Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO)

Govcio•Columbia, DC

19d•$130,000 - $140,000•Hybrid

About The Position

GovCIO is currently hiring for a/an Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) with an active TS/SCI clearance. This position will be 4 days onsite in Washington, DC with 1 day remote. Responsibilities Assisting the government in the assessment process for all new and legacy systems to determine the security requirements associated with each system The contractor shall interact with both technical and non-technical personnel in order to conduct a comprehensive review of a system, network or application This is a technical role requiring moderate to advanced knowledge of security engineering, the ATO process, enterprise monitoring, and incident response The contractor shall assist in building or refining the program to achieve the assessment process The contractor shall work with various elements of the cybersecurity team to understand roles, missions and requirements in order to inform this process Contractor shall be expected to establish and staff a program capable of responding to security questions from DHS employees across the world, both from other security professionals and employees of the DHS in general, varying in complexity The team shall assist field and HQ application developers in secure development activities in cloud and on premises environments They will partner with other areas of the section to achieve a holistic program The program shall develop responses to questions and build a repository of responses available through an application (on a classified network). The program will work with other members of the security team, IT departments, or other areas of the DHS to research answers The contractor shall be responsible for generating formal responses which are subject to review at the government’s discretion In some cases, the contractor may be required to develop new forms, templates or other documents to support new program creation

Requirements

Bachelor's with 8+ years of cyber security experience (or commensurate experience)
Clearance Required: Active TS/SCI clearance

Responsibilities

Assisting the government in the assessment process for all new and legacy systems to determine the security requirements associated with each system
Interact with both technical and non-technical personnel in order to conduct a comprehensive review of a system, network or application
Assist in building or refining the program to achieve the assessment process
Work with various elements of the cybersecurity team to understand roles, missions and requirements in order to inform this process
Establish and staff a program capable of responding to security questions from DHS employees across the world, both from other security professionals and employees of the DHS in general, varying in complexity
Assist field and HQ application developers in secure development activities in cloud and on premises environments
Develop responses to questions and build a repository of responses available through an application (on a classified network)
Responsible for generating formal responses which are subject to review at the government’s discretion
Develop new forms, templates or other documents to support new program creation