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Peraton · 1 day ago

Cybersecurity Specialist Senior Advisor

Washington, DC

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$135K/yr - $216K/yr

10+ years exp

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence. As a Cybersecurity Specialist Advisor, you'll provide advanced cyber defense and risk management expertise across FAA automation platforms, ensuring secure design and integration to protect national infrastructure.

Information TechnologyRobotics

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Protect FAA's mission-critical automation systems from evolving cyber threats through proactive defense strategies

Apply RMF principles to assess, monitor, and mitigate risks across large-scale, complex aviation programs

Provide hands-on expertise in secure design, implementation, and sustainment of FAA systems

Track, evaluate, and counter current and emerging cyber threats, tools, techniques, and procedures (TTPs)

Support system accreditation, compliance audits, and continuous monitoring efforts

Collaborate with FAA leaders, engineers, and system integrators to embed cybersecurity into the foundation of NAS modernization

Qualification

CybersecurityRisk Management Framework (RMF)Cyber defense strategiesFAA NAS Automation systemsEmerging cyber threatsCompliance auditsSecure designCollaboration

Required

U.S. Citizenship Required

Must have the ability to obtain / maintain a Public Trust clearance

Bachelor's degree and 12 years of experience or Masters degree and 10 years or Associate's degree and 14 years experience or HS diploma/equivalent and 16 years experience

Experience providing cybersecurity and/or cyber defense support to large, complex organizations

Working knowledge of current and emerging cyber threats and corresponding defense TTPs

Familiarity with RMF and its application to mission-critical systems

Ability to Obtain Public Trust Clearance

Exposure to FAA NAS Automation systems or other large-scale automation environments