Cybersecurity Lead

Role overview

Provide senior technical and program leadership for cybersecurity work supporting higher education institutions that handle sensitive federal student aid information. The role coordinates incident response, compliance assessments, risk management, remediation, and sector outreach across institutions and other stakeholders. This position is remote and contingent on a contract award.

Responsibilities - Coordinate cybersecurity work across breach response, compliance and audit oversight, threat risk management, and education-sector communications. - Lead incident and breach response support, guide containment and recovery, track cases through closure, and monitor remediation. - Plan and oversee security assessments, evaluate institutional security programs and safeguards, and identify compliance gaps. - Review audit findings and corrective-action plans, advising institutions on practical remediation. - Provide cybersecurity guidance, threat advisories, awareness activities, and support for tabletop exercises. - Coordinate stakeholders and maintain accurate reporting, dashboards, communication, and service measures.

Requirements - Ten or more years of cybersecurity experience in leadership, incident response, compliance, assessments, risk management, or federal information security. - Bachelor's degree in a related field; four years of relevant work experience may substitute for the degree. - Senior cybersecurity certification such as CISSP or an equivalent credential. - Ability to obtain a 6c Public Trust; U.S. citizenship is required. - Experience coordinating complex cybersecurity work across multiple stakeholder groups and leading assessments, incident response, risk management, and remediation. - Knowledge of GLBA, NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-171, and applicable federal requirements, with strong analysis, writing, communication, and stakeholder skills.

Nice to have

An active Secret clearance or higher is preferred.

Benefits and work setup

Remote position. Listed benefits include paid time off, floating federal holidays, health, dental and vision coverage, disability and life insurance, health and flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) match, and certification incentives. The salary range is listed as to be determined.