Information System Security Engineer

MANTECH•Chantilly, VA

3d•$114,600 - $190,200•Onsite

About The Position

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career- and customer-oriented Information System Security Engineer (ISSE) to join its team onsite in Chantilly, Virginia. In this senior role, the engineer will use technical ISSE and information assurance experience to advise and guide a government intelligence customer. The position supports national security by securing networking, computing, and enclave environments and contributing to system security authorization and risk management activities. Occasional travel within the continental United States is required, up to 25%. An active/current TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of relevant experience, or high school diploma/GED and 9 years of relevant experience.
Familiarity with information system security principles.
Experience interfacing with and briefing military, civilian, and contractor personnel at all levels.
Knowledge of security-related Intelligence Community and Department of Defense policies, procedures, and operating instructions.
Experience applying system security engineering expertise in one or more areas, including system security design, engineering life cycle, information domains, cross-domain solutions, commercial or government off-the-shelf cryptography, identification, authentication and authorization, system integration, risk management, intrusion detection, contingency planning, incident handling, configuration control, change management, auditing, certification and accreditation, information assurance principles, and security testing.
One of the following certifications is required: CAP, GSLC, CISM, CASP, CISSP, CCISCO, or Security+.
Active/current TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
Able to remain in a stationary position more than 50% of the time, communicate and exchange information with peers and senior personnel, and operate a computer and other office equipment.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting the Government in enforcing the design and implementation of trusted relationships among external systems and architectures.
Experience supporting the development of security architectures and enforcing trusted relationships among external systems and architectures.
Experience serving as a primary security engineering representative on engineering teams designing, developing, implementing, evaluating, or integrating secure networking, computing, and enclave environments.
Experience assessing and mitigating system security threats and risks throughout the program life cycle.
Experience with Trellix ePolicy Orchestrator.
Experience with Tenable Security Center.
Experience with Splunk.

Responsibilities

Perform or review technical security assessments of computing environments to identify vulnerabilities and non-compliance with Information Assurance standards and regulations, and recommend mitigation strategies.
Apply knowledge of Information Assurance policy, procedures, and workforce structure to design, develop, and implement secure networking, computing, and enclave environments.
Contribute to security planning, assessment, risk analysis, risk management, certification, and awareness activities for system and networking operations.
Review certification and accreditation documentation and provide feedback on completeness and compliance.
Support security authorization activities in compliance with ICD 503, the NIST Risk Management Framework, and prescribed intelligence community business processes for security engineering.
Assist architects and systems developers in identifying and implementing appropriate information security functionality to ensure consistent application of government security policy and enterprise solutions.