[Hiring] Security/ATO Automation Engineer @SkyePoint Decisions

Role Description

SkyePoint Decisions is seeking a Security/ATO Automation Engineer to join our team supporting a federal customer. This position is contingent on contract win.

This person designs and implements automation that supports customer authorization activities by integrating security evidence, assessment results, workflow status, policy checks, and decision-support information into traceable ATO processes. This is a remote position.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze authorization workflows, evidence requirements, assessment activities, control data, approvals, and recurring manual steps to identify automation opportunities.
• Develop automated evidence collection, validation, normalization, routing, status tracking, and reporting capabilities using customer-approved technologies.
• Integrate ATO automation with security scanning, SBOM/SCA, vulnerability, workflow, data, repository, and system-of-record capabilities as approved by the customer.
• Implement rules and policy checks that support consistent assessment and authorization workflows without replacing Government decision authority.
• Develop dashboards and decision-support views that expose evidence status, findings, dependencies, exceptions, and readiness information.
• Collaborate with security, development, platform, integration, data, and Government stakeholders to validate automation logic and maintain traceability.
• Develop automated tests, configuration documentation, runbooks, ADRs, change documentation, and release artifacts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Engineering, or related field; with 10+ years of experience.
• Senior industry professional certification such as CISSP.
• Experience with RMF/ATO processes, security assessment/evidence activities, governance-risk-compliance workflows, or comparable security authorization functions.
• Demonstrated ability to automate workflow, evidence, data, reporting, or compliance activities through software, scripting, APIs, or approved platforms.
• Working knowledge of security controls, assessment evidence, vulnerability/security findings, traceability, and Government authorization processes.
• Ability to obtain a 6c Public Trust. At least an active Secret clearance is highly preferred.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• NIST RMF and NIST SP 800-53 concepts
• ATO/evidence automation
• GRC or assessment workflow platforms
• Python or comparable scripting
• REST APIs
• Security scanning/SBOM data
• Jira/Confluence/GitLab
• AWS

Compensation

Salary Range: TBD. The SkyePoint Decisions salary range for this position is a general guideline only. It represents an estimated range for this position and is just one piece of our total compensation package. Salary at SkyePoint is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, work schedule, the candidate’s combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability, market data and business considerations.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Certification incentive program
• PTO
• Floating federal holiday options
• Several insurance options including HMO and High Deductible plans with Health Savings Accounts [HSAs]
• Flex Spending Accounts [FSAs]
• Full Dental Plans
• Vision
• ST/LT Disability
• Life Insurance
• 401k matched

Company Description

SkyePoint Decisions is an established ISO 9001:2015 and ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certified small business and appraised at CMMI Level 3 for Services and Development. We possess a common vision of excellence and foster a collaborative team culture built upon individual performance and accountability. We invest in our people and systems to create value for our clients. It is the SkyePoint Way. We are grateful for the opportunity to work with exceptional people and give back to the communities we serve. Our employees value the flexibility at SkyePoint that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives.

SkyePoint Decisions is a participating E-Verify Employer. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.