CMMC Compliance Support Specialist

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The CMMC Compliance Support Specialist supports organizational efforts to prepare for compliance with Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Level 2 requirements and associated NIST SP 800-171 controls. The ideal candidate possesses excellent writing, analytical, and organizational skills, with the ability to work across technical and administrative teams to curate accurate and assessment-ready compliance artifacts.

Duties/Responsibilities:
Documentation Development and Maintenance

• Edit, format, and maintain cybersecurity policies, procedures, standards, and related
  governance documentation.

• Assist with the development and maintenance of the System Security Plan (SSP).

• Ensure consistency, traceability, and version control across compliance documentation.

• Support updates to Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms), inventories, diagrams,
  and supporting artifacts.

CMMC and NIST SP 800-171 Compliance Support

• Assist with organizing and mapping evidence to applicable CMMC Level 2 and NIST SP
  800-171 requirements.

• Gather, review, and curate assessment evidence including screenshots, configuration
  exports, logs, training records, policies, and technical documentation.

• Maintain organized repositories of compliance evidence and supporting materials.

• Assist in preparing documentation packages for internal reviews and third-party
  assessments.

Coordination and Analysis

• Coordinate with technical staff, system owners, and management personnel to collect
  required compliance information.

• Review documentation for completeness, consistency, and alignment with compliance
  objectives.

• Identify documentation gaps, inconsistencies, and missing evidence items.

• Track action items, document revisions, and evidence collection status.

Administrative and Organizational Support:

• Maintain document libraries, file structures, and version-controlled repositories.

• Support meeting preparation, note-taking, and action-item tracking for compliance
  initiatives.

• Assist in maintaining compliance schedules, milestones, and deliverables.

Requirements:

Minimum Acceptable Education & Experience:

• Excellent technical and business writing skills.

• Strong analytical and organizational abilities.

• High attention to detail and document accuracy.

• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines simultaneously.

• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office products including Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
  and SharePoint.

• Experience organizing large volumes of documentation and evidence artifacts.

• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical personnel.

Applicant Instructions: 

Applicants should be prepared to upload the following documents when applying online within the My Experience: Resume/CV section of the application: (Maximum of 5 Documents)

• Resume/CV

• Cover Letter

Compensation Pay Range:

$20

The University of New Hampshire is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs of distinction. UNH is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast and is convenient to New Hampshire’s lakes and mountains. There is a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with a full-time faculty of over 600, offering 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs. The University actively promotes a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry.

EEO Statement

The University System of New Hampshire is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access employer. The University System is committed to creating an environment that values and supports diversity and inclusiveness across our campus communities and encourages applications from qualified individuals who will help us achieve this mission. The University System prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or marital status.

The pay range for this position is listed above. Actual offer will be based on skills, qualifications, experience, and internal equity, in addition to relevant business considerations. More information on benefits can be found here: USNH Employee Benefits | Human Resources

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