Bachelor's degree or equivalent with 2-4 years of experience in information assurance and security engineering, or a Master's with 0-2 years.
Experience in certification and accreditation of information systems.
Familiarity with security requirements and risk management processes.
Ability to analyze policies against Federal laws and regulations.
Eligibility to access sensitive information, requiring US citizenship.
Responsibilities
Provide daily support for installation and administration of Xacta.
Design and implement security requirements within business processes.
Prepare documentation based on customer information.
Develop Security Test and Evaluation plans.
Conduct risk and vulnerability assessments and provide certification support.
Analyze policies for compliance with Federal regulations and recommend improvements.
Develop system security and contingency plans.
Benefits
Remote work flexibility.
Comprehensive benefits package tailored to employee needs.
Opportunities for professional development and growth.
Full Job Description
Job Title
Information Assurance Engineer
Job Description
This position will be remote
Responsibilities:
Provides day to day support for the successful installation, integration, and administration of Xacta. This includes user administration, system administration, help desk support, and general application administration in support of the overall security authorization needs.
Designs, develops and implements security requirements within an organization's business processes.
Prepares documentation from information obtained from customer using accepted guidelines.
Prepares Security Test and Evaluation plans.
Provides certification and accreditation support in the development of security and contingency plans and conducts complex risk and vulnerability assessments.
Analyzes policies and procedures against Federal laws and regulations and provides recommendations for closing gaps.
Develops and completes system security plans and contingency plans.
Recommends system enhancements to improve security deficiencies.
Develops, tests and integrates computer and network security tools.
Secures system configurations and installs security tools, scans systems in order to determine compliancy and report results and evaluates products and various aspects of system administration.
Conducts security program audits and develops solutions to lessen identified risks.
Develops strategies to comply with privacy, risk management, and e-authentication requirements.
Provides information assurance support for the development and implementation of security architectures to meet new and evolving security requirements.
Evaluates, develops and enhances security requirements, policy and tools. Provides assistance in computer incident investigations.
Performs vulnerability assessments including development of risk mitigation strategies.
Job Requirements
Qualifications:
Requires a Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) with 2 - 4yrs of experience, or a Master's with 0-2 yrs of experience performing a wide variety of information assurance and information systems security engineering duties, to include the certification and accreditation of information systems.
The successful candidate must meet eligibility requirements to access sensitive information, which requires US citizenship.
Telos offers excellent compensation packages including salary commensurate with experience and benefits to meet your needs for today and the future.
Job Type
Full-Time
Location
Ashburn, VA 20147 US (Primary)
Telos offers an excellent compensation packages including salary commensurate with experience and benefits to meet your needs for today and the future.
About TELOS
Telos Corporation is an information technology and cybersecurity company located in Ashburn, Virginia. Telos primarily serves government and enterprise clients, receiving a large number of its contracts from the United States Department of Defense. Customers are primarily military, intelligence and civilian agencies of the US government and NATO allies.
Telos was founded in 1969 in Santa Monica, California and incorporated in Maryland in 1971.
John B. Wood joined the company in 1992, and became president and chief executive in 1994. Today, Telos is headquartered in Ashburn, Virginia.
On 16 June 2020, Telos Corporation reported its Automated Message Handling System service was granted an additional five years and $15.6 million contract by the Defense Information Systems Agency.
On 20 May 2020, Telos named retired general Keith B. Alexander as its advisory board's inaugural leader.
In November 2020, the company filed for an initial public offering.
