Active Top Secret/SCI with CI Polygraph security clearance required.
Bachelor's degree with 14+ years, Master's with 12+ years, or PhD with 10+ years of experience in a related field.
Experience with STIG checklists and ACAS scans.
Proven ability to support security assessment events and collaborate with technical teams.
Familiarity with Xacta is preferred.
Responsibilities
Design and implement information assurance and security systems across multiple environments.
Analyze system architecture and functionality for various technologies.
Prepare and deliver technical reports and briefings to stakeholders.
Conduct technical security assessments to identify vulnerabilities and recommend mitigations.
Support security planning and risk management activities throughout the program life cycle.
Benefits
100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for employees and eligible dependents.
401(k) plan with immediate vesting and a total of 8% company contribution.
Up to 20 days of flexible paid time off (PTO) plus 11 paid floating holidays.
Flexible work schedules to promote work-life balance.
Employee referral bonuses up to $10,000 for successful hires.
Full Job Description
Requisition ID: 5099
Standard Title:
Required Security Clearance: Top Secret/SCI with CI Polygraph
Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
Work Type: On-Site
Shift: First
Referral Eligibility: Eligible
U.S. Citizenship Required? Yes
Position Summary
Base-2 Solutions is seeking a Senior Information Systems Security Officer responsible for safeguarding computer networks and systems to ensure data security, integrity, and confidentiality at the highest standards. Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Designs, develops, implements and/or integrates IA and security systems and system components including those for networking, computing, and enclave environments with multiple enclaves and differing data protection/classification requirements.
Analyzes architecture and system functionality for multiple technologies.
Contributes to the development and evaluation of attack scenarios.
Prepares and delivers technical reports and briefings.
Has a complete understanding of Risk Management Framework and implements the process on program systems/networks.
Performs or reviews technical security assessments of computing environments to identify vulnerabilities, non-compliance with IA standards and regulations, and recommends mitigation strategies.
Validates and verifies system security requirements definitions and analysis and establishes system security designs.
Assists architects and systems developers in identifying and implementing appropriate information security functionality to ensure uniform application security policy and enterprise solutions.
Supports building security architectures and enforces trusted relations among external systems and architectures.
Assesses and mitigates system security threats/risks throughout the program life cycle.
Contributes to 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.
Performs system installation, configuration, maintenance, account maintenance, signature maintenance, patch management, and troubleshooting of operational IA and CND systems.
Performs limited penetration testing and routine exploit analysis.
Performs system or network designs encompassing multiple enclaves with differing data protection/classification requirements.
Recommends system-level solutions to resolve security requirements.
Supports enforcement of design and implementation of trusted relationships among external systems and architectures.
Works with application leads, sysadmins, DBAs, developers, and testers to ensure assigned systems are security compliant and achieve/maintain ATO.
Loads artifacts such as STIG checklists and ACAS scans.
Helps implement STIG checklists and mitigate scan findings.
Supports security assessment events and responds to questions from PAT team, ISSMs, and SCA.
Required Qualifications
Experience loading artifacts such as STIG checklists and ACAS scans.
Experience helping to implement STIG checklists and mitigate scan findings.
Experience supporting security assessment events and responding to questions from PAT team, ISSMs, and SCA.
Experience working with application leads, sysadmins, DBAs, developers, and testers to ensure systems are security compliant and achieve/maintain ATO.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience working with Xacta.
Required Education and Experience Equivalency
Bachelor's degree with 14+ years of experience.
Master's degree with 12+ years of experience.
PhD with 10+ years of experience.
Required Certifications
None specified.
Required Security Clearance
Active Top Secret/SCI with CI Polygraph
Pay & Benefit Highlights Compensation
Competitive fixed salary or hourly pay (based on experience, skills, location, and internal equity).
Employee referral bonuses up to $10,000 per hired referral.
Additional bonus opportunities for exceptional performance and contributions to business development and company growth (role-dependent).
Health
100% company-paid medical premiums for employees and eligible dependents.
Choose from multiple plan options with CareFirst, Kaiser, and UnitedHealthcare, including PPO, POS, HMO, and HSA-compatible plans.
100% company-paid dental premiums for employees and eligible dependents.
100% company-paid vision premiums for employees and eligible dependents.
Income Protection
100% company-paid premiums for short-term disability.
100% company-paid premiums for long-term disability.
100% company-paid premiums for accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D).
100% company-paid premiums for life insurance up to $200,000.
Retirement
401(k) with immediate vesting: 4% company match plus a 4% non-elective company contribution (8% total).
401(k) pre-tax and Roth options.
Leave
Up to 20 days of flexible paid time off (PTO).
11 paid floating holidays.
Work-Life Balance
Flexible work schedules, including flex time and compressed work periods (contract and project-dependent).
