Information Assurance Policy Analyst

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented INFORMATION ASSURANCE POLICY ANALYST to join our team at the Pentagon in ARLINGTON, VA.

Become an integral part of a diverse team while working at an Industry Leading Organization, where our employees come first.  At ManTech International, you’ll help protect our national security while working on innovative projects that offer opportunities for advancement.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Lead initiatives to modernize how the Department of War (DoW) and Defense Industrial Base (DIB) access and share classified facilities and IT systems, with a focus on Commercial Classified-Infrastructure-as-a-Service (CIaaS).
• Leverage dual-hatted experience as an Information Systems Security Manager (ISSM) and Special Security Officer/Program Security Officer (SSO/PSO) to interpret and navigate complex physical, personnel, information, and industrial security regulations.
• Develop innovative, "outside-the-box" access solutions and compliance strategies for collateral spaces, SCIFs, and SAPFs, integrating practical knowledge of ICD-705 standards alongside RMF, eMASS, and ATO processes.
• Actively drive collaboration across different agencies and mission partners by facilitating key briefings, resolving cross-domain security disputes, and advising leadership on complex infrastructure decisions.
• Translate overarching strategic concepts into practical security procedures by drafting comprehensive guidance, step-by-step facility/system Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and detailed decision memoranda.
• Build, coordinate, and manage formal staffing and decision packages utilizing the Correspondence and Task Management System (CATMS) to obtain official leadership signatures and approvals.
• Continually evaluate existing policy authorities to identify logistical bottlenecks, presenting structured, written recommendations to leadership and tracking overall progress via comprehensive monthly reporting.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, National Security, or a related discipline, combined with 12+ years of information assurance/ security experience.
• Documented, hands-on experience successfully executing dual responsibilities encompassing both Information Systems Security Manager (ISSM) and Special Security Officer (SSO) or Program Security Officer (PSO) functions.
• Expertise in information systems security governance, including comprehensive, practical application of the Risk Management Framework (RMF), eMASS, and the Authority to Operate (ATO) lifecycle for classified IT systems.
• Demonstrated mastery of physical, personnel, and industrial security regulations, specifically encompassing deep working knowledge of ICD-705 standards for the design, construction, accreditation, and management of SCIFs and SAPFs.
• Proficiency with DoW-level (or equivalent DoD/IC) staffing processes, including practical experience utilizing the Correspondence and Task Management System (CATMS) to build, route, track, and manage official leadership decision packages.
• Proven track record of evaluating complex policy authorities, resolving cross-domain security and logistical disputes, and driving interagency consensus to modernize classified infrastructure (such as CIaaS) across government agencies and the Defense Industrial Base (DIB).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Practical familiarity with cloud security frameworks, FedRAMP, or the integration of commercial classified hosting solutions and Commercial Classified-Infrastructure-as-a-Service (CIaaS) architectures.
• Prior experience directly supporting OUSW(I&S), the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, or equivalent Joint Staff / Intelligence Community-level security policy and governance directorates.
• Master’s degree in Cybersecurity Policy, Information Technology, National Security Studies, Public Administration, or a closely related discipline.
• Proven track record of authoring or significantly contributing to enterprise-level security directives, formal interagency memorandums of agreement (MOAs/MOUs), or white papers addressing cross-domain initiatives.

Clearance Requirements:

Must have an active and current TS/SCI with the ability to obtain and maintain a Polygraph

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50%.
• Must be able to communicate, converse, and exchange information with peers and senior personnel.
• The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc