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Cloud and RMF Cyber Lead

SAIC

Alexandria, VAFull-time$160–200K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$160–200K/yr
Location
Alexandria, VA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Secret clearance

Job overview

SAIC seeks a Cyber Lead to provide technical leadership and customer-facing support for secure cloud and on-premises environments focused on Microsoft Azure and DoD missions. The role leads a small team, directs RMF and ATO work, and guides security strategy and execution. It is onsite at the Mark Center in Alexandria, Virginia, Monday through Friday.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Cybersecurity LeadershipCustomer CommunicationGovernment PresentationsSecurity CommunicationDoD Cybersecurity PolicyFederal Cybersecurity PolicyRMFNIST 800-53ATOPOA&M ManagementCloud SecurityMicrosoft AzureMicrosoft Defender for CloudMicrosoft SentinelDefender for EndpointAzure NetworkingAzure IdentityAzure PoliciesLogging and MonitoringSIEMEDRVulnerability ManagementZero TrustWritten CommunicationVerbal CommunicationTechnical Documentation

Qualifications

Bachelor's+14, Master's+12 or PhD/JD+9 Years14 Years Cybersecurity ExperienceActive DoD Secret Clearance

Full job description

Description

SAIC is seeking a Cyber Lead to provide technical leadership and customer-facing support for secure cloud and on-prem environments, with a focus on Microsoft Azure and DoD missions. This role combines hands-on cyber engineering, RMF/ATO leadership, and direct engagement with senior stakeholders. The Cyber Lead will guide a small team, drive security strategy and execution, and present status, risks, and recommendations to our government customers.

This position will be onsite at the Mark Center in Alexandria, Virginia.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Serve as the primary cyber point of contact for the customer, providing clear, confident, and professional communication in meetings, briefings, and working sessions.

  • Lead a cybersecurity team responsible for RMF, ATO packages, POA&M management, and continuous monitoring for on-prem and cloud-hosted systems.

  • Design, implement, and maintain secure cloud architectures in Microsoft Azure, with emphasis on DoD IL4/5/6 environments and related security/compliance requirements.

  • Lead or support the design and implementation of Zero Trust–aligned solutions, including identity-centric security, network segmentation, data protection, and continuous monitoring.

  • Oversee integration and operation of cybersecurity toolsets across cloud and on-prem environments (e.g., SIEM, EDR, CSPM/CIEM, vulnerability management, logging/monitoring, SOAR).

  • Ensure high-quality RMF and ATO documentation (SSPs, SARs, PCIAs, etc.) and strong POA&M lifecycle management to support timely authorization and sustainment.

  • Guide the development and execution of a cloud/cybersecurity roadmap to mature security posture over time.

  • Provide technical direction and mentoring to team members on policies, RMF, monitoring tools, and cloud security best practices.

  • Support and lead customer presentations and briefings on security status, risks, mitigations, and recommendations, tailoring content for both technical and non-technical audiences.

  • Coordinate with architecture, operations, and DevSecOps teams to ensure security-by-design and consistent implementation of standards and reference architectures.

Qualifications

Required Education :

  • Bachelors and fourteen (14) years or more experience; Masters and twelve (12) years or more experience; PhD or JD and nine (9) years or more experience

Required Qualifications:

  • Minimum 14 years of hands-on cybersecurity experience.

  • Demonstrated experience leading cyber or cloud security efforts and/or small technical teams.

  • Strong customer-facing skills, including:

  • Experience presenting to government stakeholders and senior leadership.

  • Ability to clearly communicate complex security topics and trade-offs.

  • Deep understanding of DoD/Federal cybersecurity policy and RMF (NIST 800-53, DoD RMF); proven experience supporting or leading ATO efforts and managing POA&Ms.

  • Experience with cloud security, particularly Microsoft Azure, including:

  • Azure security and monitoring tools (e.g., Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Sentinel, Defender for Endpoint).

  • Azure networking, identity (Azure AD / Entra ID), policies, and logging/monitoring.

  • Hands-on experience with multiple cybersecurity tools such as SIEM, EDR, vulnerability management, and other monitoring platforms.

  • Familiarity with Zero Trust principles and reference architectures.

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including briefing materials and technical documentation.

  • Ability and willingness to work onsite at the Mark Center in Alexandria, VA, Monday–Friday.

Clearance:

  • Active DoD Secret security clearance.

Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

REQNUMBER: 2618691

SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability

How this job compares

Set against the 538 open Cloud Security Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$160–200K/yr
  • Virginia median$130–197K/yr34 salary ranges
  • US median$130–187K/yr450 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $180K, is 13% above the Virginia median midpoint ($159K) — in the middle half of Cloud Security Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 43 open Cloud Security Engineer jobs in Virginia and 538 across the US. 9% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 14 years of experience — more than three in four Cloud Security Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 489 postings).
Education
96 of the 538 open Cloud Security Engineer jobs (18%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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