INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY ENGINEER (TS/SCI CLEARANCE REQUIRED)

NorthHill Technology; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

NorthHill Technology Resources seeks an Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE) to support a Federal program in Springfield, VA. This is a direct-hire role; an active TS/SCI clearance is required with sponsorship for a CI poly within year.

The ISSE will act as the representative of the Information System Security Manager, ensuring compliance with IS security procedures and implementing security controls across systems and networks in support of mission objectives.

Qualifications

• Operate, maintain, and dispose of information system materials in accordance with security directives, policies and practices and as annotated in Systems Security Plans.
• Generate and implement requisite security training ensuring user security awareness of responsibilities prior to system access.
• Initiate protective and corrective measures when incident or vulnerabilities are discovered.
• Ensure IA hardware and software complies with security configuration guides.
• Implement and enforce IA policies and procedures as defined by A&A documentation.
• Ensure users are aware of their IA responsibilities.
• Perform Operations & Sustainment (O&S) functions for the NCE network security infrastructure (firewalls, web gateways, mail gateways, ids, load balancers, performance monitoring tools, mgt systems, etc.)
• Perform maintenance and/or advanced configuration of equipment in order to protect the network from emerging cyber threats
• Conduct forensic traffic/log analysis to isolate issues or respond to analyst alerts
• Respond to escalated troubleshooting requests
• Maintain and administer network infrastructure standards, documentation and fault tolerance
• Present Monitoring/Test Results and Reports as required
• Perform/support integration testing as required
• Participates in special projects as required.
• Ability to review POA&Ms and conduct a technical decomposition, categorization, remediation, and lien resolution.

Responsibilities

• Act as the representative of the Information System Security Manager ensuring compliance with IS security procedures.
• Support efforts to operate, maintain, and dispose of information system materials in accordance with security directives, policies and practices and as annotated in Systems Security Plans.
• Generate and implement requisite security training ensuring user security awareness of responsibilities prior to system access.
• Initiate protective and corrective measures when incident or vulnerabilities are discovered.
• Ensure IA hardware and software complies with security configuration guides.
• Implement and enforce IA policies and procedures as defined by A&A documentation.
• Ensure users are aware of their IA responsibilities.
• Perform Operations & Sustainment (O&S) functions for the NCE network security infrastructure (firewalls, web gateways, mail gateways, ids, load balancers, performance monitoring tools, mgt systems, etc.)
• Perform maintenance and/or advanced configuration of equipment in order to protect the network from emerging cyber threats
• Conduct forensic traffic/log analysis to isolate issues or respond to analyst alerts
• Respond to escalated troubleshooting requests
• Maintain and administer network infrastructure standards, documentation and fault tolerance
• Present Monitoring/Test Results and Reports as required
• Perform/support integration testing as required
• Participates in special projects as required.
• Ability to review POA&Ms and conduct a technical decomposition categorization, remediation, and lien resol

Job description

INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY ENGINEER (TS/SCI CLEARANCE REQUIRED)

• Springfield, VA
• Information Technology

NorthHill Technology Resources has a need for an Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE)to support a Federal Program inSpringfield, VA.This is a direct-hire role with our client, a fast-growing Federal Integrator.An active Top-Secret Clearance is required, will sponsor for CI Polygraph within first year.

Act as the representative of the Information System Security Manager ensuring compliance with IS security procedures.

2.Support efforts to operate, maintain, and dispose of information system materials in accordance with security directives, policies and practices and as annotated in Systems Security Plans.

3.Generate and implement requisite security training ensuring user security awareness of responsibilities prior to system access.

4.Initiate protective and corrective measures when incident or vulnerabilities are discovered.

5.Ensure IA hardware and software complies with security configuration guides.

6.Implement and enforce IA policies and procedures as defined by A&A documentation.

7.Ensure users are aware of their IA responsibilities.

8.Perform Operations & Sustainment (O&S) functions for the NCE network security infrastructure (firewalls, web gateways, mail gateways, ids, load balancers, performance monitoring tools, mgt systems, etc.)

9.Perform maintenance and/or advanced configuration of equipment in order to protect the network from emerging cyber threats

10.Conduct forensic traffic/log analysis to isolate issues or respond to analyst alerts

11.Respond to escalated troubleshooting requests

12.Maintain and administer network infrastructure standards, documentation and fault tolerance

13.Present Monitoring/Test Results and Reports as required

14.Perform/support integration testing as required

15.Participates in special projects as required.

16.Ability to review Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms) and conduct a technical decomposition categorization, remediation, and lien resol