Information System Security Manager (ISSM)
Leads a cybersecurity team to ensure compliance, risk management, and incident response for California’s health benefit exchange systems, handling NIST 800-53, ARC-AMPE, and IRS 1075 requirements while liaising with government stakeholders.
- Compensation
- $135K–$216K / yr
- Location
- Home, AZ, US
- Work setup
- Remote
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 12+ years
- Category
- Not specified
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, computer science, information systems, information technology, or engineering. In lieu of a degree, an equivalent combination of education, professional certificati
- 12+ years of progressively responsible cybersecurity experience, including managing security programs, teams, or major security workstreams. (Note: eight years is the absolute floor for equivalency co
- Active CISSP or CISM certification.
- Demonstrated experience managing security activities against the NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 control set in a complex enterprise environment.
- Demonstrated experience owning a risk register and managing POA&Ms, findings, and corrective action plans through closure, using an enterprise GRC platform or comparable control-tracking system.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor senior technical personnel while working collaboratively with client stakeholders, and to brief cybersecurity risk credibly to both technical and executive audi
- US Citizenship and the abillity to pass a California criminal background clearance (Gov. Code §1043 / 10 CCR §6456) before starting work or accessing any confidential information, PII, PHI, federal ta
Nice to have
- Master's degree in cybersecurity, computer science, information systems, or a related discipline.
- PMP certification. CGRC, CRISC, or CCSP are also valued.
- Hands-on experience with ARC-AMPE (ACA, Medicaid and Partner Entities) security and privacy requirements.
- Experience with IRS Publication 1075 compliance and federal tax information (FTI) control management.
- Experience with CMS cybersecurity requirements and the CMS Authority to Connect (ATC) process or comparable federal authorization processes.
- Experience supporting healthcare eligibility and enrollment, Medicaid, or health insurance exchange systems of CalHEERS scale.
- Experience supporting annual security and privacy assessments, including CMS Security Assessment Workbooks (SAWs), security assessment reports, POA&Ms, and control evidence packages.
- Experience in California state government or comparable public-sector cybersecurity environments.
Full description
Peraton Overview
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.
Responsibilities
Position Is Contingent Upon Award
Peraton Labs is hiring an Information System Security Manager (ISSM) to be the single point of contact to Covered California and the accountable owner of oversight, timely execution, and quality for every security service Peraton delivers to the California health benefit exchange and the CalHEERS eligibility and enrollment system. You will lead a small, senior, multi-disciplinary security team spanning governance and compliance, security architecture and engineering, incident response, third-party risk, technical security, monitoring, and data protection.
You will work directly with Covered California's CISO and Information Security Officer, technical and project teams, business stakeholders, and independent assessors. The goal is to keep a system that carries the personal, health, and financial information of millions of Californians measurably secure, continuously compliant with NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5, ARC-AMPE, and IRS Publication 1075, and ready for CMS Authority to Connect review.
What You Will Do In This Role:
- Lead the security team. Manage and coordinate the day-to-day activities of assigned information security personnel; provide leadership, mentoring, and direction, and own deliverable accuracy, consistency, and schedule adherence across all seven contracted service areas.
- Serve as the primary client security liaison. Act as the single operational point of contact among contractor personnel, Covered California security leadership, technical teams, project teams, and business stakeholders, and deliver regular status, risk, and escalation reporting to security leadership.
- Own the compliance and GRC engine. Manage security activities tied to NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 controls; coordinate development and review of security policies, procedures, standards, and plans; direct GRC activities and platforms; and maintain the risk register.