Senior Information Security Engineer (ISSE) - TS/SCI

Praescient Analytics; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Company-paid healthcare

401(k) with company match

Travel incentives

Paid time off

Annual training allowance

Book allowance

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Praescient Analytics seeks an Information Systems Security Engineer - Senior (ISSE Senior) in Huntsville, AL to lead security design, RMF implementation, and secure configurations for a high-profile DoD/federal program. The role focuses on MFA, centralized logging, vulnerability remediation, and timely system authorizations.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in secure design and testing, leadership experience, and an active TS/SCI clearance.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in secure design, analysis, and testing of information security systems.
• 8+ years of experience applying federal methods and standards to ensure security safeguards are properly documented.
• 8+ years of experience creating and updating security test plans to detect and mitigate risks.
• Documented leadership experience supervising teams of IT or security professionals.
• Active TS/SCI Clearance (Polygraph required post-hire)

Responsibilities

• Advisory & Design: Serve as a principal technical advisor on cybersecurity architecture, integrating technical security configurations into planned solutions.
• Controls Implementation: Partner with technical teams to build required security configurations, including MFA, centralized logging, and vulnerability remediation.
• System Security Plans (SSP): Provide technical input for the development of the SSP, ensuring data flows align with least privilege principles.
• Gap Remediation: Develop technically sound remediation approaches for control gaps identified through self-assessments.

Skills

Security design

Security testing

Leadership

Technical advisory

Tools

Tenable Nessus

Splunk

IBM Guardium

HP WebInspect

NMAP

Job description

Praescient Analytics seeks an Information Systems Security Engineer - Senior (ISSE Senior) in Huntsville, AL to lead security design, RMF implementation, and secure configurations for a high-profile DoD/federal program. The role focuses on MFA, centralized logging, vulnerability remediation, and timely system authorizations.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in secure design and testing, leadership experience, and an active TS/SCI clearance.