ME00699-ISSE

Momentum Engineering, Inc.; Annapolis (MD); Vor Ort; USD 150.000 - 230.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

11 paid holidays

3 weeks PTO

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Zusammenfassung

Momentum Engineering, Inc. is seeking a seasoned Information Assurance professional with active TS/SCI to design and verify security architectures for large-scale, distributed systems.

You will lead risk assessments, certifications, and security testing while collaborating with multiple engineering teams and customer stakeholders. The role requires strong communication, policy formulation, and hands-on vulnerability testing using industry tools.

Qualifikationen

• Must have active Top Secret/SCI with NSA FSP.
• 12+ years as ISSE on a large program.
• Hands-on vulnerability testing experience.
• Experience with Risk Management Framework.
• Ability to formulate and assess IT security policy.
• Familiarity with Nessus, NMAP, Wireshark.
• Experience with secure desktop/server configurations.
• Comfort working on multiple systems in various configurations.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Aufgaben

• Validate security requirements and design for large-scale systems.
• Implement security architectures and enterprise solutions.
• Develop technical security solutions and standards.
• Assess threats and risks across the program life cycle.
• Lead security planning, risk analysis, and certification activities.
• Collaborate with internal technical experts daily.
• Communicate security issues to Program Managers and customers.
• Participate in Program Increment Planning and agile activities.
• Coordinate with System, Test, and Integration teams to meet security needs.
• Analyze security implementations against policy requirements.
• Evaluate security solutions against customer needs.
• Assess impact of new development on security posture.
• Review and test critical software for security.
• Enforce information security policies and methodologies.
• Audit system security configurations with standard tools.
• Manage security strategies across distributed components.
• Provide security configuration management for software.
• Serve as SME in security architecture for programs.
• Define security compliance requirements for features.
• Identify and remediate security issues throughout the system.
• Support risk assessment and continuous monitoring.
• Work with development teams to address vulnerabilities.
• Plan and conduct security verification testing of Type 1 devices.

Kenntnisse

Top Secret/SCI with NSA FSP

12+ years ISSE experience

Vulnerability testing

Risk Management Framework

IT security policy

Nessus/NMAP/Wireshark

Secure configurations

Multi-system work

Strong communications

Task prioritization

Independent and team work

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Assurance, or related field

DoD 8570 IASAE Level 2 or 3

Information Systems Security Engineering Professional (ISSEP)

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

Jobbeschreibung

company

Momentum Engineering, Inc., a Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB), fosters an employee-centric culture. Our strength lies in our people. With a high percentage of employees holding advanced degrees in engineering, computer science, and related disciplines, we bring deep technical expertise to every mission. Our team includes professionals with security clearances and full-scope polygraphs, ensuring trusted, secure support for the most sensitive national security initiatives. Additionally, our workforce is equipped with industry-leading certifications, demonstrating a commitment to continuous learning and excellence. Most importantly, our exceptional employee retention rate reflects a culture of professional growth, mission focus, and dedication—ensuring long‑term stability and expertise for our customers’ critical needs.

role

Job Summary

- The selected candidate will have numerous responsibilities from day to day drawn from a wide array of activities

Primary Responsibilities

• Validating and verifying system security requirements and establishing system security designs for large-scale systems, major system elements, and interfacing systems that are part of a large complex network environment with geographically distributed components
• Identifying and implementing appropriate information security architectures and functionality to ensure uniform application of security policy and enterprise solutions
• Recommending and developing technical solutions, products, and standards based on current and desired system security architecture
• Assessing and mitigating system security threats and risks throughout the program life cycle
• Leading and/or contributing to the security planning, assessment, risk analysis, risk management, certification and awareness activities for various system and networking operations
• Effectively collaborating with other internal technical experts on a day‑to‑day basis
• Communicating with Program Managers and POCs from customer organizations when necessary, regarding Security issues of significant importance
• Participating in Program Increment Planning and related agile team activities
• Working closely with System Engineering, Test Engineering, and Integration teams to ensure that the hardware and software architecture and implementation meets security requirements
• Analyzing and assessing system implementation against multiple security compliance policies and recommending and implementing enhancements
• Evaluating security solutions to ensure they meet customer specified requirements for processing information
• Evaluating the impact of new development on the operational security posture of the system
• Evaluating, reviewing, and testing critical software
• Proposing, assessing, coordinating, implementing, and enforcing information systems security policies, standards, and methodologies
• Auditing and assessing system security configuration settings using common methodologies and tools
• Managing and enforcing security strategies and policies that effect various components of geographically distributed systems
• Providing configuration management for security‑relevant information system software
• Serving as a subject matter expert in security architecture to include providing advice to Program Managers, Customer technical experts, and internal program teams
• Formulating security compliance requirements for new system features
• Identifying and remediating security issues throughout the system
• Supporting risk assessment, risk management, security control assessment, continuous monitoring, service design, and other IA program support functions
• Working with development teams to enrich team‑wide understanding of different types of vulnerabilities, attack vectors and remediation approaches
• Planning and conducting security verification testing of relevant type 1 devices

Required Qualifications

• Must have active Top Secret/SCI with NSA FSP
• Must have at least 12 years of experience working as an ISSE on a large technical program
• Must have a solid understanding of security practices and policies and hands‑on vulnerability testing experience using Customer tools
• Must have experience applying Risk Management Framework
• Must have experience formulating and assessing IT security policy
• Must have demonstrated knowledge of and experience with common security tools, such as Nessus, NMAP and Wireshark hardware/software security implementation, communication protocol, encryption techniques/tools, and web services
• Must have experience with secure configurations of commonly used desktop and server operating systems
• Must be comfortable working on multiple systems and components simultaneously in various configurations
• Must have strong verbal and written communications skills
• Must be committed to adopting and adhering to best practices
• Must be able to effectively plan and prioritize tasking and communicate clearly regarding technical options and trade‑offs
• Must be capable of performing high quality work both independently and with a team in a fast‑moving environment

Desired Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Assurance, Information Security System Engineering, or a related discipline
• Five (5) years of experience with Defense in Depth Principals/technology (including access control, authorization, identification and authentication, public key infrastructure, network and enterprise security architecture) and applying risk assessment methodology to system development.
• DoD 8570 compliance with IASAE Level 2 or 3
• Information Systems Security Engineering Professional (ISSEP) Certification
• Computer Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Certification
• Experience developing/implementing integrated security services management processes, such as assessing and auditing network penetration testing, anti-virus planning assistance, risk analysis, and incident response
• Experience providing information assurance support for application development that includes system security certifications and project evaluations for firewalls that encompass the development, design, and implementation
• Experience with penetration testing tools
• Experience with scripting languages

Exempt hourly position. 11 paid holidays, minimum of 3 weeks PTO, company sponsored group medical plan, company paid dental, vision, life insurance, and STD/LTD plans. Salary is dependent upon the candidate’s experience and qualifications.