CDES Lead/Cross Domain SME

Job description

Responsibilities We are seeking a highly skilled and innovative CDES Lead/Cross Domain SME to join our team in the greater DMV area, supporting the Army National Guard. Key Responsibilities: - Lead CDES operations and provide SME guidance for CDS design, integration, configuration, and sustainment. - Direct architecture and security engineering for data transfer mechanisms (one‑way, two‑way, guards, transfer services, automated sanitization, content filtering). - Ensure compliance with Raise‑the‑Bar (RTB), NCDSMO, DoDI 8540.01, NIST SP 800‑53 controls, and enterprise security policies. - Conduct technical risk assessments, validate data flow diagrams, and enforce data labeling/releasability and need‑to‑share policies. - Lead accreditation/ATO activities: produce security authorization packages, validate control implementations, coordinate with Authorizing Officials and Security Control Assessors. - Oversee configuration management, continuous monitoring, incident response coordination, and audit/logging for CDS capabilities. - Evaluate emergent cross‑domain technologies and advise on modernization, interoperability, and performance monitoring. - Mentor engineering teams, standardiz...