Senior Cybersecurity Assessment & Authorization; A&A Program Manager

Senior Cybersecurity Assessment & Authorization (A&A) Program Manager - (LSA
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Applicants responding to this position must be a US Citizen and may be subjected to a government security investigation which requires possessing the ability to view classified government information, background checks and drug screening. All applicants applying must have lived in the US for the past 5 years and cannot have traveled out of the country more than 6 months (cumulatively) in the past five years.

(Military Service excluded). The Employer will not sponsor applicants for any employment visas, at hiring or in the future, including but not limited to H-1B visas. Corp-to-Corp or subcontract personnel will not be considered for this position.

Job Title

Senior Cybersecurity Assessment & Authorization (A&A) Program Manager

Location

Job Type

Full-Time

Mid-Senior Level

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Travel

None

Security Clearance Required

Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Security Clearance

• Lifescale Analytics is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Assessment & Authorization (A&A) Program Manager to support a federal client in managing enterprise security compliance and system lifecycle initiatives.
• This role leads complex cybersecurity programs involving system accreditation, application retirement, compliance reviews, and enterprise risk reduction across hundreds of information resources.
• The ideal candidate has deep experience managing security governance programs, guiding stakeholders through system decommissioning processes, and coordinating large-scale compliance initiatives across technical and executive teams.
• This is a high-visibility role supporting mission-critical cybersecurity initiatives where the Program Manager operates with significant independence and regularly briefs senior leadership.
• Preferred locations:
  Eagan, MN | Morrisville, NC | Falls Church, VA. Remote support authorized.
  
  Note:
  
  Relocation expenses are not covered by the employer/client.
  
  Note:
  
  Relocation expenses are not covered by the employer/client.
• US Citizenship required | Clearance eligibility required

• Experience in and proven ability to manage multiple projects from beginning to successful completion, including defining project scope and objectives, creating project plans/schedules, establishing and tracking metrics, and engaging with and guiding stakeholders at all management and leadership levels.
• Strong organizational skills sufficient to plan, coordinate, track and manage several ongoing and complex efforts, including: retirements and remnant clean‑up of applications across the organization; revisions of outdated compliance reviews for hundreds of information resources; ongoing updates to vital documents.
• Experience with and understanding of process to retire applications/systems across large organizations, including verification of remnant removal, to minimize security risks to the organization, and ability to advise application stakeholders through the process.
• Knowledge of or experience with the SDLC Retirement/Decommission process.
• Strong written and oral communications skills, including ability to create project‑related and training documentation, and ability to prepare presentations and brief executives, managers, and peers.
• Experience in information security and understanding of the information resource accreditation process.
• Knowledge and understanding of cybersecurity policies and processes sufficient to review, understand and provide inputs to internal security policies, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and training documents.
• Ability to create SharePoint sites, including Team sites, and demonstrated experience in customizing and managing content on SharePoint sites, including documents, lists, and libraries.
• Additional responsibilities at the manager's request.

• A minimum of thirteen (13) to twenty (20) years’ relevant experience.
• Works on high‑visibility, or mission critical aspects of a given program, and performs all functional duties independently.
• Oversees the efforts of…