SCI w Poly

Peraton•Laurel, MD

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Peraton is seeking a talented and skilled Information Systems Security Officer to join our Cyber Intelligence team in Laurel, MD. As part of a collaborative, high-impact integrated product development team, you’ll work on next-generation cyber and AI/ML capabilities hosted on large-scale compute clusters and AWS Cloud infrastructure. This is your chance to help shape innovative services that make a real difference. Interested in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning? If so, this is the position for you. Provides support for a program, organization, system, or enclave's information assurance program. Provides support for proposing, coordinating, implementing, and enforcing information systems security policies, standards, and methodologies. Maintains operational security posture for an information system or program to ensure information systems security policies, standards, and procedures are established and followed. Assists with the management of security aspects of the information system and performs day-to-day security operations of the system. Evaluates security solutions to ensure they meet security requirements for processing classified information. Performs vulnerability/risk assessment analysis to support certification and accreditation. Provides configuration management (CM) for information system security software, hardware, and firmware. Manages changes to system and assesses the security impact of those changes. Prepares and reviews documentation to include System Security Plans (SSPs), Risk Assessment Reports, Certification and Accreditation (C&A) packages, and System Requirements Traceability Matrices (SRTMs). Supports security authorization activities in compliance with customer policies and processes.

Requirements

An Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required
Ten (10) years experience as an ISSO on programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required.
Experience is to include at least two (2) of the following areas: knowledge of current security tools, hardware/software security implementation; communication protocols; and encryption techniques/tools.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
Four (4) years of additional experience as an ISSO may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.
DoD 8570 compliance with Information Assurance Management (IAM) Level I or higher is required.

Nice To Haves

AI/ML Project

Responsibilities

Plan and coordinate the IT security programs and policies
Manage and control changes to the system and assessing the security impact of those changes
Obtain C&A for Information Systems (IS) under their purview
Provide support for a program, organization, system, or enclave's information assurance program
Serve as the Approval Authority for ISs under their control