Kratos Defense and Security Solutions

Senior Security Consultant

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions • $90K — $130K *
Herndon, VA 20171In-Person
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of hands-on cybersecurity experience in roles like CISO or SOC analyst
  • 5+ years in management or leadership positions
  • 3+ years of experience in internal or external compliance audits
  • CMMC Certified Assessor (CCA)
  • Tier 3 suitability or Secret clearance or higher
  • Strong IT background with a focus on networks and security configurations
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Evaluate and apply CMMC framework knowledge in various contexts
  • Maintain continuing education for certifications and qualifications
  • Stay updated on industry trends and practices
  • Communicate independently about tasks and deliverables
  • Implement quality control practices on work products
  • Contribute to the development of key assessment documents
  • Conduct client interviews and assess security practice adequacy
  • Document security practice implementations and testing methodologies
  • Identify security compliance gaps and propose remediation solutions
  • Review security documentation with enhancement recommendations

Benefits

  • Remote work setting
  • Opportunities for professional development and continuing education
  • Access to cutting-edge cybersecurity projects
  • Collaborative work with diverse teams
  • Engagement in protecting sensitive national security supply chains
Full Job Description
As a Security Consultant for Kratos' Commercial Cybersecurity Services division, working in a remote setting, you will be supporting teams of professionals working to evaluate and secure a wide-range of environments within some of the most advanced, leading-edge organizations in the world. The ideal candidate will have a firm understanding of how to apply the principles of information security in a variety of circumstances and expertise translating security requirements into common technical implementations. Experience working across multiple compliance frameworks (CMMC, FedRAMP, DoD SRG, NIST, PCI, ISO, HIPAA, SOC, CJIS, etc.) is highly desirable.

Do you want to be on the front lines of securing the nation's defense supply chain from cyber crime, theft, espionage and other threats? Helping small to large leading-edge organizations in the defense industrial base (DIB) secure their environments is at the core of what we do.

Responsibilities:

General
  • Expert-level knowledge of the CMMC framework, including practice requirements and the assessment methodology.
  • Regularly obtains continuing education necessary to maintain certifications and/or meet qualifications requirements.
  • Proactively maintains up-to-date knowledge of industry trends to enhance skills and abilities.
  • Independently and proactively communicates progress on tasks and deliverables.
  • Applies quality control practices to work product in advance of submission for quality assurance review.
  • Takes ownership of opportunities to improve current service offerings.

Assessor
  • Provide critical input into the development of assessment artifacts including the Assessment Plan, Daily Checkpoint Logs, Risk Traceability Matrix, and Security Assessment Report and briefing.
  • Conduct client interviews and participate in working sessions to assess the technical and operational adequacy and sufficiency of security practice implementations.
  • Collaborate effectively within dynamic teams and across multiple customer organizations with diverse personalities and expertise to drive agreement on complex issues.
  • Effectively document successful and unsuccessful security practice implementations that appropriately reflect testing methodologies and evidence used to determine security practice implementation effectiveness.
  • Effectively cross-walk multiple sources of evidence (artifacts, demonstrations, interviews, and tests) to assess the maturity of practice implementation throughout an organization.

Advisor
  • Conduct diagnostic/discovery sessions to gain an understanding of security architecture and practice implementations.
  • Leverage understanding of security architecture and practice implementations to identify gaps and develop supporting documentation.
  • Work with multiple internal and external stakeholders to assess and identify security compliance gaps and propose technical and operational remediation solutions.
  • Provide consultative reviews of security documentation with accompanying remediation or enhancement recommendations.
  • Collaborative effectively within dynamic teams and across multiple customer organizations with diverse personalities and expertise to drive agreement on complex issues.


  • Cybersecurity Experience: 5 or more years of hands-on work in a cybersecurity role (e.g., CISO, Red Team member, SOC analyst).
  • Management Experience: 5 or more years of experience in a management or leadership role.
  • Assessment/Audit Experience: 3 or more years participating on teams conducting internal or external compliance audits.
  • CMMC Certified Assessor (CCA)
  • Tier 3 suitability (or Secret clearance or higher)
  • Ability and willingness to learn and support other security compliance frameworks.
  • Ability to successfully pass security framework certification requirements.
  • Broad based IT background with a technical understanding of networks, protocols, security configuration, cryptography and identity and access management.
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, including an ability to translate technical concepts and issues into non-technical or layman's terms.
  • Ability to successfully deliver on multiple, simultaneous tasks.

Preferred Skills/Experience:
  • Local to the Washington DC metro area
  • Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
  • Certified Information Systems Security Officer (CISSO)
  • Certified Penetration Testing Engineer (CPTE)
  • Cybersecurity Analyst+ (CySA+)
  • Federal IT Security Professional-Auditor (FITSP-A)
  • GIAC Cloud Security Automation (GCSA)
  • Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
  • CISSP - Information Systems Security Engineering Professional (CISSP-ISSEP)
  • GIAC Security Leadership Certification (GSLC)
  • GIAC Systems and Network Auditor (GSNA)

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Competitive salary based on experience and education

This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

About Kratos Defense and Security Solutions

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. provides mission critical products, solutions, and services in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Kratos Government Solutions, Unmanned Systems, and Public Safety & Security. The Kratos Government Solutions segment offers microwave electronic products, satellite communications, training systems, modular systems, and defense and rocket support services. The Unmanned Systems segment provides unmanned aerial, ground, and seaborne, as well as command, control, and communications systems. The Public Safety & Security segment designs, engineers, deploys, operates, integrates, maintains, and operates security and surveillance solutions for homeland security, public safety, critical infrastructure, government, and commercial customers. The company serves national security related agencies, the department of defense, intelligence agencies, and classified agencies, as well as international government agencies and domestic and international commercial customers; and critical infrastructure, power generation, power transport, nuclear energy, financial, IT, healthcare, education, transportation, and petro-chemical industries, as well as government and military customers. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
Learn more about Kratos Defense and Security Solutions
Size
3,300 employees
Market Cap
$1.1 billion
Industry
Aerospace & Defense
Net Income
$79.6 million
Founded
1994
5 Year Trend
+8.4%
Revenue
$747.6 million
NASDAQ
KTOS
* Ladders Estimates

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