Lead Information Security Officer — Ops & Compliance

Amentum; Hanover (MD); Presencial; USD 160 000 - 200 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) matching

Educational reimbursement

Parental leave

Paid time off and holidays

Life insurance

Resumo da oferta

Amentum is seeking a security operations professional to independently execute and coordinate day-to-day security activities for assigned systems in a high-stakes environment. You will lead continuous monitoring, triage alerts, validate tool health, and coordinate remediation with system administrators.

The role requires supporting RMF reporting, maintaining evidence repositories, and contributing to change control discussions.

Qualificações

• Doctoral degree with no experience; OR
• Master’s degree plus 3 years of relevant experience; OR
• Bachelor’s degree plus 5 years of relevant experience; OR
• Associate’s degree or 18 semester hours of military coursework/training in a computer-related field plus 7 years of relevant experience may be considered;
• Degree in Information Assurance, Information Security, Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Networking, Information Science, Cyber Security, or related is preferred

Responsabilidades

• Lead day-to-day security operations for assigned systems, including monitoring/triage of security alerts/logs, validation of security tool health/coverage, and escalation of incidents per SOP.
• Plan and execute vulnerability and compliance scanning activities (credentialed/noncredentialed as approved), perform basic false-positive review, document results, and maintain remediation tickets with accurate technical detail.
• Execute and validate STIG/compliance posture checks (as assigned) and coordinate remediation with administrators; validate fixes via re-check and document completion evidence.
• Maintain security evidence repositories for assigned systems (scan outputs, STIG checklists, tool status evidence, access review artifacts) ensuring labeling, access control, and retrievability.
• Support IAM control execution by coordinating account actions with administrators and supporting periodic access reviews; document results and discrepancies for disposition by Government/ISSM
• Provide technical security-impact inputs for proposed changes (affected components, required re-scan/re-test recommendations, control evidence impacts as observed) to support change control discussions (non-approval role).
• Produce recurring technical posture inputs (scan tends, top recurring findings, remediation aging) for ISSW/Government reporting and drive timely updates of tickets to reflect current status.

Conhecimentos

Security operations

Vulnerability scans

STIG compliance

RMF knowledge

Log/alert triage

Collaboration with admins

Change control input

Documentation

Formação académica

Doctoral degree

Master’s degree + 3 years

Bachelor’s degree + 5 years

Associate degree + 7 years

Preferred: Information Assurance / Security related degree

Ferramentas

SIEM tools

Vulnerability scanners

FISMA/RMF tooling

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Amentum is seeking a security operations professional to independently execute and coordinate day-to-day security activities for assigned systems in a high-stakes environment. You will lead continuous monitoring, triage alerts, validate tool health, and coordinate remediation with system administrators.

The role requires supporting RMF reporting, maintaining evidence repositories, and contributing to change control discussions.