Senior Security Risk Management Framework Engineer

 

Location: Remote (U.S.)
Clearance: U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident Required with the ability to obtain a Public Trust
Salary Range: 110K – 125K

LTS is seeking a Senior Security RMF Engineer to join a cybersecurity transformation surge team supporting the VA.gov Platform. This role will serve as the bridge between VA security/RMF requirements and the engineers responsible for implementing those requirements across VA.gov.

The Senior Security / RMF Engineer must understand how security controls are implemented in modern cloud infrastructure and software delivery environments and be able to translate control deficiencies, authorization requirements, and security risks into actionable engineering work.This is not intended to be a documentation-only compliance role.

This individual will work closely with DevSecOps engineers and the existing VA.gov Platform ATO/security team to assess the current security posture, address gaps in VA.gov's Critical Controls, support ATO/cATO readiness, improve authorization artifacts, and automate evidence and control assessment wherever possible. The PWS specifically describes the desired model as one in which ATO/RMF documentation confirms security rather than defines it, with success measured through risk reduction and secur