Information System Security Engineer

MANTECH; Virginia Beach (VA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

MANTECH in Virginia Beach, VA seeks a Senior Information System Security Engineer (ISSE) for a hybrid role with 1-2 days onsite and 2-3 days remote. The ISSE will develop accreditation packages for cloud environments (AWS/Azure) and work on mission-critical national security projects with a skilled team.

Requirements include an active Secret clearance, 8+ years in information systems, and strong RMF/NIST experience. Travel up to 25% is expected.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma and 8+ years of relevant Information Systems experience.
• 5+ years developing secure solutions for incident response, business continuity, and disaster recovery.
• 3+ years implementing security controls and policies with emerging cybersecurity technologies.

Responsibilities

• Perform cyber security research for cloud and network solutions.
• Develop and implement cyber security policies and processes.
• Define security requirements for IS and Network Environments.
• Support A&A packages for multiple projects.
• Apply security expertise to modernization cyber solutions ensuring confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
• Develop Plan of Action and Milestones with mitigations.
• Mitigate IS and Cloud Network Environment vulnerabilities and suggest changes.

Skills

Cybersecurity research

Cloud security

Incident response

Policy development

RMF/NIST knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

STIG Viewer

eMASSter

Nessus/Security Center

Job description

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Senior Information System Security Engineer (ISSE) to join our team in Virginia Beach, VA. This is a hybrid position with 1-2 days onsite, 2-3 days remote. As an ISSE, you will have the opportunity to work on innovative and mission-critical and national security projects. You will collaborate with a skilled team of professionals, responsible for developing accreditation packages for cloud systems in both AWS and Azure environments. This position offers great opportunities for technical growth and improved experience in Cyber Security.

Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To

• Performing cyber security research under NAVSEA for cloud and network solutions.
• Developing, defining, and aiding in implementing cyber security policies and processes.
• Defining IS and Network Environment security requirements in accordance with applicable cybersecurity requirements.
• Supporting A&A packages for multiple projects.
• Applying security expertise to new modernization cyber solutions that provide confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, and non-repudiation for security policies and memorandum for records.
• Developing Plan of Action and Milestones with proper Mitigations or Remediations, accordingly.
• Developing approaches to mitigate IS and Cloud Network Environment vulnerabilities and recommend changes to network or network system components as needed.
• Travel up to 25%.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma and 8+ years of relevant Information Systems experience.
• 5+ years developing secure solutions for incident response, business continuity, and disaster recovery.
• 3+ years implementing security controls and policies with emerging cybersecurity technologies, including access control, privileged access management, data security, network security, data loss prevention, cloud security, vulnerability management, configuration management, privacy, and audits.
• Must possess an IAT/IAM level 2 (or above) certification
• Must be familiar with the use and operation of security tools including STIG Viewer, eMASSter, and Tenable Nessus and/or Security Center.
• Experience with cloud brokerages, preferably Navy.
• Experience working with federal compliance and guidance, including FISMA, RMF, Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework, DoDAF, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, NIST 800 series, FedRAMP and cloud-based security controls.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors degree

Clearance Requirements

• Must have an active Secret security clearance.

Physical Requirements

• The person in this position must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time.
• Must be able to move around the office and operate office equipment.
• Frequently communicate with co-workers, management, and customers, which may involve delivering presentations. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.