Description
MBL Technologies, Inc. offers a diverse set of management and technology consulting services to Federal government and commercial markets. Our solutions are tailored to support each client’s mission, accounting for their unique needs and operating environments to ensure success. We bring the right people, capabilities, and expertise together to assist our clients with enabling their mission. Together our individual differences drive successful business results.
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Why Work with Us?
- Make an Impact: Work on meaningful projects that support critical missions and drive innovation.
- Invest in Your Future: Competitive benefits, 401(k) match, and professional development opportunities.
- Be Part of Something Bigger: Join a collaborative team that values community engagement, volunteerism, and employee connection.
MBL Technologies is seeking a Senior Cyber Policy and Strategy Planner to support a federal client’s enterprise IT and cybersecurity policy and strategy activities. The successful candidate will serve as a senior subject matter expert responsible for developing and coordinating federal IT and cybersecurity policy and strategy at the enterprise or mission level, translating technical IT and cybersecurity risk into strategic recommendations, and ensuring that policies align with legal, regulatory, and mission-specific requirements.
Key Responsibilities:
- Review and evaluate IT directives, CIOO policies, SOPs, guidance, user guides, job aids, and related documentation for consistency with federal statutes, regulatory requirements, and government-wide policy and guidance.
- Identify policy gaps, inconsistencies, outdated provisions, and opportunities for improvement.
- Provide subject matter expertise in federal IT policy and related guidance.
- Translate technical IT and cybersecurity risks, requirements, and capabilities into strategic recommendations for leadership.
- Draft, revise, and maintain directives, policies, SOPs, guidance, strategies, and related governance documentation.
- Write technical information for nontechnical users with limited knowledge of IT concepts.
- Coordinate with CIOO subject matter experts to develop, validate, and update policy content.
- Analyze relationships among directives, policies, SOPs, guidance, user guides, and job aids to identify downstream impacts when one document changes.
- Ensure policy and strategy documents align with applicable legal, regulatory, cybersecurity, and mission requirements.
- Develop executive briefings, decision materials, policy analyses, and strategic recommendations.
- Support policy review, comment adjudication, version control, approval, and maintenance activities.
- Serve as a bridge between technical cybersecurity capabilities and senior-level organizational objectives.
Required Experience Skills & Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, computer science, information policy, or a related field.
- 7+ years of experience in cybersecurity policy, strategy, planning, or closely related roles.
- Demonstrated leadership experience in complex environments.
- Experience developing and coordinating federal IT or cybersecurity policy and strategy at the enterprise or mission level.
- Demonstrated ability to translate technical IT and cybersecurity risk into strategic recommendations.
- Experience drafting policy documents and briefing executives.
- Strong technical writing, research, analytical, and stakeholder-coordination skills.
- Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to nontechnical audiences.
- Experience working with federal cybersecurity, IT governance, or policy organizations.
- Ability to obtain a Public Trust Security clearance.
Preferred Requirements:
- Experience supporting a federal CIO, CISO, cybersecurity governance, or policy organization.
- Familiarity with NIST, OMB, CISA, FISMA, and other federal IT and cybersecurity policy frameworks.
- Relevant cybersecurity, risk management, policy, or program management certifications.
MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY CODES (MOS codes):
170A, 170D, 17A, 17B, 17C, 17D, 24B, 25B, 47D, 94F, IT, 17 5309, 6203, 9735, 9740, 9890, 9891
CORPORATE CITIZEN:
MBL Technologies’ vision is to make a positive difference – for our people, our customers, and our communities. As such, a commitment to service and excellence has been woven into the very fabric of our culture. MBL employees demonstrate a willingness to consistently go above and beyond and strive for excellence in all we do – championing, protecting, and celebrating the core business through the mission, vision, and values. All are expected to be good corporate citizens, supporting one another and internal corporate initiatives to build a stable business platform and ensure lasting company success.
Benefits:
MBL Technologies offers a competitive salary adjusted for candidate qualifications partnered with an industry-leading benefits package. This package includes incentive plans with corporate and individual-based performance bonuses, 401K, PTO, remote work, health and wellness programs, employee discounts, and learning and development reimbursement.
EEO STATEMENT:
MBL Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.
Skills Required
- Seven or more years of professional experience in cybersecurity policy, cybersecurity strategy, IT policy, strategic planning, or a related field.
- Experience developing and coordinating federal cybersecurity or IT policy and strategy at the enterprise or mission level.
- Experience working with multiple technical, business, mission, and leadership stakeholders.
- Leadership experience supporting cybersecurity policy, strategy, governance, or planning initiatives.
- Strong understanding of cybersecurity risk, governance, and the relationship between technical capabilities and organizational mission objectives.
- Ability to translate complex technical IT and cybersecurity risks into strategic recommendations for nontechnical and executive audiences.
- Experience researching, drafting, reviewing, and coordinating cybersecurity policies, strategies, guidance, and executive documents.
- Experience interpreting federal laws, regulations, policies, standards, and guidance and assessing their organizational impact.
- Experience preparing and delivering briefings, recommendations, and decision-support materials to senior and executive leadership.
- Strong analytical, critical-thinking, problem-solving, written communication, verbal communication, technical writing, and policy writing skills.
- Ability to facilitate cross-functional working groups and build consensus among technical, program, policy, and leadership stakeholders.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality work products in a fast-paced federal environment.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.
- Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, computer science, information policy, or a related field.
- Ability to obtain a Public Trust security clearance.
- Prior experience supporting a large federal agency or complex federal cybersecurity program.
- Experience supporting enterprise cybersecurity governance, risk management, policy development, or strategic planning.
- Familiarity with federal cybersecurity frameworks, standards, and guidance.
- Experience developing cybersecurity strategic plans, implementation roadmaps, governance models, or performance measures.
- Relevant cybersecurity, risk management, policy, or program management certifications.
What We Do
MBL Technologies Inc. is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) that specializes in Digital Solutions, Risk Management, Compliance and Advisory, and Management Consulting. As a small business, MBL’s growth comes directly from our deep understanding of business, project, and information security industries; experienced and dedicated staff; and MBL’s investment in its employees. The MBL environment is expressly designed to inspire all employees to put forth their best. MBL leadership and staff continuously recognize individual successes, milestones, and contributions, and make a point to celebrate these achievements together. MBL maintains an active calendar of company and community-based events to strengthen our unity, skills and expertise, and continue the unique MBL work-life-fun balance that makes MBL a great organization to be a part of and place to work.
