Information Assurance II (Vulnerability Assessment/ACAS Security Manager)

DLS Engineering • Montgomery, AL

2d • Onsite

About The Position

DLS Engineering is seeking a Information Assurance II (Vulnerability Assessment/ACAS Security Manager) professional for a full-time position in support of the Air Force Intranet Control (AFINC) program at Gunter Annex in Montgomery, Alabama. This is an on-site position.

As part of AFINC, the mission of the 26th Network Operations Squadron (26 NOS) is to provide mission assurance to the warfighter through the operation, management, and defense of the Department of Defense Information Network (DODIN). In the execution of its mission, the 26 NOS maintains network infrastructure, to include routers, switches, proxies, firewalls, servers, workstations, printers, Storage Area Networks (SAN) and test labs, to provide maneuverability and defense of both classified and unclassified networks.

A day in the life:
Measures effectiveness of defense‐in‐ depth architecture against known vulnerabilities using available tools within organization to find them.
Analyze, prioritize, and mitigate vulnerabilities to lower or eliminate risk.
Create reports to effectively communicate to government problems and proposed solutions.
Actively manage (inventory, track, and request corrective action) all hardware devices on network that only authorized devices is given access and unauthorized and unmanaged devices are found and prevented from gaining access.
Conduct/review/validate vulnerability scans. Perform vulnerability scans to include analysis of results, identification of false positives, exceptions, and subsequent POA&Ms and/or MFRs creation, monitoring and reporting to include POA&M status and contributions to Monthly and Quarterly reports.
Collects and reviews data gathered from a variety of tools (including intrusion detection system alerts, firewall, network traffic logs, and host system logs) to analyze events for possible attacks that occur within the environment. The environments can be computing, network, or enclave.
Validates, investigates, and analyzes all response activities related to cyber incidents. These tasks include, but are not limited to: creating and maintaining incident tracking information; planning, coordinating, and directing recovery activities; and incident tracking information; and incidents analysis tasks, including examining all available information and supporting evidence of artifacts related to an incident or event.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in utilizing security relevant tools to include: NESSUS, ACAS, DISA STIGs, Audit Tools, Forescout, ESS, Performs assessments of system and network and identifies where the system/network deviate from acceptable configurations, DoW policy, or local policy/guidelines
• IAT-II certification (required)
• Active Secret clearance (required)
• Must be able pass a government background check, which will be completed before employment.

Responsibilities

• Measures effectiveness of defense‐in‐ depth architecture against known vulnerabilities using available tools within organization to find them.
• Analyze, prioritize, and mitigate vulnerabilities to lower or eliminate risk.
• Create reports to effectively communicate to government problems and proposed solutions.
• Actively manage (inventory, track, and request corrective action) all hardware devices on network that only authorized devices is given access and unauthorized and unmanaged devices are found and prevented from gaining access.
• Conduct/review/validate vulnerability scans.
• Perform vulnerability scans to include analysis of results, identification of false positives, exceptions, and subsequent POA&Ms and/or MFRs creation, monitoring and reporting to include POA&M status and contributions to Monthly and Quarterly reports.
• Collects and reviews data gathered from a variety of tools (including intrusion detection system alerts, firewall, network traffic logs, and host system logs) to analyze events for possible attacks that occur within the environment. The environments can be computing, network, or enclave.
• Validates, investigates, and analyzes all response activities related to cyber incidents. These tasks include, but are not limited to: creating and maintaining incident tracking information; planning, coordinating, and directing recovery activities; and incident tracking information; and incidents analysis tasks, including examining all available information and supporting evidence of artifacts related to an incident or event.

Benefits

• We offer a competitive salary and a 401k program with company match.
• We offer a comprehensive benefits package including health, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance.
• We offer a generous paid time off package

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed