Cybersecurity SME (Junior)
Chenega Corporation · Alexandria, VA
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Jun 29, 2026
Alexandria, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior cybersecurity role supporting a government client's information systems, with day-to-day work centered on continuous monitoring, vulnerability scanning, and maintaining accreditation packages under the DoD Risk Management Framework. The position involves managing eMASS records, STIG and IAVM compliance, incident response, and coordinating with Army enterprise service providers. It suits an experienced DoD cybersecurity professional holding an active TS/SCI clearance and IAM Level II certification.
Senior level · 5+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · TS/SCI clearance
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $152,225 (middle half $125,286–$177,673).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The title 'Cybersecurity SME JR' contains 'JR' but this appears to be a contract/requisition identifier abbreviation (likely 'Junior Requisition' or a job-req suffix), not a seniority level — the actual requirements (5+ years DoD IA/cybersecurity experience, TS/SCI clearance, DoD 8570 IAM II certification, expert-level RMF/STIG/eMASS knowledge, and technical leadership responsibilities) firmly support a Senior-level classification. Advertised seniority is set to Unspecified accordingly.
A BA/BS degree is listed as 'preferred', not required, so the degree requirement is set to None.
5+ years of relevant DoD IA/Cybersecurity experience is listed as 'preferred' in the qualifications section, but given the expert-level scope and TS/SCI gate, this is treated as the effective experience floor for the overall years minimum.
DoD 8570.01-M IAM Level II certification is explicitly stated as 'required' and is a hard gate. IASE Level III is listed as 'preferred'.
All AWS security tools (Security Hub, Inspector, Config, GuardDuty, Detective, Macie) and DoD scanning tools (ACAS, SCAP, STIG Viewer, ESS, eMASS, HBSS) appear in the Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities section with firm 'trained and experienced' / 'must be proficient' language — treated as hard gates.
No compensation information is provided in the posting.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): DoD 8570.01-M IAM Level II, NIST SP 800-53.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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