Information Assurance Engineer (3695)

Archer; Ashburn (VA); Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Tuition reimbursement

401k

Remote work

Job summary

Telos Corporation is hiring an Information Assurance Engineer for a remote position. You will support the installation, integration, and administration of Xacta, perform security design and documentation, and help ensure compliance with federal regulations.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) with 2–4 years of IA/ISSE duties, or a Master's with 0–2 years. US citizenship and a drug-free workplace apply; SSA/DHS work authorization verification is part of the process.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) with 2–4 years of experience, or a Master's with 0–2 years of experience.
• Information assurance and information systems security engineering duties including certification and accreditation of information systems.

Responsibilities

• Provides day to day support for installation, integration, and administration of Xacta, including user and system administration, help desk support, and general application administration.
• Designs, develops and implements security requirements within an organization’s business processes.
• Prepares Security Test and Evaluation plans and documentation from customer information using accepted guidelines.
• Provides certification and accreditation support in developing security and contingency plans; conducts complex risk and vulnerability assessments.
• Analyzes policies and procedures against Federal laws and regulations; provides recommendations to close gaps.
• Develops and completes system security and contingency plans; recommends enhancements to improve security deficiencies.
• Develops, tests and integrates computer and network security tools; secures configurations and reports compliancy results.

Education

Bachelor's degree (or equivalent)

Master's degree

Job description

Job Title: Information Assurance Engineer

Job Description

The most security-conscious organizations trust Telos Corporation to protect their vital IT assets. The reputation of our company rests on the quality of our solutions and the integrity of our people. Explore what you can bring to our solutions in the areas of cyber, cloud and enterprise security.

Be a part of the Telos culture and see what sets us apart! Telos offers an excellent compensation package with benefits that include generous paid time off, medical, dental, vision, tuition reimbursement, and 401k. Our employees enjoy more than just a great work environment!

This position will be remote

Responsibilities

• Provides day to day support for the successful installation, integration, and administration of Xacta. This includes user administration, system administration, help desk support, and general application administration in support of the overall security authorization needs.
• Designs, develops and implements security requirements within an organization’s business processes.
• Prepares documentation from information obtained from customer using accepted guidelines.
• Prepares Security Test and Evaluation plans.
• Provides certification and accreditation support in the development of security and contingency plans and conducts complex risk and vulnerability assessments.
• Analyzes policies and procedures against Federal laws and regulations and provides recommendations for closing gaps.
• Develops and completes system security plans and contingency plans.
• Recommends system enhancements to improve security deficiencies.
• Develops, tests and integrates computer and network security tools.
• Secures system configurations and installs security tools, scans systems in order to determine compliancy and report results and evaluates products and various aspects of system administration.
• Conducts security program audits and develops solutions to lessen identified risks.
• Develops strategies to comply with privacy, risk management, and e-authentication requirements.
• Provides information assurance support for the development and implementation of security architectures to meet new and evolving security requirements.
• Evaluates, develops and enhances security requirements, policy and tools. Provides assistance in computer incident investigations.
• Performs vulnerability assessments including development of risk mitigation strategies.

Qualifications

Job Requirements

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) with 2 - 4yrs of experience, or a Master’s with 0-2 yrs of experience performing a wide variety of information assurance and information systems security engineering duties, to include the certification and accreditation of information systems.

The successful candidate must meet eligibility requirements to access sensitive information, which requires US citizenship.

Telos maintains a drug-free workplace and will conduct drug testing on all applicants who have accepted an offer of employment.

Telos Corporation participates in the E-Verify program. Therefore, any employment with Telos will also be contingent upon confirmation from the Social Security Administration (“SSA”) and/or the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) of your authorization to work in the United States.

Telos offers excellent compensation packages including salary commensurate with experience and benefits to meet your needs for today and the future.

Telos Corporation and its subsidiaries are committed to equal opportunity for all, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic. Telos Corporation will make reasonable accommodations for known physical or mental limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants with disabilities unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If you are interested in applying for an employment opportunity and feel you need a reasonable accommodation pursuant to the ADA, please contact us at 1-800-283-1911. If you require relay service assistance, please click on the following link to review information on your state’s relay service: https://www.fcc.gov/accessibility.

Telos Corporation is an EEO/AA employer.