Description
As a Senior Information Security Systems Engineer (ISSE), you will join a small team of security engineers providing Information Assurance (IA) Architecture Analysis and Security Engineering Support for the implementation and fielding of the National Leadership Command Capability in support of Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3), Continuity of Government (COG), and Senior Leader communications.
The ISSE will perform in a consultant-like role providing technical knowledge, expertise, and advice to customers.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Deliver and lead threat-informed cybersecurity products, including cybersecurity risk assessments, architecture reviews, and engineering guidance.
- Conduct cybersecurity risk assessments and provide prioritized risk mitigation recommendations.
- Support the design, implementation, and operation of real-time capabilities to discover, detect, analyze, and mitigate threats and vulnerabilities.
- Analyze candidate architectures to identify security gaps and provide recommended mitigation strategies.
- Research and evaluate emerging technologies to determine cybersecurity effectiveness.
- Aid stakeholders in developing and implementing innovative solutions and capabilities.
- Engage stakeholders to define security objectives, protection needs, and security requirements.
- Validate and verify system security requirements definitions and analysis.
- Design, develop, implement, and integrate IA and security systems and system components.
- Assist architects and systems developers in implementing information security functionality.
- Contribute to security planning, assessment, risk analysis, risk management, certification, and awareness activities.
- Review C&A documentation and provide feedback on completeness and compliance.
CLEARANCE REQUIRED: Active TS/SCI with polygraph.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Information Assurance, Information Security System Engineering, or a related field with a minimum of 14 years of experience as an Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE) or System Engineer.
- CISSP or CASP certification required.
- Strong writing skills and ability to present briefings to senior-level DoD officials.
- Expertise in Risk Management Framework (RMF) and conducting cybersecurity risk assessments.
- Expertise in network technology and systems security engineering.
- Experience with security monitoring and incident response capabilities, emerging technologies such as Zero Trust, Cloud Computing, and NIST Special Publications 800 Series.