ISSO Support and Continuous ATO Evidence Engineer

Zaden Technologies is a defense technology company based in Huntsville, Alabama. We build AI, DevSecOps and digital engineering products and put them to work for DoD customers.

This position is contingent upon contract award. It supports a new Defense Health Agency program, and the start date follows award and Government access.

You'll author and maintain the Risk Management Framework package for a health data exchange platform and keep its continuous authorization evidence current. You'll write control statements, manage plans of action and milestones, and work with the Government ISSO and the security operations lane so the authorization never lapses.

What you'll do:

Author SP 800-53 Rev. 5 control statements and keep the eMASS package current

Manage POA&Ms from finding to closure with the engineering teams

Automate evidence collection with AWS Config and the platform's pipelines

Support assessments, inheritance decisions and authorization boundary changes

Hold privileged access to the authorization tooling under the program's security rules

Must have:

5 or more years in DoD RMF package work with eMASS

DoD 8140 qualification for the ISSO work role, or the ability to earn it within six months

Hands-on SP 800-53 Rev. 5 control authoring and POA&M management

U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain the Tier 3 investigation and IT-II designation this privileged role needs

Nice to have:

An active Secret clearance or Secret eligibility

Continuous ATO or DevSecOps pipeline evidence experience

AWS GovCloud and AWS Config

DHA or health IT authorization experience

Location: Remote within the United States. Zaden's home office is Huntsville, Alabama.

Citizenship: U.S. citizenship is required for the investigation this role needs.

Questions about this role? Email [email protected].

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Equal opportunity: Zaden Technologies is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other status the law protects.