborate with security, development, platform, integration, data, and Government stakeholders to validate automation logic and maintain traceability.

• Develop automated tests, configuration documentation, runbooks, ADRs, change documentation, and release artifacts.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Engineering, or related field; with 10+ years of experience.

• Senior industry professional certification such as CISSP.

• Experience with RMF/ATO processes, security assessment/evidence activities, governance-risk-compliance workflows, or comparable security authorization functions.

• Demonstrated ability to automate workflow, evidence, data, reporting, or compliance activities through software, scripting, APIs, or approved platforms.

• Working knowledge of security controls, assessment evidence, vulnerability/security findings, traceability, and Government authorization processes.

• Ability to obtain a 6c Public Trust. At least an active Secret clearance is highly preferred.

• U.S. Citizenship is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• NIST RMF and NIST SP 800-53 concepts

• ATO/evidence automation

• GRC or assessment workflow platforms

• Python or comparable scripting

• REST APIs

• Security scanning/SBOM data

• Jira/Confluence/GitLab

• AWS

Compensation

Salary Range: TBD

The company salary range for this position is a general guideline only. It represents an estimated range for this position and is just one piece of our total compensation package.

Salary at the company is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, work schedule, the candidate’s combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability, market data and business considerations.

In addition to a competitive salary, the company offers benefits including a certification incentive program, PTO, floating federal holiday options, several insurance options including HMO and High Deductible plans with Health Savings Accounts [HSAs], Flex Spending Accounts [FSAs], Full Dental Plans, Vision, ST/LT Disability, Life Insurance, and 401k matched.

What We Can Offer You

• At the company, we go B.I.G. (beginning in GRATITUDE) by recognizing all we have and giving back to our employees, families, and communities. It instills a positive mindset that permeates all we do. By beginning in gratitude, the company can continue to spread living in gratitude each day.

• Great Benefits: Several insurance options including HMO and High Deductible plans with Health Savings Accounts [HSAs], Flex Spending Accounts [FSAs], Full Dental Plans, ST/LT Disability, Life Insurance, floating federal holiday options, and 401k matched

• Certificate Incentive Program: To promote professional development, we recognize and reward employees who obtain new certifications aligned with business needs.

• Flexible Work Environment

The company is an established ISO 9001:2015 and ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certified small business and appraised at CMMI Level 3 for Services and Development. We possess a common vision of excellence and foster a collaborative team culture built upon individual performance and accountability. We invest in our people and systems to create value for our clients. It is the company Way. We are grateful for the opportunity to work with exceptional people and give back to the communities we serve. Our employees value the flexibility at the company that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives.

The company is a participating E-Verify Employer.

U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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