Information System Security Officer

What Your Day-To-Day Looks Like (Position Responsibilities):

• Serve as the principal cybersecurity advisor to system owners and stakeholders.
• Design, analyze, and test of information security systems, products, cloud architectures and cloud solutions.
• Provide recommendations and/or alternatives to mitigate impact of system security boundary changes as part of any potential re-architecting and/or re-design activities.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate security controls, measures, and frameworks in cloud-based systems to ensure data integrity, confidentiality, and availability.
• Perform risk analysis, vulnerability assessments, and security audits to identify and address potential weaknesses in cloud environments.
• Follow all appropriate security authorization process for requesting and maintaining an Authority to Operate (ATO).
• Responsible for ensuring operational security is maintained for assigned information systems.
• Ensure systems are operated, maintained, disposed of in accordance with security policies and practices.
• Perform Security Incident Reporting and Response.
• Coordinate with the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), Security Division, and others to provide documentation to the system Certification and Accreditation process.
• Ensure audits and reviews are responded to with accurate information.
• Perform system access control responsibilities.
• Participate in the change management process for assigned applications.
• Work with Product Owner, Product Manager, OCIO, Security Division, and other stakeholders to ensure security concerns are addressed during all phases of system lifecycle.
• Perform continuous system security monitoring.
• Implement and manage cloud-native and third-party security tools for monitoring, threat detection and vulnerability management.
• Act as a SME on Cloud Security while applying methods, standards, and approaches for ensuring the baseline security safeguards are appropriately implemented and documented.
• Provides reports to superiors regarding effectiveness of data security and makes recommendations for the adoption of new procedures.
• Draft and keep updated information security documentation to include System Security Plan, Information System Contingency Plan, Plan of Actions and Milestones (POA&M), Privacy Threat Assessment, Privacy Impact Assessment, and Configuration Management Plan.
• Responsible for ensuring the implementation and maintenance of annual security controls assessments.
• Assist with FISMA System audits as necessary. Leverage necessary vulnerability assessment and scanning tools including Nessus and ACSA to identify vulnerabilities, Splunk tools to monitor, detect and rectify misconfigurations.
• Working directly with development, platform, and infrastructure teams on security problems.

What You Need to Succeed (Minimum Requirements):

• Top Secret (TS) Clearance with SCI eligibility.
• 3 - 5 years of experience required.
• Extensive experience with federal cybersecurity frameworks, including RMF, NIST 800-53, CNSS, and FISMA.
• Experience supporting cloud security in environments such as AWS GovCloud, C2S, SC2S, and Microsoft Azure.
• Analyze logs using Splunk and AWS tools.
• Hands-on experience with vulnerability assessment and configuration tools such as Nessus, ACSA, and Splunk.
• Work with GRC tools such as Xacta/JCAM
• Hold at least one of the following security certifications. Example: Security +, CGRC, CASP, CISSP
• Experience using Atlassian suite tools such as JIRA/CONFLUENCE
• Experience with Agile Methodologies/SAFe
• Expertise on Information Security Principles, processes and guidelines
• Able to obtain and maintain an Authority to Operate (ATO) for Information Systems.
• Experience with scanning tools such as Tenable Nessus
• Ability to work on multiple projects with various timelines, at times very short deadlines.

Ideally, You Also Have (Preferred Qualifications):

• Certifications: CISSP, CISM, CAP, Security+, AWS Certified Security – Specialty, or other relevant certifications.
• Experience in a high-side or multi-enclave (U/S/TS) environment.
• Experience working with Agile development teams and CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and cloud configuration management tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).
• Familiarity with NIST 800-53 Rev. 5