Orbis Operations is seeking Information Systems Security Engineers to support its government customer in Fort Meade, MD.
Required Clearance: Active Security Clearance required at the Top Secret (TS)/Special Compartmented Information (SCI) level and appropriate level Polygraph
Role Description:The Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE) shall perform, or review, technical security assessments of computing environments to identify points of vulnerability, non-compliance with established Information Assurance (IA) standards and regulations, and recommend mitigation strategies. This person will validate and verify system security requirements definitions and analysis, and establish system security designs. This person designs, develops, implements and/or integrates IA and security systems and system components, including those for networking, computing, and enclave environments to include those with multiple enclaves and with differing data protection/classification requirements. He/she will build IA into systems deployed to operational environments, and assist architects and systems developers in the identification and implementation of appropriate information security functionality to ensure uniform application of Agency security policy and enterprise solutions.
Responsibilities: - Participate as a security engineering representative on engineering teams for the design, development, implementation and/or integration of secure networking, computing, and enclave environments
- Participate as a security engineering representative on engineering teams for the design, development, implementation and/or integration of IA architectures, systems, or system components
- Provide Incident reports, vulnerability assessment & management, security log infrastructure & log review, PKI services to procure PKI certificates and monitor expiration.
- Contributes to the security planning, assessment, risk analysis, risk management, certification and awareness activities for system and networking operations.
- Reviews certification and accreditation (C&A) documentation, providing feedback on completeness and compliance of its content.
- Support security authorization activities in compliance with NSA/CSS Information System Certification and Accreditation Process (NISCAP) and DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) process, the NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF) process, and prescribed NSA/CSS business processes for security engineering.
- Support the Government in the enforcement of the design and implementation of trusted relationships among external systems and architectures
- Apply knowledge of IA policy, procedures, and workforce structure to design, develop, and implement secure networking, computing, and enclave environments
- Identify overall security requirements for the proper handling of Government data
- Recommend system-level solutions to resolve security requirements
Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Assurance, Information Security System Engineering, or related discipline
- Prior ISSE experience (level depends on years of experience and degree)
- DoD 8570 compliance with Information Assurance Management (IAM) Level I or higher is required
