Staff Cybersecurity Analyst / Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE)

Northrop Grumman • Chantilly, VA

9d • $177,000 - $265,600 • Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a candidate to join their diverse team of engineers, system administrators, and operators as a Staff Cybersecurity Analyst / Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE) professional in Chantilly, VA. The successful candidate will be expected to support a mission critical network infrastructure, collect data for analysis, ensure maintenance and renewal of Assessment and Authorization accreditation of a suite of customer products. The work is unique, challenging and rewarding. Most of all, its work that makes a difference.

The successful candidate should thrive in a fast-paced, quick response, work environment with high expectations, diverse assignments, and possess the ability to communicate and collaborate with multiple teams across all technical levels. The candidate must be able to lead the way to maintain and develop creative solutions to complex problems.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph required to be considered and required to start.
• 12 years of experience with Bachelors degree; 10 years of experience with Masters degree; 8 years of experience with PhD; 16 years of experience with High School diploma.
• Experience reviewing technical security assessments of computing environments that identify points of vulnerability or non-compliance
• Experience implementing the Risk Management Framework Process (RMF) and ability to support and document certification and accreditation artifacts
• Must have experience supporting the A&A process for system accreditation
• Applicant needs to be familiar with the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and the process of accrediting a system through it as well as the nuances present in applying RMF.
• Applicant needs to be familiar with NIST800.53rev4, CNSS-1253, National Security Memorandum 8 (NSM-8), and the Zero Trust Architecture/Networking (ZTA/N) high-level concepts and possible implementations.
• Applicant should be familiar with both initial accreditation activities as well as continuous monitoring tasks and be willing to adapt to rapidly changing toolsets and controls requirements.
• Applicant should have familiarity with network monitoring and vulnerability detection tools such as Nessus, Rapid7, Splunk, Xacta as well as strong competency with Microsoft Office suite of products (Excel, PowerPoint, and Word).

Nice To Haves

• CISSP, CASP, or other information technology security related certifications
• Experience using Rapid 7 or Tenable Nessus applications
• Background in Technical Writing or Instructional Systems Design would be helpful
• Privileged/Power-user level of knowledge is strongly suggested in at least one of the following – Microsoft Windows, Enterprise Linux variants, Cloud computing infrastructure like AWS or Microsoft Azure

Responsibilities

• Perform assessments of systems and networks within the networking environment or enclave and identify where those systems and networks deviate from acceptable configurations, enclave policy, or local policy. This is achieved through passive evaluations such as compliance audits and active evaluations such as vulnerability assessments.
• Establishes strict program control processes to ensure mitigation of risks and supports obtaining certification and accreditation of systems. Includes support of process, analysis, coordination, security certification test, security documentation, as well as investigations, software research, hardware introduction and release, emerging technology research inspections and periodic audits.
• Assist in the implementation of the required government policy (i.e., NISPOM, DCID 6-3), make recommendations on process tailoring, participate in and document process activities.
• Perform analyses to validate established security requirements and to recommend additional security requirements and safeguards.
• Support the formal Security Test and Evaluation (ST&E) required by each government accrediting authority through pre-test preparations, participation in the tests, analysis of the results and preparation of required reports.
• Document the results of Certification and Accreditation activities and technical or coordination activity and prepare the system Security Plans and update the Plan of Actions and Milestones POA&M.
• Periodically conduct a complete review of each system's audits and monitor corrective actions until all actions are closed.

Benefits

• health insurance coverage
• life and disability insurance
• savings plan
• Company paid holidays
• paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
• RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available
• Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.
• Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: High school or GED