Description
The Information System Security Engineer (ISSE) II is primarily responsible for conducting information system security engineering activities with a focus on the lifecycle of current systems and future requirement scoping.
The position will collect and process captured information security requirements and ensure they are effectively integrated into information systems through purposeful security architecting, design, development, and configuration.
The ISSE employs best practices when implementing security requirements within an information system, including software engineering methodologies, system/security engineering principles, secure design, secure architecture, and secure coding techniques.
Responsibilities:
- Perform oversight of the development, implementation, and evaluation of information system security program policy;
- Perform analysis of network security based on the Risk Management Framework (RMF);
- Provide expert support, research, and analysis of exceptionally complex problems;
- Serve as technical expert to the Cybersecurity Assessment Program;
- Build IA into systems deployed to operational environments;
- Assist architects and systems developers in identifying and implementing appropriate information security functionality;
- Enforce the design and implementation of trusted relations among external systems and architectures;
- Assess and mitigate system security threats/risks throughout the program lifecycle;
- Contribute to security planning, assessment, risk analysis, risk management, certification, and awareness activities;
- Think independently and demonstrate exceptional written and oral communication skills;
- Apply advanced technical principles, theories, and concepts;
- Contribute to the development of new principles, concepts, and methodologies;
- Work on unusually complex technical problems and provide highly innovative and ingenious solutions;
- Lead a team of System Security Engineers and Certification and Accreditation Analysts;
- Recommend cybersecurity software tools and assist in developing software tool requirements and selection criteria;
- Review ISSE-related designs and provide security compliance recommendations;
- Lead technical teams in implementing predetermined long-range goals and objectives;
- Support customer and SAP community IA working groups;
- Develop and provide IA risk management recommendations to the customer;
- Provide ISSE support for Mission and Training systems design and development;
- Assist with development and maintenance of the Program Protection Plan;
- Assist with site activation activities and design reviews;
- Represent the customer in various ISSE-related working groups, advisory groups, and advisory council meetings;
- Chair and/or Co-Chair customer and SAP community IA working groups;
- Participate in ISSE IPT reviews;
- Maintain relationships with System Engineers (SE) and ensure uniform application of DoD and other agencies' security policy and enterprise solutions.
Requirements:
- 10+ years of related experience;
- Top Secret/SCI clearance with polygraph;
- Advanced technical competency in one or more supported platforms.
Benefits:
- Medical plan options;
- Dental plan options;
- Vision plan;
- 401(k) plan;
- Flex work weeks;
- Paid time off plans;
- Short and long-term disability benefits;
- Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance.