Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE)

Synergy ECP•Columbia, MD

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About The Position

The Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE) shall perform, or review, technical security assessments of computing environments to identify points of vulnerability, non-compliance with established Information Assurance (IA) standards and regulations, and recommend mitigation strategies. This role validates and verifies system security requirements definitions and analysis and establishes system security designs. The ISSE will design, develop, implement, and/or integrate IA and security systems and system components, including those for networking, computing, and enclave environments. They will build IA into systems deployed to operational environments and assist architects and systems developers in identifying and implementing appropriate information security functionality. The role supports the building of security architectures, enforces the design and implementation of trusted relations among external systems and architectures, and assesses and mitigates system security threats/risks throughout the program life cycle. The ISSE contributes to security planning, assessment, risk analysis, risk management, certification, and awareness activities for system and networking operations. They will review certification and accreditation (C&A) documentation, providing feedback on completeness and compliance. Expertise is applied in areas such as system security design, engineering life cycle, information domain, cross domain solutions, cryptography, identification, authentication, authorization, system integration, risk management, intrusion detection, contingency planning, incident handling, configuration control, change management, auditing, certification and accreditation process, and principles of IA. Support security authorization activities in compliance with NSA/CSS Information System Certification and Accreditation Process (NISCAP) and DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) process, the NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF) process, and prescribed NSA/CSS business processes for security engineering. Candidate may be required to respond to after-hours requests as required in a 24 x 7 environment.

Requirements

B.S and 7 years of experience.
CISSP is required.
TS/SCI Clearance Required
U.S. Citizenship

Responsibilities

Perform, or review, technical security assessments of computing environments to identify points of vulnerability, non-compliance with established Information Assurance (IA) 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 IA 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 IA 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 program 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, providing feedback on completeness and compliance of its content.
Apply system security engineering expertise in one or more of the following: system security design process; engineering life cycle; information domain; cross domain solutions; commercial off-the-shelf and 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 process; principles of IA (confidentiality, integrity, non-repudiation, availability, and access control); and security testing.
Support security authorization activities in compliance with NSA/CSS Information System Certification and Accreditation Process (NISCAP) and DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) process, the NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF) process, and prescribed NSA/CSS business processes for security engineering.
Respond to after-hours requests as required in a 24 x 7 environment.