Senior Information Systems Security Engineer – TS/SCI

Praescient Analytics; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401(k) match

3 weeks PTO

Training allowance

Book allowance

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Praescient Analytics is seeking an Information Systems Security Engineer – Senior (ISSE Senior) to support a high-profile federal law enforcement agency's ISaaS program in Huntsville, AL. The role focuses on integrating security configurations into planned solutions, engineering cloud-based architectures, and closing technical security gaps across enterprise portfolios.

The ideal candidate will serve as a principal technical advisor, leading contractor teams to design secure system

Qualifications

• Eight or more years in secure design, analysis and testing of information security systems.
• Experience applying federal methods and standards to ensure security safeguards are documented.
• 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 configurations into planned solutions.
• Controls Implementation: build security configurations including MFA, centralized logging, vulnerability remediation.
• System Security Plans (SSP): contribute technical input for SSP development ensuring data flows follow least privilege.
• Gap Remediation: develop remediation approaches for control gaps found in self-assessments.

Skills

Security architecture

RMF implementation

Vulnerability remediation

Team leadership

Self-assessment remediation

Tools

Tenable Nessus

Splunk

IBM Guardium

HP WebInspect

Nmap

Job description

Praescient Analytics is seeking an Information Systems Security Engineer – Senior (ISSE Senior) to support a high-profile federal law enforcement agency's ISaaS program in Huntsville, AL. The role focuses on integrating security configurations into planned solutions, engineering cloud-based architectures, and closing technical security gaps across enterprise portfolios.

The ideal candidate will serve as a principal technical advisor, leading contractor teams to design secure system