Information System Security Engineer (ISSE)

Lockheed Martin is seeking an Information System Security Engineer (ISSE) to support security planning and technical security work across program life cycles. This onsite role in Elkridge, MD focuses on performing and reviewing assessments, validating security designs, and helping teams maintain compliance with Information Assurance requirements in support of national security missions.

What you’ll do

• Perform or review technical security assessments of computing environments to identify vulnerabilities, non-compliance with Information Assurance standards and regulations, and recommend mitigation strategies
• Validate and verify system security requirements, support analysis activities, and establish system security designs
• Design, develop, implement, and/or integrate IA and security systems and components for networking, computing, and enclave environments, including solutions supporting multiple enclaves and varying data protection or classification requirements
• Build Information Assurance into systems deployed to operational environments
• Assist architects and system developers in identifying and implementing information security functionality to ensure consistent application of Agency security policy and enterprise solutions
• Support development of security architectures, enforce trusted relationships among external systems and architectures, and assess and mitigate security threats and risks throughout the program life cycle
• Contribute to security planning, assessment, risk analysis and risk management, and certification and awareness activities for system and networking operations
• Review certification and accreditation documentation, providing feedback on completeness and compliance

Required qualifications

• 14 years experience as an ISSE on programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Assurance, Information Security System Engineering, or a related discipline from an accredited college or university
• DoD 8140 compliance with IASAE Level 2 certification
• CISSP certification required
• Four (4) years of ISSE experience may substitute for a bachelor’s degree
• Current US Security Clearance with Polygraph within the last 7 years required

Salary and pay information

• Full-Time Salary Range: $135,700 - $251,900 per year
• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position, and payments are not guaranteed and can vary based on performance metrics

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10)
• 401(k) match
• Paid time off
• Holidays
• Parental Leave
• EAP
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Education Assistance
• Life Insurance
• Short-Term Disability
• Long-Term Disability

Preferred experience and skills

• Secure networking and enclave environment integration
• IA architecture and system component integration
• Application of IA policy, procedures, and workforce structure
• Client and project team interaction
• Enforcement of trusted relationships for external systems and architectures
• Security planning, assessment, and risk analysis or risk management
• Identification of government data handling and classification requirements
• Multi-enclave system design with differing protection classifications
• Recommendation of system-level security solutions