$120K - 140K a year
The GRC Engineer will operate and evolve the Federal Agency’s Cybersecurity Assessment and Management (CSAM) GRC platform, focusing on day-to-day operations and maintenance, integrations, and reporting. Responsibilities include managing platform configurations, advancing ongoing authorization processes, and producing clear documentation.
Candidates should have a minimum of ten years of experience in information security and proven experience leading GRC tool engineering. Familiarity with OSCAL and experience with Linux and Windows systems are also required.
ECS is seeking a GRC Engineer – CSAM to work in our Bethesda, MD office. ECS Federal is seeking a GRC Engineer to operate and evolve the Federal Agency’s Cybersecurity Assessment and Management (CSAM) GRC platform. This full-time role blends engineering and operations to deliver day-to-day O&M, integrations, and reporting—while maturing authorization workflows toward Ongoing Authorization (OA). The engineer will also apply OSCAL skills as a required capability to support machine-readable compliance artifacts and audit-ready evidence. POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES: * Serve as the GRC Engineer for CSAM GRC O&M: platform configuration, upgrades/patching, role management, troubleshooting, and performance tuning. * Design, deploy, and manage cybersecurity systems, management software, and reporting software that integrate with CSAM. * Build and run data pipelines from discovery/CMDB/vulnerability tools into CSAM; enforce normalization and boundary mappings. * Manage sensors and supporting components (tuning, updates, installation). * Assist with development and updates to cybersecurity and computer usage policies reflected in CSAM workflows. * Advance OA by embedding continuous monitoring evidence, automated control assessments, and risk scoring into CSAM processes. * Administer supporting Linux/Windows infrastructure and coordinate with platform, network, and database teams. * Respond to incidents and support remediation, ensuring platform artifacts and reports are complete and defensible for auditors. * Produce clear, concise documentation (runbooks, SOPs, data dictionaries, mappings, and change records). Salary Range: $120,000 - $140,000 General Description of Benefits [https://ecstech.com/careers/benefits] Qualifications * Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to brief executives and collaborate with technical teams. * Proven experience leading GRC tool engineering (preferably CSAM or equivalent) including upgrades, tuning, role/permission governance, and data quality. * Ten (10)+ years of experience in the information security field (minimum). * Experience planning and executing tool/process changes that enable OA within NIST RMF environments. * Experience administering Linux and Windows Server systems supporting security tooling. * Experience integrating asset, configuration, and vulnerability data sources into a GRC platform; comfort with APIs, ETL, and normalization. * Ability to respond to incidents and conduct remediation using platform evidence and logs. * Demonstrated ability to translate policy into repeatable, automated workflows (e.g., evidence jobs, control status, POA&M updates). * Required skill: familiarity with OSCAL (modeling or consumption) to support machine-readable SSP/assessment/POA&M outputs. CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSES: * Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS/IT, Engineering, Information Security/IA, or related field (minimum). * One or more of the following preferred: CISSP, CAP, CISM, CRISC, CISA, Security+ (or equivalent).
This job posting was last updated on 10/21/2025