Information System Security Officer - ISSO 3

L3Harris Technologies•Bellmead, TX

4d•Onsite

About The Position

L3Harris is seeking an Information System Security Officer (ISSO) in Waco, Texas, to support Department of War and National programs. The role maintains information system security documentation and records, conducts system and network self-inspections and audits, and supports media control and integrity. The ISSO works with internal and external customers when changes may affect system authorization or compliance, assists the Information System Security Manager (ISSM) with policy creation and updates, and provides guidance on security issues that may affect customer missions. The position supports secure systems operations and maintenance, develops and executes security controls, assesses and mitigates threats and risks, and coordinates certification, accreditation, testing, and validation activities with government customers. It also involves incident response and reporting, safeguarding national security information, maintaining aircraft disk pack sets, supporting test events, and contributing to continuous monitoring and RMF documentation. The role requires a TS/SCI clearance with SCI eligibility, travel up to 25%, and frequent night or weekend support for outages, test events, and customer needs. The work schedule is 9/80, with every other Friday off.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and at least 4 years of relevant experience; or a graduate degree and at least 2 years of related experience; or, in lieu of a degree, at least 8 years of related experience.
Security+ certification.
TS/SCI security clearance with SCI eligibility; applicants accepting a conditional offer may be subject to government security investigations and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time.
Ability to frequently support night and/or weekend work as required for outages, test events, and customer needs.

Nice To Haves

Experience with information system security assessment and hardening tools such as SCAP Compliance Checker, ACAS, and Nessus.
Prior Xacta 360/Xacta.io training, knowledge, and relevant experience.
Working knowledge of WAN/LANs, including routers, switches, and firewalls.
Self-starter who works well with others to achieve team goals.

Responsibilities

Develop, deploy, and execute controls and defenses to secure company technology, information systems, and system deliverables.
Support secure systems operations and maintenance.
Assess and mitigate system security threats and risks throughout the program life cycle.
Perform system certification and accreditation planning, testing, and validation in coordination with government customers.
Execute first-level incident responses and address reported or detected incidents.
Interpret, analyze, and report events and anomalies in accordance with directives, including initiating and responding to reports of discovered events.
Safeguard national security information from unauthorized use, infiltration, exfiltration, modification, destruction, or disclosure.
Notify the ISSM of changes affecting the ATO and coordinate hardware, software, or firmware changes with the ISSM before implementation.
Build, maintain, and update aircraft disk pack sets to support the test team and Air Force requirements.
Travel to offsite test events as needed, up to 25% of the time.
Frequently support night and/or weekend work to augment SCIF staffing during planned site power or network outages, and to support test events and customer needs.
Analyze and/or administer information system security controls as part of the systems’ Continuous Monitoring Plan.
Follow approved procedures for clearing, sanitizing, and destroying hardware and media.
Implement, enforce, communicate, and develop security policies or plans for data, software applications, hardware, and telecommunications.
Provide details and artifacts for ISS RMF documentation, including SSP, SAR, RAR, SAP, SCTM, and POA&M, to support Assessment & Authorization of assigned systems.
Perform periodic hardware and software inventories to maintain control over assigned assets.
Identify security-control shortcomings, document deficient items in POA&Ms, and help remediate control deficiencies.
Work with team members to maintain Two-Person Integrity when handling open removable media.
Maintain information system security documentation and records, conduct system and network self-inspections and audits, and support media control and integrity.
Coordinate with customers on changes affecting authorization or compliance and assist the ISSM with security policy creation and updates.