Information System Security Engineer (ISSE)

AMERICAN SYSTEMSis an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology Engineering & Analysis Test & Evaluation and Training.

• Design implementation and verification of secure IT infrastructure and participation in planning development and deployment.
• Provide advisory support to the ISSM on ATO extensions and BoE review.
• Perform high level architecture/security engineering responsibility.
• Ensure automated information system (AIS) and network nodes are operated maintained and
• Analyze design and implement technical security controls for complex information systems in accordance with RMF NIST and DoD requirements.
• Perform configuration assessments vulnerability assessments and risk assessments for systems applications and supporting infrastructure.
• Configure deploy and validate security tools and technologies to monitor detect and protect against cyber threats.
• Support the development documentation and maintenance of assessment and authorization (A&A) packages including system security plans (SSPs) plans of action and milestones (POA&Ms) and supporting artifacts.
• Conduct security impact analyses for system changes and recommend appropriate security engineering solutions.
• Participate in incident tracking and remediation activities; support root-cause analysis and corrective actions to prevent recurrence.

• Bachelors degree and 11-12 years of related work experience
• TS/SCI clearance
• U.S. Citizenship Required for the purposes of obtaining/holding a U.S. security clearance
• Must meet DoD 8140 qualification requirements for the Systems Security Analyst work role designated as work role code 461 at the Advanced proficiency level