Senior Cybersecurity Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Dynamic Solutions Technology, LLC (DST) is seeking a full-time Senior Cybersecurity Subject Matter Expert to support a government client based in Tallahassee, FL. This is an exempt Hybrid Remote position.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Serve as the senior cybersecurity subject matter expert providing technical leadership for enterprise cybersecurity audits, Ground-Truth testing, Ad Hoc testing, and risk-based cybersecurity assessments.

• Develop and oversee cybersecurity audit and testing strategies, methodologies, procedures, test plans, and technical approaches aligned with applicable federal, state, and industry cybersecurity requirements.

• Lead assessments of cybersecurity controls and capabilities using the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, applicable NIST publications, Rule 60GG-2, F.A.C., and recognized cybersecurity and professional auditing standards.

• Design and direct controlled Ground-Truth testing activities, including adversarial simulations, behavioral anomaly generation, access-control testing, monitoring validation, and detection and response capability assessments.

• Provide technical leadership for Ad Hoc testing based on agency risk assessments, remediation plans, identified vulnerabilities, emerging threats, and other relevant cybersecurity risk information.

• Evaluate the effectiveness of security controls, cybersecurity tools, processes, and operational capabilities across network, endpoint, identity and access management, cloud, application, and infrastructure environments.

• Develop detailed test procedures, test scripts, sampling methodologies, acceptance criteria, evidence requirements, and technical documentation necessary to support repeatable and defensible testing.

• Analyze security logs, alerts, vulnerability scan results, configurations, system data, and other technical evidence to determine control effectiveness and identify cybersecurity weaknesses.

• Conduct root-cause analysis of identified vulnerabilities, control deficiencies, and operational weaknesses and develop actionable, risk-based recommendations for remediation.

• Provide independent technical analysis and professional judgment to support audit findings, testing conclusions, risk determinations, and recommendations presented to the customer

• Provide technical direction and mentorship to Cybersecurity Analysts and other assessment personnel, ensuring testing activities are performed consistently, accurately, and in accordance with approved procedures.

• Coordinate with customer leadership, IT personnel, and other authorized stakeholders to facilitate testing activities while maintaining appropriate security, access-control, confidentiality, and independence requirements.

• Review and validate supporting evidence to ensure test results are complete, accurate, reproducible, traceable, and sufficient to support audit conclusions and reported findings.

• Support development of executive-level reports, technical assessment summaries, lessons learned, knowledge-transfer materials, and recommendations for improving cybersecurity assessment methodologies, tooling, coordination, and testing practices.

• Participate in quality assurance and knowledge-transfer activities, including technical peer reviews, workshops, briefings, job aids, and training designed to promote understanding and consistent application of cybersecurity testing methodologies and results.

Desired Education/Years of Experience

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field of expertise

• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience

Additional Requirement(s):

• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust