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Information Systems Security Engineer - ISSE

Description

Every day at Perspecta, we enable hundreds of thousands of people to take on our nation’s most important work.  We’re a company founded on a diverse set of capabilities and skills, bound together by a single promise: we never stop solving our nation’s most complex challenges.  Our team of engineers, analysts, developers, investigators, integrators and architects work tirelessly to create innovative solutions.  We continually push ourselves—to respond, to adapt, to go further.  To look ahead to the changing landscape and develop new and innovative ways to serve our customers.

Perspecta works with U.S. government customers in defense, intelligence, civilian, health care, and state and local markets. Our high-caliber employees are rewarded in many ways—not only through competitive salaries and benefits packages, but the opportunity to create a meaningful impact in jobs and on projects that matter. 

Perspecta’s talented and robust workforce—14,000 strong—stands ready to welcome you to the team. Let’s make an impact together.

Perspecta is an AA/EEO Employer - Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories

We are currently seeking an Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE) with a Top Secret Clearance to support a program where we are providing on-site enterprise-wide technical and administrative Security Assessment and Authorization (A&A) and Continuous Monitoring (CM) support. The Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE-Security Analyst) uses her/his expertise to perform scans in support of the risk mitigation efforts of the broader ISSO team to achieve Authority to Operate status for client systems and applications.

The ISSE-Security Analyst responsibilities include, but not limited to:

  • Perform scans and analysis of security center logs and coordination with the security personnel and recommend mitigation strategies.

  • Perform and review technical security assessments of computing environments to identify points of vulnerability, non-compliance with established information assurance (IA) standards and regulations. 

  • Validate and verify system security requirements definitions and analyze and establish system security designs

  • Develop, implement, and document formal security programs and policies throughout the program and monitors compliance to these policies and programs.

  • Manage and maintain a library of security audit tools, and corresponding processes that can be used for system security testing, internal audits, incident response, and diagnosis of security-related system issues.

  • Perform and maintain Tenable security center scans and create reports

  • Perform analysis of Sourcefire IDS

  • Perform analysis of McAfee DLP

  • Perform analysis of the Microsoft EndPoint

  • Perform analysis of the Insider Threat using MySQL-Linux


Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • 5-7 years IA and InfoSec experience; which includes developing and reviewing security concept of operations, system security plans, security control assessments, contingency plans, configuration management plans.
  • Experience with FISMA and RMF/A&A processes
  • Experience with NIST Special Publications i.e. as 800-27, 30, 37, 53, 60
  • Experience incident response plans, plan of actions and milestones, risk management plans, vulnerability scanning, and/or vulnerability management plans
  • Experience with STIG and SCAP, Sourcefire IDSMcAfee DLP, Microsoft EndPoint

  • Strong analytical, communication, problem solving and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to perform in a fast paced environment with frequent change
  • CISSP and CISM or GSLC; or ability to obtain CISM or GSLC within 6 months of hire
  • Active Top Secret clearance, periodic review (PR) performed within the past three years, SCI eligibility
  • Subject to credit check 

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelors or Master’s degree in a related field.
  • Knowledge of systems engineering principles, requirements analysis, system development (software and hardware); network security architecture concepts (topology, protocols, components); and/or IT security principles and methods (firewalls, demilitarized zones)
  • Government consulting experience
  • Knowledge of CSA guidance
  • Experience with VMware



Perspecta is an AA/EEO Employer - Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories

EEO Tagline: Perspecta is an AA/EEO Employer - Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories
Company Name:
Security Clearance:
Top Secret / SCI
Location:
Washington, District of Columbia
Country:
United States
Salary:
Not Specified
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