The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

Information System Security Officer

Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related field; equivalent experience acceptable.
  • 1-3 years of relevant industry experience required.
  • Ability to acquire IAM I/IAT II Certification within 6 months of start date.
  • Familiarity with RMF, IR, Vulnerability Management, SCAP, STIG, and security tools preferred.
  • Basic understanding of information security concepts and IT fundamentals.

Responsibilities

  • Assist ISSM with duties; take on responsibilities in their absence.
  • Ensure compliance with security policies during system operations and disposal.
  • Attend necessary security and technical training for assigned tasks.
  • Conduct reviews to verify information system compliance with security standards.
  • Coordinate system hardware/software changes with relevant authorities.

Benefits

  • Work-life balance support through flexible schedules and employee clubs.
  • Access to health and finance workshops to enhance personal well-being.
  • Participation in off-site social events and cultural discounts.
  • Opportunities to work in a nationally recognized R&D innovation company.
Full Job Description
Job Description Summary:
The Information System Security Officer 1 (ISSO) supports the continuous monitoring and authorization efforts of multiple classified information systems under the direction of the Information System Security Manager (ISSM). Performing a variety of technical, and non-technical Cyber Security functions.

Job Description:

Duties/Responsibilities
• Assist the ISSM in meeting their duties and responsibilities. The ISSO shall assume ISSM responsibilities in the absence of the ISSM.
• Ensure systems are operated, maintained, and disposed of in accordance with security policies and procedures as outlined in the security authorization package.
• Attend required technical and security training (e.g., operating system, networking, security management) relative to assigned duties.
• Ensure all users have the requisite security clearances, authorization, need-to-know, and are aware of their security responsibilities before granting access to the IS.
• Conduct periodic reviews of information systems to ensure compliance with the security authorization package.
• Coordinate any changes or modifications to hardware, software, or firmware of a system with the ISSM and AO/DAO prior to the change.
• Formally notify the ISSM and AO/DAO when changes occur that might affect system authorization.
• Monitor system recovery processes to ensure security features and procedures are properly restored and functioning correctly.
• Ensure all IS security-related documentation is current and accessible to properly authorized individuals.
• With supervision, Conduct Audits and Continuous Monitoring (ConMon) activities using available technical and non-technical processes, Reports Audit and ConMon findings, Conduct incident response steps as directed.
• With supervision, manage configuration baselines of both hardware and software, Identify system architecture flaws using industry standard tools (e.g. STIG, SCAP, Nessus) that will be flowed to the ISSM for review.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills/Abilities
• Understanding of information security concepts (e.g. RMF, DIACAP)
• Awareness of audit technologies or capabilities (e.g. Splunk, event viewer)
• Understands Information Technology basics.
• Awareness of network type designations (e.g. WAN, LAN) and associated infrastructure (e.g. Servers, switches, firewalls).

Education
• Requires a bachelor's degree in Information Technology or a related field.
• Equivalent industry experience may be substituted.
• Ability to acquire an IAM I/IAT II Certification within 6 months of start date.

Experience:
• 1-3 years year relevant industry experience is required,
• Preferred experience with RMF (NIST SP 800-53, JSIG, DAAG, ICD 503), IR, Vulnerability Management, SCAP, STIG, and Security-Relevant Tools.

Additional Job Description:

Applicants selected for this position will be required to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.

Current in scope Top Secret security clearance is required.

Job Location - City:
Cambridge

Job Location - State:
Massachusetts

Job Location - Postal Code:
02139-3563

The US base salary range for this full-time position is
$75,000.00 - $156,000.00
Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Union ranges will be in compliance with the collective bargaining agreement's approved rates by location and role. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and does not include bonuses or benefits.

Our work is very important to us, but so is our life outside of work. Draper supports many programs to improve work-life balance including workplace flexibility, employee clubs ranging from photography to yoga, health and finance workshops, off site social events and discounts to local museums and cultural activities. If this specific job opportunity and the chance to work at a nationally renowned R&D innovation company appeals to you, apply now www.draper.com/careers.

About The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

Draper Laboratory is an American non-profit research and development organization, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts; its official name is The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. The laboratory specializes in the design, development, and deployment of advanced technology solutions to problems in national security, space exploration, health care and energy. The laboratory was founded in 1932 by Charles Stark Draper at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop aeronautical instrumentation, and came to be called the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory. During this period the laboratory is best known for developing the Apollo Guidance Computer, the first silicon integrated circuit based computer. It was renamed for its founder in 1970, and separated from MIT in 1973 to become an independent, non-profit organization. The expertise of the laboratory staff includes the areas of guidance, navigation, and control technologies and systems; fault-tolerant computing; advanced algorithms and software systems; modeling and simulation; and microelectromechanical systems and multichip module technology.
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