Specialist - Cyber Intelligence

Job Title: Specialist, Cyber Intelligence - ISSO 

Job Code: 41888

Job Location: Palm Bay, FL

Job Schedule: 9/80 Reg: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked, and have every other Friday off 

Job Description:

Join the frontline of cyber defense supporting classified government networks as an Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO). In this role, you will help safeguard mission-critical systems by supporting Assessment & Authorization activities, continuous monitoring, system hardening, configuration management, and security compliance under RMF, ICD 503, and NISPOM guidance. You will also investigate security incidents, identify and remediate control gaps, maintain a strong security posture across assigned systems, and deliver security training that strengthens awareness and resilience across the organization.

Essential Functions:

• Maintain Assessment & Authorization (A&A) documentation of assigned systems
• Perform security control assessments and execute Continuous Monitoring Plans
• Work with IT and system administration organizations to develop device and system hardening guides following DISA STIGs and NIST guidelines
• Responsible for the tracking and resolution of POA&Ms
• Manage the incident response process for areas of responsibility
• Develop new concepts, standards, and training material which make significant and impactful improvements to processes, systems, solutions, or products
• Lead inventory and asset management discovery and tracking activities
• Work with site leadership to improve the security posture of systems and the facility

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience
• Active Top Secret/SCI security clearance with CI Polygraph

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Active full scope polygraph
• Willingness to submit to a full scope polygraph investigation (current polygraph preferred)
• DoD 8140.03 certification
• Prior relevant experience to include experience with networking equipment; experience interpreting vulnerability scanning results; experience reviewing workstation, server, firewall, & IPS logs; experience with SIEM tools
• Experience as an ISSO managing cybersecurity on classified systems under multiple agencies’ JSIG, NISPOM Ch8, ICD 503, and/or NIST 800-53 implementations
• Experience developing, managing, and providing evidence to close POA&Ms associated with the A&A and project management processes
• Experience with workstation and server operating systems, including but not limited to Microsoft and Linux offerings
• Flexibility to adjust to chaning requirements, schedules, and priorities
• Able to socialize ideas, make recommendations, and gain team consensus
• Excellent time management and task prioritizatoin skills
• Exceptional verbal, written interpersonal and presentation skills, customer relationship building skills, analytical skills, and ability to lead/mentor teammates. 
• High level of personal motivation and initiative to learn and acquire new skills

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