Senior Specialist, Information Security Systems Engineer

L3HHCM20•Colorado Springs, CO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The successful candidate will support a highly motivated engineering team in defining, designing, implementing, documenting, testing and sustaining security solutions on National Security Systems, or other systems engineered for our government customers, using current standards within National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) Risk Management Framework, Special Publications 800-37, 800-53, 800-171, and other NIST publications; Committee on National Security Systems Instruction (CNNSI) 1253, Joint SAP Implementation Guide (JSIG), and Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) to certify and achieve system accreditations. The successful candidate will work with system developers or commercial product vendors in the design and evaluation of state-of-the-art secure systems, networks, and database products, using methods such as encryption technology, vulnerability analysis and security management.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience.
Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience.
In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
Must have active TOP-SECRET/SCI ELIGIBLE security clearance.
DoD 8140.03 IASAE Level 1 or 2 certification baseline security certification required.

Nice To Haves

Perform Model Based System Engineering (UML, SysML, UAF).
Configure/operate vulnerability analysis tools such Tenable NESSUS Security products.
Develop dashboards, configure rules and operate/administer SEIM/audit reduction tools (e.g., Splunk).
Active TS/SCI with poly is highly desired.

Responsibilities

Exercise skills in NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF) and all related NIST publications, to include writing System Security Plans, Security Control Traceability Matrix, Continuous Monitoring Plan, Security Assessment Plans & Procedures, Security Concept of Operations, Plan of Action and Milestones.
Perform skills in implementing/assessing security controls, to include writing system security categorization memorandum, recommending appropriate security control overlays, define security control baseline based on defined system security categorization and approved security overlays, and apply security controls to computing/network nodes and verify implementation of security controls.
Assist in systems/software engineering functions, to include creation of data flow diagrams, interface control documents, perform trade studies, and Static Application Security Testing (SAST) for Application Security and Development Secure Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) compliance using tools such as Fortify/Coverity and Gitlab as part of a DevSecOps Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) Pipeline, and generation of summary reports.
Define/manage systems/security architectures including system security boundaries, vulnerability management and risk mitigation and remediation strategies within networks, systems, applications and new technology initiatives (hardware, software, firewalls, intrusion detection systems, anti-virus systems and software deployment tools); and Infrastructure/Platform/Software as a Service (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) implementations in cloud environments.
Define/manage systems/security architectures including system security boundaries in on-premises data center systems and ultimately deploy to secure cloud-based system, to include configuration and use of defense and assessment tools specific to each environment type.