Information Assurance Engineer

Telos • Herndon, VA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is to perform Information Assurance activities in support of the Xacta IA Manager application suite. The candidate will be responsible for supporting government clients in application administration, configuring, deploying, or troubleshooting a large enterprise deployment of Xacta IA Manager and implementation with dependent systems and processes. The candidate will be required to apply domain knowledge and collaborate with team leads and clients to translate functional needs into technical security solutions appropriately. The candidate will have the opportunity to interface with Security Authorization practitioners including the Authorizing Official, Information System Security Officers, System Owners and Engineers to assist with the development of the Security Authorization documentation packages. This position will be based in Ashburn, VA with the expectation to support customer sites throughout the Northern Virginia area.

Requirements

• Current TS/SCI
• Bachelor’s Degree or 6+ years of equivalent work experience is required
• 2+ years of relative job experience to include the following:
• Experience in system/application administration to include issue customer relationship management, Tier 1 & Tier 2 support activities.
• Significant experience with documenting and communicating technical solutions that will be disseminated to a technical user base.
• Demonstrate ability to communicate effectively with technical engineers, and end users alike is required.
• DoD 8570/8410 compliance is preferred.
• Experience in security operations/incident response concepts and implementation and vulnerability management.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills and the ability to interact with people at all levels are required.
• A professional attitude regarding attention to detail and customer service and excellent organizational skills are required
• The successful candidate must meet eligibility requirements to access sensitive information, which requires US citizenship.
• Telos maintains a drug-free workplace and will conduct drug testing on all applicants who have accepted an offer of employment.
• Telos Corporation participates in the E-Verify program. Therefore, any employment with Telos will also be contingent upon confirmation from the Social Security Administration ("SSA") and/or the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") of your authorization to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Become an expert in Federal Regulations and guidelines such as NIST 800-37, 53, 60, 130, and CNSSi 1253 & 1254.
• Become an expert in the implementation and deployment of Xacta 360 and Xacta IO.
• Become familiar with existing processes and operations to continuously maintain support for the Xacta solution.
• Become familiar with new capabilities and advocate for their usage and adoption where appropriate.
• Provide consistent and effective feedback to team members, client stakeholders, and end users alike.
• With some oversight and guidance, identify, troubleshoot, diagnose, and provide recommendations to remediate issues within the Xacta application set.
• Provide new, or update existing operational solutions to complex problems as it pertains to Xacta systems administration.
• Become familiar with business process engineering best practices while developing the customers implementation of the Risk Management Framework.
• Apply domain knowledge and experience to identify and implement efficiencies in the administration of an Enterprise application.

Benefits

• Telos offers excellent compensation packages including salary commensurate with experience and benefits to meet your needs for today and the future.
• Telos Corporation and its subsidiaries are committed to equal opportunity for all, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.
• Telos Corporation will make reasonable accommodations for known physical or mental limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants with disabilities unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If you are interested in applying for an employment opportunity and feel you need a reasonable accommodation pursuant to the ADA, please contact us at 1-800-283-1911. If you require relay service assistance, please click on the following link to review information on your state's relay service: https://www.fcc.gov/accessibility.
• Telos Corporation is an EEO/AA employer.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level