Senior Information System Security Officer

Talentify; Elkridge (MD); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Base-2 Solutions seeks a Senior Information Systems Security Officer to safeguard networks and systems to the highest standards, ensuring data security, integrity, and confidentiality across environments.

The role emphasizes implementing IA controls, conducting vulnerability assessments, supporting C&A activities, and coordinating with architects, developers, and IT staff to maintain ATO and secure operations.

Qualifications

• Experience loading artifacts such as STIG checklists and ACAS scans.
• Experience implementing STIG checklists and mitigating scan findings.
• Experience supporting security assessment events and answering questions from ISSMs and SCA.
• Experience collaborating with app leads, sysadmins, DBAs, developers, testers for security/compliance.

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, implements and/or integrates IA and security systems for networks and enclaves.
• Performs or reviews security assessments to identify vulnerabilities and mitigations.
• Implements RMF for program systems/networks and maintains ATO.
• Loads artifacts like STIGs and ACAS scans and supports C&A activities.
• Works with developers and testers to ensure security compliance and ATO.

Skills

IA/Information Security

Risk Management Framework

Vulnerability assessment

Education

Bachelor's degree with 14+ years of experience

Master's degree with 12+ years of experience

PhD with 10+ years of experience

Tools

Xacta

STIG checklists

ACAS scans

Job description

Position Summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a Senior Information Systems Security Officer responsible for safeguarding computer networks and systems to the highest standards, ensuring data security, integrity, and confidentiality.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, implements and/or integrates IA and security systems and system components including those for networking, computing, and enclave environments with multiple enclaves and differing data protection/classification requirements.
• Analyzes architecture and system functionality for multiple technologies.
• Contributes to the development and evaluation of attack scenarios.
• Prepares and delivers technical reports and briefings.
• Has a complete understanding of Risk Management Framework and implements the process on program systems/networks.
• Performs or reviews technical security assessments of computing environments to identify vulnerabilities, non-compliance with IA standards and regulations, and recommends mitigation strategies.
• Validates and verifies system security requirements definitions and analysis and establishes system security designs.
• Assists architects and systems developers in identifying and implementing appropriate information security functionality to ensure uniform application security policy and enterprise solutions.
• Supports building security architectures and enforces trusted relations among external systems and architectures.
• Assesses and mitigates system security threats/risks throughout the program life cycle.
• Contributes to security planning, assessment, risk analysis, risk management, certification, and awareness activities for system and networking operations.
• Reviews certification and accreditation (C&A) documentation, providing feedback on completeness and compliance.
• Performs system installation, configuration, maintenance, account maintenance, signature maintenance, patch management, and troubleshooting of operational IA and CND systems.
• Performs limited penetration testing and routine exploit analysis.
• Performs system or network designs encompassing multiple enclaves with differing data protection/classification requirements.
• Recommends system-level solutions to resolve security requirements.
• Supports enforcement of design and implementation of trusted relationships among external systems and architectures.
• Works with application leads, sysadmins, DBAs, developers, and testers to ensure assigned systems are security compliant and achieve/maintain ATO.
• Loads artifacts such as STIG checklists and ACAS scans.
• Helps implement STIG checklists and mitigate scan findings.
• Supports security assessment events and responds to questions from PAT team, ISSMs, and SCA.

Required Qualifications

• Experience loading artifacts such as STIG checklists and ACAS scans.
• Experience helping to implement STIG checklists and mitigate scan findings.
• Experience supporting security assessment events and responding to questions from PAT team, ISSMs, and SCA.
• Experience working with application leads, sysadmins, DBAs, developers, and testers to ensure systems are security compliant and achieve/maintain ATO.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with Xacta.

Required Education and Experience Equivalency

• Bachelor's degree with 14+ years of experience.
• Master's degree with 12+ years of experience.
• PhD with 10+ years of experience.

Required Certifications

• None specified.

Required Security Clearance

• Active Top Secret/SCI with CI Polygraph