Cyber Security Analyst
LTS
$80,000–$92,500
Jul 3, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A cybersecurity analyst role supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Portfolio, focused on managing system security certification and accreditation processes, including Authority to Operate (ATO) activities. Day-to-day work involves developing security and privacy artifacts, conducting system scans, maintaining compliance with NIST SP 800-53 and FISMA requirements, and coordinating with project teams across a portfolio of federal health IT systems. Suits an experienced federal cybersecurity professional with hands-on ATO experience.
Senior level · 15+ years · Remote · Full-time
Pay in the description: $80,000–$92,500
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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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 $132,021 (middle half $99,961–$167,095). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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 (9)
The JD requires a degree in a relevant field plus 15 years of experience, but explicitly states that 10 additional years of experience (25 total) can substitute for the degree — the degree requirement is therefore set to None.
The posting states candidates must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident with the 'ability to obtain a Public Trust' — this is a suitability determination, not a formal security clearance (Confidential/Secret/TS), so the clearance requirement is set to None.
Security+ is listed in the required qualifications section but framed as 'Security+ or other applicable certification'; CISSP, CISM, CEH, and GSEC are named as acceptable alternatives in the same section and are captured accordingly. CISSP and CISM are additionally called out as 'preferred' in a separate section.
The VA Risk and Governance Tool is listed in the required qualifications section and is treated as a hard gate; the ServiceNow CAM tool appears both in the body narrative and the Nice to Have section — the Nice to Have placement governs, so it is marked preferred.
ACAS, HBSS, and Nessus appear together in the Nice to Have section as a scanning/analysis toolset; ACAS is used as the primary name with HBSS and Nessus as alternatives since they serve overlapping scanning functions in that context.
The 15-year experience floor is very high relative to the $80,000–$92,500 salary range, which may reflect a federal contracting labor-category floor rather than a market-rate senior IC band — worth flagging for fillability review.
Experience as a VA ISSO, ISO, or System Steward is listed under Nice to Have and is not captured as a discrete named technology skill.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): NIST SP 800-53, VA Risk and Governance Tool.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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