IT Compliance Supervisor - Public Sector, Operations

Job Summary:

The IT Compliance Supervisor leads the development and oversight of the compliance program and its staff, supporting governance, risk, and compliance efforts across Information Technology teams, business executives, and their respective organizations.

Job Duties:

• Advises senior leadership on interpreting and applying FedRAMP, NISTSP80053, NISTSP800171Rev2, NISTCSF, CMMC2.0, and ISO27000 requirements to optimize cybersecurity posture and CUI protection
• Develops and maintains multiyear strategic plans and implementation roadmaps that align with NISTSP800171 control families, CMMC2.0 Level2 practices, and DFARS252.2047012 mandates
• Evaluates contracts, Statements of Work, and vendor agreements to ensure inclusion of FAR52.20421, DFARS252.2047012, and other funding, legal, and program requirements, and verifies contractors' System Security Plans and POA&Ms meet NISTSP800171 standards
• Performs risk assessments per NISTSP80030 methodology-identifying threats, vulnerabilities, and impacts-to support costbenefit analyses and residual risk decisions under DFARS requirements
• Interprets U.S. Codes (Titles10,18,32,50), Presidential Directives, OMBA130, and federal/state privacy laws to inform organizational cybersecurity and privacy policies
• Analyzes audit findings, continuous monitoring data, and noncompliance trends to assess their impact on CMMC maturity and enterprise cybersecurity effectiveness, and prepares detailed audit and assessment reports mapping findings to NISTSP800171 controls with prioritized remediation strategies and POA&Ms
• Promotes awareness of cybersecurity and privacy principles-least privilege, defense in depth, data minimization-across all levels of management to embed them into the organization's mission and goals
• Provides expert guidance on cyber threats (phishing, ransomware, insider threat) and network security methodologies (firewalls, IDS/IPS, segmentation) as outlined in NISTSP800171 families SC and SI
• Collaborates with General Counsel, External Affairs, and business units to ensure that new and existing systems, services, and vendor practices comply with DFARS252.2047012 CUI safeguarding, privacy obligations, and organizational consent/authorization requirements
• Crafts clear, rolebased policies, SOPs, and instructional materials that align privacy objectives with security controls and satisfy CMMC2.0 practice statements
• Translates complex technical and planning information into concise briefings for nontechnical stakeholders to secure buyin for NIST and CMMC initiatives
• Monitors advancements in information privacy laws, accreditation standards, CMMC updates, and privacyenhancing technologies to adapt organizational controls and maintain compliance
• Works across IT, Legal, HR, and other departments to integrate privacy and security objectives, ensuring business processes support both CUI protection and operational goals
• Determines whether security incidents constitute privacy breaches under applicable legal standards and coordinates necessary legal and regulatory actions
• Other duties as required

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Oversees and manages compliance activities including other compliance staff
  
  

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Education:

• High School Diploma or GED, required
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, cybersecurity, information technology, software engineering, information systems, or computer engineering, preferred
• Annual 40 hours of continuous learning, (may include professional memberships, forums, lunch and learns, roundtables, online training courses, and maintaining certifications), required

Experience:

• Five (5) or more years of relevant experience, required

License/Certifications:

• Industryrecognized certifications, such as CISM, CASP+, CISSP, CISA, Security+, or other IT credentials demonstrating knowledge management fundamentals, preferred

Other Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of FedRAMP, NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-171, NIST CSF, Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC)
• Knowledge of computer networking concepts and protocols, and network security methodologies
• Knowledge of risk management processes (e.g., methods for assessing and mitigating risk)
• Knowledge of laws, regulations, policies, and ethics as they relate to cybersecurity and privacy
• Knowledge of cybersecurity and privacy principles
• Knowledge of cyber threats and vulnerabilities
• Knowledge of specific operational impacts of cybersecurity lapses
• Knowledge of applicable business processes and operations of customer organizations
• Knowledge of Privacy Impact Assessments
• Knowledge of applicable laws, statutes (e.g., in Titles 10, 18, 32, 50 in U.S. Code), Presidential Directives, executive branch guidelines, and/or administrative/criminal legal guidelines and procedures
• Knowledge of what constitutes a "threat" to a network
• Knowledge of who the organization's operational planners are, how, and where they can be contacted, and the expectation
• Knowledge of privacy disclosure statements based on current laws
• Skill in creating policies that reflect the business's core privacy objectives
• Skill in communicating with all levels of management (e.g., interpersonal skills, approachability, effective listening skills, appropriate use of style and language for the audience)
• Ability to develop clear directions and instructional materials
• Ability to develop policy, plans, and strategy in compliance with laws, regulations, policies, and standards in support of organizational cyber activities
• Ability to develop, update, and/or maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Ability to select the appropriate implant to achieve operational goals
• Ability to tailor technical and planning information to a customer's level of understanding
• Ability to monitor advancements in information privacy laws to ensure organizational adaptation and compliance
• Ability to work across departments and business units to implement organization's privacy principles and programs and align privacy objectives with security objectives
• Ability to monitor advancements in information privacy technologies to ensure organizational adaptation and compliance
• Ability to determine whether a security incident violates a privacy principle or legal standard requiring specific legal action