Information Assurance/Security Engineer

Provide security engineering and information assurance support for mission systems within the Government A&A process.

Responsibilities

• Support the Government’s Assessment and Authorization (A&A) process to help maintain Authority to Operate (ATO) and Authority to Connect (ATC) for mission applications and services.
• Design, develop, monitor, and document security controls, security testing, security reporting, and plan of actions and milestones (POA&Ms) across system and application lifecycles.
• Deliver security engineering design inputs, conduct security design reviews, and provide security best practices for technical and change requests.
• Configure and validate secure systems and physical controls; test security products and systems to identify security weaknesses.
• Maintain XACTA security records for supported systems.

Requirements

• Clearance: Top Secret; CI poly eligible
• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, engineering, or similar technical field (additional 4 years of relevant experience may substitute for degree)
• Certification: 8570 compliance (IAT Level 2), such as CompTIA Security+
• Experience: 6 years hands-on experience with one or more of:
  • Information assurance and/or ATO support for Classified DoD or IC environments
• Experience documenting and assessing security controls in CentOS/RHEL Linux systems, Cisco networks, and VDI and/or virtual server hosting environments.
• Experience supporting, securing, and delivering hardware and software updates and enhancements through security assessment and authorization and production readiness reviews.
• Document writing skills for security plans, tests, and reports.
• Strong teamwork and communication skills (verbal, written, and presentation).
• Strong initiative to accept new technical challenges in complex security engineering assignments.

Technologies

• CentOS/RHEL
• Cisco Networks
• VDI
• Virtual server hosting environments
• CompTIA Security+
• XACTA
• NiFi data flows
• Apache Tomcat webservices

Benefits

• Generous cost sharing for medical insurance for the employee and dependents
• 100% company paid dental insurance for employees and dependents
• 100% company paid long-term and short-term disability insurance
• 100% company paid vision insurance for employees and dependents
• 401k plan with generous match and 100% immediate vesting
• Competitive Pay
• Generous paid leave and holiday package
• Tuition and training reimbursement
• Life and AD&D Insurance

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree
• CISSP
• CCNP certification(s)
• DoD or Intelligence Community (IC) IT and Application service delivery
• Full lifecycle A&A process for classified infrastructure and application service delivery
• ATO process management through XACTA
• Agile software development
• Supporting NiFi data flows
• Supporting Apache Tomcat webservices
• Cross domain solutions