Governance Analyst

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Governance Analyst based in United States. This fully remote role supports governance activities for a major federal Zero Trust acceleration initiative. You’ll help connect federal cybersecurity guidance and organizational objectives with architecture decisions, maturity findings, implementation priorities, and delivery outcomes. The position combines cybersecurity governance, architecture oversight, compliance, policy analysis, and technical documentation. You’ll work with technical teams, governance bodies, and senior stakeholders to maintain clear traceability and informed decision-making. Your work will help ensure architecture and implementation activities remain aligned with approved standards, priorities, and federal requirements. The role offers an opportunity to contribute to the development of reusable security patterns and sustainable governance processes. Success requires strong analytical thinking, precise writing, attention to detail, and confidence coordinating across diverse stakeholders. Maintain traceability between federal Zero Trust guidance, organizational objectives, assessment criteria, architecture patterns, and implementation priorities. Support the preparation, coordination, and documentation of Architecture Review Boards, technical reviews, and executive governance forums. Maintain accurate decision logs, exception records, architectural deviation records, and governance action trackers. Review project deliverables to verify alignment with approved terminology, standards, scope boundaries, and documented government priorities. Support governance of reusable architecture pattern families and common system variants, incorporating lessons learned from implementation activities. Coordinate documentation required to transition implementation outcomes into sustainable governance and Risk Management Framework (RMF) processes. Analyze cybersecurity governance requirements and help translate policy and strategic objectives into actionable architecture and implementation guidance. Maintain clear documentation and evidence supporting governance decisions, requirements, standards, and architectural direction. Coordinate with technical and program stakeholders to resolve documentation gaps, clarify requirements, and maintain governance alignment. Contribute to continuous improvement of governance processes, documentation standards, and requirements traceability practices. Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Public Policy, Business, or a related discipline. 3+ years of experience in cybersecurity governance, architecture governance, compliance, federal IT policy, or a closely related field. Working knowledge of NIST SP 800-207, the CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model, Executive Order 14028, and federal cybersecurity governance. Experience maintaining decision records, standards traceability, governance documentation, or comparable compliance artifacts. Strong analytical and technical writing skills, with the ability to translate complex requirements into clear documentation. Strong stakeholder coordination and communication skills across technical, program, and leadership audiences. Experience supporting federal architecture reviews or cybersecurity governance boards is preferred. Familiarity with FISMA, RMF, OMB memoranda, and Binding Operational Directives is a plus. Experience with policy mapping, requirements traceability, or governance management tools is advantageous. Ability to work independently in a fully remote environment while maintaining accuracy, organization, and accountability. Preferred certifications include one or more of CGRC, CISSP, CISM, or Security+ . Benefits: 100% remote work environment. Opportunity to support a high-impact federal Zero Trust cybersecurity initiative. Exposure to federal cybersecurity architecture, governance, comp