Cybersecurity and IT Governance Lead (TS/SCI)

This is a key personnel role on a pending DoD contract. The selected candidate joins Zaden now and supports other Zaden programs until the contract starts, planned for spring 2027.

Lead the cybersecurity and IT governance lane for a DoD cyber mission customer in the Baltimore-Washington area as the contractor's primary point of contact to the CIO organization. This is a CIO-caliber role: you've carried accountability for IT strategy, workforce, budget, investment management and information security, and you'll run compliance frameworks, risk assessments, audits, crisis response and vendor security for the customer.

What you'll do:

• Implement and maintain compliance frameworks such as NIST RMF, ISO 27001 or CMMC across the enterprise.
• Oversee recurring cybersecurity risk assessments and vulnerability testing, and coordinate internal and external security audits.
• Coordinate work across project teams and manage cross-team dependencies to prevent resource conflicts.
• Lead crisis response during major incidents: detection, containment and recovery.
• Oversee selection and management of third-party security vendors and hold acquisitions to the customer's security standards.
• Drive a security-first culture through organization-wide cybersecurity education and training.

Must have:

• An active TS/SCI clearance at the time of application (U.S. citizenship required).
• A bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, cybersecurity, management information systems or engineering.
• At least five of the last ten years briefing a CIO and CISO on agency-wide planned, recommended and directed actions.
• At least five of the last ten years overseeing staff who receive, plan, execute and report on orders from USCYBERCOM, the National Manager for National Security Systems, or another commander with authority over DoD-managed systems.
• At least five of the last ten years leading and supervising teams in classified and unclassified government networking and infrastructure environments, including LAN/WAN, cloud and virtualized infrastructure.
• At least five of the last ten years leading unified communications teams, including multi-level VTC (Unclassified, Secret and TS/SCI).
• At least five of the last ten years leading teams that run CI/CD pipelines (containers, micro-segmentation, infrastructure as code) and manage ATO or cATO for several systems.
• At least five of the last ten years leading migration of legacy systems into multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud environments, and leading data lake and modern data strategy work.
• Experience making sure a cyber workforce attains and maintains DoD 8140 qualifications.

Nice to have:

• CISSP, CISM or equivalent.
• Experience with DoD RMF authorization and continuous monitoring at scale.

Pay and benefits:

Pay range: $135,000 to $157,000 per year. Benefits include medical coverage with HSA and FSA options, a 401(k) plan, paid vacation, sick leave and flexible holidays, and a commuter benefit.

Clearance:

An active TS/SCI clearance (eligibility for access to SCI) is required at the time of application and must be maintained. U.S. citizenship is required for the clearance.

Equal opportunity:

Zaden Technologies is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status (disability/vet), or any other characteristic protected by law.