Specialist, Information System Security Officer

Job Title: Specialist Information System Security Officer

Job Code: 39530

Job Location: Waco TX

Schedule: 9/80; Every other Friday off

Job Description:

• Responsible for the development deployment and execution of controls and defenses to ensure the security of company technology information systems and system deliverables.
• Supports secure systems operations and maintenance.
• Assesses and mitigates system security threats and risks throughout the program life cycle.
• Performs system certification and accreditation planning testing and validation activities in coordination with government customers.
• Executes first level responses and addresses reported or detected incidents.
• Interprets analyzes and reports all events and anomalies in accordance with directives to include initiating responding and reporting discovered events.

• Safeguards information against unauthorized use infiltration exfiltration modification destruction or disclosure of national security information.
• Notify the ISSM of changes affecting the ATO. Coordinate any changes to hardware software or firmware with the ISSM prior to any change.

Essential Functions:

• Building Aircraft disk pack sets along with keeping them maintained and updated as necessary to support our test team and the Air Force as required.
• Willing to Travel 25% of the time to support offsite test events
• Frequently supports night and/or weekends to augment SCIF manning for planned site power outages and/or network outages that will affect our security posture.
• Responsible for analyzing and/or administering security controls for information systems as part of the systems Continuous Monitoring Plan
• Follow approved procedures for clearing sanitizing and destroying hardware and media.
• Implements enforces communicates and develops security policies or plans for data software applications hardware and telecommunications
• Provides details for developing Information System Security (ISS) Risk Management Framework (RMF) documentation (SSP SAR RAR SAP SCTM POA&M etc.) to support the Assessment & Authorization (A&A) of assigned systems
• Performs periodic hardware/software inventories to maintain strict control over assigned assets
• Identifies system security controls shortcomings and annotates POA&M entries for deficient items playing a vital role with remediating control deficiencies

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related lieu of a degree minimum of 8 years of prior related experience
• MinimumSecurity certificationrequired
• An active DoD Top Secret with SCI eligibility security clearance is required. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. addition applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience with various information system security assessment/hardening tools - SCAP Compliance Checker ACAS Nessus
• Prior Xacta 360 / training knowledge and relevant experience
• Working knowledge of WAN/LANs to include routers switches and firewalls
• Self-starter who works well with others in support of achieving team goals