Senior Specialist, Information Security Systems Engineering

Job Title: Senior Specialist Information Security Systems Engineering

Job Code: 44809

Job Location: Nashville TN

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

Role is contingent upon program award

Job Description:

The Information Systems Security Engineer Senior Specialist serves as the accountable owner for cybersecurity implementation and validation across the program. This role contributes to the development documentation and implementation of system security requirements. This role collaborates with systems engineering software hardware network engineering integration and test and program stakeholders to ensure security requirements are clearly defined properly documented and implemented in alignment with mission contractual and regulatory expectations.

Essential Functions:

• Contribute to cybersecurity implementation activities by supporting requirement definition documentation and tracing across systems software hardware and network components.
• Assist with secure network support activities including segmentation routing and switching considerations access control logging encryption and secure communications.
• Support development and continuous updates of accreditation documentation including System Security Plans (SSPs) Security Assessment Reports (SARs) Continuous Monitoring Plans Privileged User Guides POA&Ms network diagrams and data flow documentation.
• Participate in execution of vulnerability management tasks including STIG implementation compliance scanning remediation tracking and closure of cybersecurity findings.
• Assist engineering teams in assessing security risks identifying mitigations and documenting supporting evidence for authorization.
• Contribute to verification and validation activities by supporting test planning requirements verification evidence collection and preparation for customer cybersecurity reviews.
• Communicate security status identified risks and compliance progress to senior engineers and program stakeholders.
• Develop security documentation supporting accreditation efforts and help ensure compliance with NIST SP 800-53 NIST SP 800-171 and RMF processes.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US DoW Secret clearance and if required by the program obtain a US Top Secret clearance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related lieu of a degree minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
• Ability to obtain a US Secret security clearance

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Security or CISSP certification required.
• Working knowledge of NIST SP 800-53 and NIST SP 800-171 principles and their application in system design validation and continuous monitoring activities.
• Experience with Windows and/or Linux security administration and networking fundamentals including TCP/IP DNS routing switching firewalls and secure communications.
• Familiarity with DoW STIGs ACAS Nessus SCAP CIS Benchmarks or similar compliance and hardening tools.
• Ability to contribute to cybersecurity documentation development supporting accreditation efforts.
• Strong analytical organizational and communication skills and cross-functional communication skills with the ability to influence technical and program decisions.
• Experience supporting cybersecurity efforts in DoW or national security environments.
• Experience assisting with system assessments continuous monitoring activities and sustainment of authorized systems.
• Exposure to secure system design network defense concepts or vulnerability remediation workflows.