Senior Information System Security Officer (TS/SCI)

Base-2 Solutions; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with matching

Life insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking an Information System Security Officer to ensure security compliance and secure an Authority to Operate (ATO) for our systems. The role involves RMF processing, documentation updates in Xacta, and loading STIG/ACAS artifacts.

The candidate will liaise with application leads, admins, developers, and testers, respond to ST&E inquiries, and support security assessments by ISSMs and SCAs. A strong background in risk mitigation and incident response is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a field applicable to the position required.
• 9 or more years of relevant experience required with a Bachelor's degree.
• Experience developing, implementing, and enforcing security policies, standards, and procedures to ensure regulatory compliance and protect organizational information assets.
• Proven track record in conducting risk assessments and identifying vulnerabilities in systems, networks, and applications.
• Experience developing and overseeing mitigation strategies to reduce security risks.
• Strong background in monitoring systems and networks for security breaches and suspicious activity.
• Successful history of responding to security incidents, investigating root causes, and implementing corrective actions.

Responsibilities

• Work with application leads, system administrators, database administrators, developers, and testers to ensure assigned systems are security compliant and achieve or maintain ATO.
• Follow the RMF process for full test, partial test, continuous monitoring (CONMON), and no test scenarios.
• Update Xacta documentation including SSPs, SCTM, STPs, and POAMs.
• Load artifacts such as STIG checklists and ACAS scans.
• Help implement STIG checklists and mitigate scan findings.
• Answer questions to ensure systems are developed with security compliance built in.
• Support security assessment events and respond to all questions from the PAT team, ISSMs, and SCAs.

Skills

RMF process

Xacta documentation

STIG/ACAS tooling

security policy development

vulnerability assessment

incident response

risk management

regulatory compliance

security testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science/engineering or related field

High School + 13 years experience

Associate degree + 11 years experience

Bachelor's + 9 years experience

Master's + 7 years experience

PhD + 5 years experience

Tools

Xacta

ACAS

STIG checklists

Job description

Base-2 Solutions is seeking an Information System Security Officer to ensure security compliance and secure an Authority to Operate (ATO) for our systems. The role involves RMF processing, documentation updates in Xacta, and loading STIG/ACAS artifacts.

The candidate will liaise with application leads, admins, developers, and testers, respond to ST&E inquiries, and support security assessments by ISSMs and SCAs. A strong background in risk mitigation and incident response is required.