Information System Security Engineer (ISSE) II

General Dynamics Information Technology • Colorado Springs, CO

31d • $166,005 - $224,595 • Onsite

About The Position

The Information System Security Engineer (ISSE) is primarily responsible for conducting information system security engineering activities with a focus on the lifecycle of current systems and future requirement scoping. The position will collect and process captured information security requirements and ensures that the requirements are effectively integrated into information systems through purposeful security architecting, design, development, and configuration. The position is an integral part of the development team designing and developing organizational information systems or upgrading legacy systems. The ISSE employs best practices when implementing security requirements within an information system, including software engineering methodologies, system/security engineering principles, secure design, secure architecture, and secure coding techniques. This position’s main function is working within Special Access Programs (SAPs) supporting Department of Defense (DoD) agencies, such as HQ Air Force, Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), and Military Compartments efforts. The position will provide “day-to-day” support for Collateral, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), and Special Access Program (SAP) activities.

Requirements

• 12+ years related experience
• 2+ years SAP experience required
• Prior performance in roles such as ISSO, ISSM, SCA, or SAP IT Technical Director
• Top Secret/SCI clearance must currently be possessed.
• Must be able to obtain Top Secret SCI + Polygraph clearance.
• US Citizenship Required.
• Bachelor’s degree in related discipline OR Associate’s degree in a related area + 2 years’ experience OR equivalent experience (4 years).
• IAAE Level I or II - required within 6 months of date of hire (CASP+ CE, CISSP (or Associate), CSSLP).

Nice To Haves

• Advanced technical competency in one or more of the following supported platforms: Microsoft Windows Server, Active Directory, Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers, MS Hyper-V/VMWare/ESx/Xen Hypervisors, Enterprise networking/firewalls/intrusion detection/prevention systems, forensic analysis/vulnerability assessment, Group Policy management and configuration, Scripting, BMC Footprints, WSUS, Lumension, Bitlocker, SQL Server 2012, TomCat, IIS, Windows Server 2012r2/2016, Win 10, Red Hat 6.5, Microsoft Office Toolkits, SEIMs, Logrhythm, ACAS/Nessus/SCAP, mandatory/role-based access control concepts (e.g. SE Linux extensions to RHEL, PitBull, AppArmor, and Sentris), video teleconferencing/VOIP, Oracle/MS SQL database security, and Apache/IIS Web server security.

Responsibilities

• Perform oversight of the development, implementation, and evaluation of information system security program policy; special emphasis placed upon integration of existing SAP network infrastructures.
• Perform analysis of network security, based upon the Risk Management Framework (RMF) with emphasis on Joint Special Access Program Implementation Guide (JSIG) authorization process.
• Provides expert support, research, and analysis of exceptionally complex problems and processes relating to them.
• Provides expert-level consultation and technical services on all aspects of Information Security.
• Serves as technical expert to the Cybersecurity Assessment Program providing technical direction, interpretation, and alternatives to complex problems.
• Builds IA into systems deployed to operational environments.
• Assists architects and systems developers in the identification and implementation of appropriate information security functionality to ensure uniform application of DoD and other agencies security policy and enterprise solutions.
• Enforces the design and implementation of trusted relations among external systems and architectures.
• Assesses and mitigates system security threats/risks throughout the program life cycle.
• Contributes to the security planning, assessment, risk analysis, risk management, certification, and awareness activities for system and networking operations.
• Thinks independently and demonstrates exceptional written and oral communication skills. Applies advanced technical principles, theories, and concepts.
• Contributes to the development of new principles, concepts, and methodologies.
• Works on unusually complex technical problems and provides highly innovative and ingenious solutions.
• Leads a team of System Security Engineers and Cybersecurity Analysts responsible for ensuring the customers national and international security interests are protected as support equipment are designed and tested.
• Recommends cybersecurity software tools and assists in the development of software tool requirements and selection criteria, to include the development of product-specific STIGs from applicable DISA SRGs.
• Reviews ISSE-related designs and provides security compliance recommendations.
• Leads technical teams in the implementation of predetermined long-range goals and objectives.
• Supports customer and SAP community IA working groups, participates in SSE IPT reviews.
• Develops and provides IA risk management recommendations to the customer.
• Provides ISSE support for Mission and Training systems design and development.
• Assists with development and maintenance of the Program Protection Plan.
• Assists with site activation activities and design reviews.
• Represents the customer in various ISSE-related working groups, advisory groups, and advisory council meetings.
• Chairs and/or Co-Chairs customer and SAP community IA working groups, participates in ISSE IPT reviews.
• Represents the customer in various SSE-related working groups, advisory groups, and advisory council meetings.
• Strong background in Patch/Configuration management, DevOps, and tier 3 support.
• Assists team to design, integrate, and implement JSIG/RMF Continuous Monitoring tools and processes.
• Integrates COTS & GOTS products to collect, display, and remediate a variety of automated system security and system operations/performance functions and metrics.
• Performs security assessments of servers/network devices/security appliances.
• Develops improvements to security assessments with regard to accuracy and efficiency.
• Integrates ancillary monitoring tools/capabilities with the enterprise security information and event management (SIEM) and creates/tailors complex event alarms/rules and summary reports.
• Writes and executes cybersecurity test procedures for validation of control compliance.
• Monitors/analyzes output of cybersecurity-related tools for reportable security incidents and residual risk.
• Analyzes technical risk of emerging cybersecurity tools and processes.
• Works as part of a security incident response team as needed.
• Builds operational Operations and Maintenance (O&M) checklists to maintain the service (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly O&M checklists); builds Tactics, Techniques, and Processes (TTPs) and Standard Operating Processes (SOPs) associated with service checklists.
• Integrates/Develops new techniques to improve Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability for networks/systems operating at various classification levels.
• Maintains relationship with System Engineer (SE). SSE is responsible for system security design, interoperability, and basic engineering endeavors with a firm grasp of cybersecurity policy, system security engineering processes, and system engineering processes.

Benefits

• Variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
• Dental plan options
• Vision plan
• 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.
• Full flex work weeks where possible
• Variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
• Short and long-term disability benefits
• Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree