Information Assurance/Security Engineer

AnaVation • Reston, VA

3d

About The Position

The Information Assurance/Security Engineer will provide security engineering and information assurance support to the Government’s Assessment and Authorization (A&A) process to maintain Authority to Operate (ATO) and Authority to Connect (ATC) for mission applications and services. Designs, develops, monitors and documents security controls, security testing, security reporting, and plan of actions and milestones (POA&Ms) throughout systems and application lifecycles in support of mission systems. Provides security engineering design inputs, security design reviews, and security best practices as part of technical and change requests. Configures and validates secure systems, physical controls, and tests security products and systems to detect security weaknesses. Maintains XACTA security records for supported systems.

Requirements

• Top Secret security clearance, CI poly eligible
• Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, engineering, or similar technical field (additional 4 years of relevant experience may be substituted for degree)
• 8570 compliance (IAT Level 2) such as CompTIA Security +
• 6 years of hands-on experience and expertise in one or more of the following: Support for information assurance and/or ATO process for Classified DoD or IC environments.
• Experience documenting and assessing security controls in CentOS/RHEL Linux Systems, Cisco Networks, VDI and/or Virtual server hosting environments.
• Experience supporting, securing and delivering hardware and software updates and enhancements through security assessment and authorization, and production readiness reviews.
• Demonstrated documentation writing for security plans, tests, and reports.
• Strong teamwork, communication (both verbal and written), and presentation skills.
• Strong initiative to accept new technical challenges in complex security engineering assignments.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s Degree
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification(s)
• DoD or Intelligence Community (IC) IT and Application service delivery
• Full lifecycle A&A process for classified infrastructure and application service delivery
• ATO process management through XACTA
• Agile software development
• supporting NiFi data flows
• supporting Apache Tomcat webservices
• Cross domain solutions

Responsibilities

• Provide security engineering and information assurance support to the Government’s Assessment and Authorization (A&A) process to maintain Authority to Operate (ATO) and Authority to Connect (ATC) for mission applications and services.
• Design, develop, monitor and document security controls, security testing, security reporting, and plan of actions and milestones (POA&Ms) throughout systems and application lifecycles in support of mission systems.
• Provide security engineering design inputs, security design reviews, and security best practices as part of technical and change requests.
• Configure and validate secure systems, physical controls, and test security products and systems to detect security weaknesses.
• Maintain XACTA security records for supported systems.

Benefits

• Generous cost sharing for medical insurance for the employee and dependents
• 100% company paid dental insurance for employees and dependents
• 100% company paid long-term and short-term disability insurance
• 100% company paid vision insurance for employees and dependents
• 401k plan with generous match and 100% immediate vesting
• Competitive Pay
• Generous paid leave and holiday package
• Tuition and training reimbursement
• Life and AD&D Insurance

What This Job Offers

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