Information Systems Security Engineer 3

Itezz • Annapolis Junction, MD

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About The Position

Itezz Inc. is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, SBA 8(a) certified small business dedicated to delivering innovative and reliable information technology solutions across the federal government. Rooted in the values of integrity, excellence, and patriotism, the company was built by those who have served and that spirit of dedication carries into every project and client relationship. Itezz Inc. partners with federal agencies to solve complex technology challenges, drive digital transformation, and ensure mission-critical systems perform at the highest levels. This position involves performing or reviewing technical security assessments of computing environments, validating and verifying system security requirements, designing and integrating Cybersecurity systems, building security into operational environments, assisting architects and developers with information security functionality, supporting security architectures, enforcing trusted relations among external systems, assessing and mitigating system security threats, and contributing to security planning, assessment, risk analysis, risk management, certification, and awareness activities. The role also includes reviewing certification and accreditation (C&A) documentation and supporting security authorization activities in compliance with NSA/CSS Information System Certification and Accreditation Process (NISCAP), DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF), the NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF) process, and prescribed NSA/CSS business processes for security engineering.

Requirements

• United States Citizenship and position appropriate security clearance (e.g. Active TS/SCI security clearance with customer appropriate polygraph).
• TS/SCI with Agency Appropriate Polygraph.
• Twenty (20) years experience as an ISSE on programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity to include recent experience within the last five (5) years with Cybersecurity principles and technology, including access/control, authorization, identification and authentication, PKI, network and enterprise security architecture.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Assurance, Information Security System Engineering, or related discipline from an accredited college or university.
• DoD 8570.01-M compliance with IASAE Level 3, CISSP-ISSEP certification.

Nice To Haves

• A Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Assurance, Information Security System Engineering, or related discipline may be substituted for two (2) years of experience, reducing the requirement to eighteen (18) years of experience.
• In lieu of a Bachelor’s degree, five (5) additional years of ISSE experience may be substituted.

Responsibilities

• Perform or review technical security assessments of computing environments to identify points of vulnerability, non-compliance with established Cybersecurity standards and regulations, and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Validate and verify system security requirements definitions and analysis and establish system security designs.
• Design, develop, implement and/or integrate Cybersecurity and security systems and system components including those for networking, computing, and enclave environments to include those with multiple enclaves and with differing data protection/classification requirements.
• Build Cybersecurity into systems deployed to operational environments.
• Assist architects and systems developers in the identification and implementation of appropriate information security functionality to ensure uniform application of Agency security policy and enterprise solutions.
• Support the building of security architectures.
• Enforce the design and implementation of trusted relations among external systems and architectures.
• Assess and mitigate system security threats/risks throughout the system development life cycle.
• Contribute to the security planning, assessment, risk analysis, risk management, certification and awareness activities for system and networking operations.
• Review certification and accreditation (C&A) documentation, provide feedback on completeness and compliance of its content.
• Support security authorization activities in compliance with NSA/CSS Information System Certification and Accreditation Process (NISCAP) and DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF), the NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF) process, and prescribed NSA/CSS business processes for security engineering.
• Apply knowledge of Cybersecurity policy, procedures, and workforce structure to design, develop, and implement secure networking, computing, and enclave environments.
• Interact with the customer and other project team members.
• Support the Government in the enforcement of the design and implementation of trusted relationships among external systems and architectures.
• Support security planning, assessment, risk analysis, and risk management.
• Participate as the primary security engineering representative on engineering teams for the design, development, implementation, evaluation, and/or integration of secure networking, computing, and enclave environments.
• Participate as the primary security engineering representative on engineering teams for the design, development, implementation, evaluation, and/or integration of Cybersecurity architectures, systems, or system components.
• Identify overall security requirements for the proper handling of Government data.
• Provide security planning, assessment, risk analysis, and risk management.
• Perform system or network designs that encompass multiple enclaves, to include those with differing data protection/classification requirements.
• Recommend system-level solutions to resolve security requirements.

Benefits

• Company automatically contributes an additional 10% of each employee's gross compensation to the company SEP IRA plan, with no requirement for employee matching.
• All contributions are fully vested from day one, ensuring immediate ownership of retirement funds.
• A Choice of CareFirst BlueChoice Medical Plans, some with Health Savings Account (HSA).
• CareFirst Preferred Dental.
• CareFirst BlueVision.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees