Job Description
Description
SAIC is looking for a Information System Security Officer (ISSO) and/or Alternate Information System Security Officer (AISSO) for one or more major federal IT information systems as a member of the customer directorate’s Security Team. Overall, he/she will be responsible for utilizing the NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF) and related Continuous Monitoring activities to maximize the security of their assigned system(s) and ensure compliance with Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) requirements and other customer policies and processes.
Job Responsibilities
- Conduct continuous monitoring and self-inspections of computer systems to ensure security compliance with the aforementioned guidance and DHS/CBP policy directives, and proactively report progress to management, make recommendations for security posture improvements, and ensure systems are ready for audits.
- Review and interpret security vulnerability scans, communicate their contents to management and technical stakeholders, and push them to remuediation.
- Proactively report security status and concerns to management, and make recommendations as appropriate.
- Participate in and support directorate responses for ongoing information system audits.
- Develop and update standard government security documentation such as System Security Plans, Contingency Plans, Interconnection Security Agreements, Risk Acceptances/Waivers, Privacy Threshold Analyses, Privacy Impact Assessments, and other ad-hoc documentation as needed.
- Review and approve/deny relevant system Change Requests as needed.
- Ensure configuration management is appropriate for all Information Systems (IS) software and hardware, in accordance with DoD STIGs (Security Technical Implementation Guides) and industry best practices.
- Execute system audit log reviews in accordance with established policy requirements using Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools such as Splunk, Kibana, etc.
- Assist creation of new policies/procedures as needed for directorate systems.
- Support ad-hoc data call and reporting requirements initiated by DHS CIO, CISA and other headquarters offices.
Qualifications
Required:
- BS, MS or equivalent work experience in the Information Assurance / Cybersecurity field.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust requiring U.S. Citizenship
- 9+ years of overall IT security experience.
- 6+ years of experience as a primary ISSO or security compliance lead for an IT system.
- CISSP or CCSP certification.
- Creating, tracking, and driving to completion Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms) for resolving security control deficiencies.
- Providing system-level security auditing support, including interacting directly with auditors and providing artifacts as requested.
- Executing the completion of a new or renewed system Certification and Accreditation (C&A) package from start to finish.
- Effectively communicating security vulnerabilities with technical POCs and management.
- Possesses significant security experience with systems primarily supported by Linux OS (on premises) or Amazon Web Services (AWS).
- Possesses significant experience and knowledge of how to interpret details of vulnerability scans and effectively communicate results.
- Understands the differences between types of vulnerability scans.
- Demonstrates a knowledge of cloud systems/types and related security issues.
- Possesses significant experience writing or updating system Security Plans.
Desired:
- Utilizes Splunk or other SIEM tools.
- Creating, tracking, and updating security policies and/or procedures.
- Creating, tracking, and updating Interconnection Security Agreements (ISAs), risk acceptance memorandums, and policy waiver requests.
- Demonstrates the ability to lead annual Contingency Plan Tests in either tabletop form or as actual fail-over tests.
- Supporting the federal government in an IT environment.
- Security experience with cloud systems hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS).
- Possesses the ability to lead an IT security team.
- Experience with DoD STIG system configuration standards.
Target salary range: $125,001 - $150,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.
Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.
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