Information System Security Engineer (ISSE) Level 3

Clearance Required:  TS/SCI with Current CI Poly

Location:  Aurora, CO - 100% onsite

Minimum Years Experience: 5 years

Overall Assignment Description:

In this role you will ensure cybersecurity requirements are identified, allocated, implemented, verified and continuously monitored throughout the system life cycle.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Define system security requirements in coordination with security stakeholders including system engineers, program managers, security control assessors, and authorizing officials.

• Ensure cybersecurity requirements are identified, allocated, implemented, verified and continuously monitored throughout the system life cycle.

• Coordinate RMF processing with program, developer and authorizing stakeholders to achieve ATOs.

• Provide independent cybersecurity advice and guidance to government stakeholders.

• Develop or review system security designs and architectures.

• Advise system engineers on best methods to remediate vulnerability findings through the use of security scanning tools

• Support engineering analysis of alternatives, tradeoffs, and risk treatment decisions

• Develop cybersecurity documentation in support of customer Risk Management Framework (RMF) process; in accordance with NIST SP 800-37 Rev 2.

• Work with interdisciplinary teams to deliver trustworthy and secure systems.

What Required Skills You’ll Bring:

• 5 years minimum of system and/or security engineering work performed in support of U.S. Government customers subject to Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 503.

• ​​(ISC)2 Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) or Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) certification.

• Review and development of RMF Assessment and Authorization (A&A) documentation, e.g. System Security Plans (SSPs), Security Assessment Reports (SARs), and Plans of Action and Milestones (POAMs).

• Proven ability to balance priorities in a dynamic, mission-oriented environment.

• • Strong initiative and communication skills.

  What Desired Skills You’ll Bring:

  • Experience implementing NIST SP 800-53 Revision 4 security requirements and NIST SP 800-53A security assessment procedures.

  • Knowledge of Cloud (i.e. Azure, Amazon C2S, Commercial and GovCloud) security planning, design, and operations.

  • Ability to explain complex cybersecurity issues to a diverse audience in layman’s terms

  • Engineering work performed in national security mission environments.

  • Experience implementing or assessing cybersecurity solutions using technologies such as:

  • Nessus, WebInspect, Splunk, Open SCAP

  • Microsoft Windows, Server, Active Directory

  • RedHat Linux; CentOS,

  • Virtualization Platforms: Hyper-V, VMware

  • VDI (Desktop), Citrix

  • Network engineering/design of LANs, WANs, MANs, including underlying routing protocols, and implementation. (TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF)

  • Knowledge of Cross Domain Solutions (CDSs).

  • Experience presenting verbal/written communications to Senior leadership including ISSMs, System Owners, Authorizing officials, security directors

  • Experience with systems engineering lifecycle processes

  • Experience as an advisor the Government ISSM on ATO extensions, body of evidence reviews

  • Participating in RFC/CCB reviews as voting member for Government customer programs

  • Experience guiding systems through the RMF approval process per NIST-800-37.