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We're supporting a well-established customer that works on a critical and high-visibility mission. The team is tremendously talented and we need to add a mid-level ISSO with a strong foundation in US Government IT experience to work on the growing number of customer requirements. Previous experience working on-site to support the DoD and the intelligence community is highly desirable.

Career: We’re serious about professional development and continuing education. We offer everyone the opportunity to define their own career trajectory. Our group has some amazing resources at its disposal specifically for this purpose. You will work with your direct supervisor and/or a mentor to set appropriate goals and design a plan to help you make consistent progress.

Day-to-Day with your Colleagues :

• Coordinate with team’s ISSEs and senior ISSOs to implement the Continuous Monitoring (CONMON) program for a Government IT system comprised of several hundred servers
• Work under the guidance of ISSEs and senior ISSOs to complete tasks required to achieve and maintain system Authorities To Operate (ATOs)
• Prepare and maintain information systems Accreditation and Authorization (A&A) packages (BoE - CONOPS/Customer Test Plan, SSPs SCTM)

Minimum Requirements :

• Must have active TS/SCI security clearance and be willing and able to obtain CI Polygraph
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Cyber Security or related field
• 5+ years of experience in Cyber Security; an additional 4 years of relevant experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree
• 3+ years of experience in executing Continuous Monitoring (CONMON) programs for complex IT systems
• Ability to communicate technical analyses at a level comprehensible to laymen and senior-level government representatives
• Expert knowledge and use of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Experience with utilizing compliance tools to track assessment and authorization, and continuous monitoring activities (e.g. Xacta 360, ServiceNow, Tenable Security Center)
• Experience analyzing and prioritizing compliance scan results for both Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM) and Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs)
• Experience with automating data cleaning, reduction and normalization for cybersecurity related data sets using both VBA and Python
• Working knowledge of the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and associated standards and guidelines
• CompTIA Security+

Desired Requirements :

• Experience with Linux (Red Hat)
• Experience with configuration management and software lifecycle management, to include evaluating software for system approval, researching prospective software for security vulnerabilities, and decommissioning deprecated versions.
• Experience working within various system networks and classification levels
• Advanced degree in a technical discipline
• Experience working on-site at a government customer location
• Experience participating in patching/system hardening activities
• Experience working in DOD/IC
• Experience with developing and maintaining configuration control documentation
• Experience implementing services to intelligence community standards like ICD 503, NIST Risk Management Framework, and cloud technologies
• DoD 8570 certification

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