SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT: TS, WITH SCI ELIGIBILITY

POSITION REQUIRES US CITIZENSHIP

Program Description: TS, WITH SCI ELIGIBILITY

The program provides support in the areas of Cybersecurity and Management to improve the Information Assurance (IA) posture of a federal customer. The contract’s support functions are: IA Management, Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) coordination and reporting, Risk Management Framework (RMF) application, IA compliance measurements and metrics, Assessment and Authorization (A&A), Vulnerability Management, and Cyber Defense support.

Position Description:

The Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) provides support to the customer in the area of Cybersecurity.  Daily tasks include, but are not limited to:

• Participate as the primary security engineering representative for the design, development, implementation, and/or integration of IA architectures, secure networking, systems, computing, enclave environments and components to meet government customer requirements to establish secure baseline-controlled configuration items (CCI) 

• Provide analytical and technical security recommendations to the customer

• Lead the identification of projects’ security requirement

• Translate security requirements into specific technical actions for IT staff

• Participate in network design reviews and security testing for the customer’s networks

• Coordinate with system development teams to ensure network security standards are followed and implemented correctly

• Identify additional security requirements, based on RMF or as the result of security issues that put the customer’s systems at risk

• Review and analyze new system (hardware and software) and provide recommendations concerning system security

• Evaluate proposed security architectures and designs and provide input as to the adequacy of those security designs to meet required security compliance objectives

• Develop and maintain processes and procedures to identify, track and mitigate system vulnerabilities

• Review Security Requirements Traceability Matrices (SRTMs), System Security Plans (SSPs) and other IA documentation for completeness

• Provide Certification & Accreditation and RMF guidance to system owners to ensure accreditation success

  Qualifications:

  Required:

• Current U.S. Government Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility

• Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) or an advanced IA certification

• 5+ years of experience in security engineering

• DoD 8570 Level III certification in IAT or IAM (i.e. CISSP, CASP, CISM, GSLC)

• Experience in security systems engineering involving various computer hardware and software operation systems and application solutions in both stand-alone and LAN/WAN configurations

• Experience with security features and/or vulnerability of various operating systems as defined by NIST, DISA (STIGs), and USCYBERCOM

• Experience with networks and systems security administration, operation systems security configuration and account management best practices

• Experience implementing the RMF Process and NIST 800-53 technical controls, as well as developing and maintaining associated certification and accreditation documentation

  Desired:

• Self-starter requiring limited direction and supervision

• Experience briefing senior customer personnel

• Ability to organize and prioritize numerous customer requests in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment

• Familiarity with Amazon Web Services (AWS)

• Familiarity with Microsoft Azure

• Familiarity with federal customer IA processes

• Experience with IA vulnerability testing and related network/system test tools (i.e. Retina, HBSS, EVSS, ACAS)

• Experience with XACTA a plus

• Experience with Governance, Risk, & Compliance (GRC) tools (i.e. RiskVision, CSAM, RSA Archer)

• Familiarity with Cross Domain Systems (CDS)

• Experience supporting IC or DoD customers

  Employee Benefits:

• Competitive salary for well qualified applicants

• 401(k) plan

• Annual performance bonus

• Certification and advanced degree attainment bonuses

• Student Loan / Tuition reimbursement

• Health Care Insurance (medical, dental, vision)

• Up to four weeks of paid vacation

• 11 Federal Holidays, and 3 Floating Holidays

• Team bonding events

  Location: 

  This position requires 100% onsite work.  

  RedTrace Technology is an EOE employer.

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