Senior Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO)

Vosper Thornycroft Group; Tysons (VA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Vosper Thornycroft Group (via Byte Systems, VTG) seeks an Information Systems Security Officer to support the assessment and authorization process for information systems and help strengthen the security posture of critical environments.

You will collaborate with developers and engineers to secure a hybrid-cloud environment, identify risks and vulnerabilities, and implement controls across perimeter, OS hardening, and monitoring using tools like Splunk, Nessus, and Jira.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, IT, or related technical discipline.
• Minimum ten years of cybersecurity experience or equivalent.
• Experience shepherding IT projects through the authorization lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Support assessment and authorization (A&A) processes for information systems.
• Collaborate with developers and engineers to create a secure hybrid-cloud environment.
• Identify risks, vulnerabilities, and monitor security posture across systems.
• Implement and document defense-in-depth controls and evidence.

Skills

Cybersecurity expertise

A&A process knowledge

Risk assessment

Vulnerability assessment

Perimeter controls understanding

Cross-team collaboration

Security hardening knowledge

CCP requirements understanding

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity or related field

Tools

Nessus

Splunk

Elasticsearch

Nipper

Jira

Confluence

Cisco

VMware

Citrix

Trellix

Job description

Overview

Byte Systems, a subsidiary of VTG, is seeking an Information Systems Security Officier to

support the assessment and authorization (A&A) process for information systems. The successful candidate will have requisite cyber security experience with methods and tools used to improve the security posture of critical systems such as identifying risks, vulnerabilities, anomalies, patching, auditing, automation, security hardening, best practices, and evaluating system changes. In addition, the candidate will collaborate with developers and engineers on projects to create a secure hybrid-cloud environment.

What will you do?

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS

• Strong verbal and written communication/cooperation within a team context
• Supported control implementation assessment and reporting and monitoring processes using cyber security and assessment management systems
• Understanding of perimeter controls (firewalls), access control mechanisms, and network architectures
• Demonstrated essential understanding of methods for hardening operating systems (e.g., CentOS, RedHat, Windows)
• Skilled with and/or demonstrated technical aptitude with vulnerability and risk assessment tools such as Elasticsearch or Splunk SIEMs, Rapid7 Nexpose, and IDS/IPS monitoring and alerting
• Strong understanding of methodologies for researching and documenting software and hardware vulnerabilities
• Experienced working closely with stakeholders, developers, and external teams, including customer security manages (ISSMs), organizational leadership, and key personnel
• Applied experience with the customer’s assessment and authorization tracking tools
• Knowledgeable regarding Common Control Provider (CCP) requirements and methodology
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with networking topologies and hardware, including commonly used/referenced network devices, IDS and IPS, etc.
• Applied experience with open-source and commercial tools and systems such as nmap, Nessus, Rapid7, Splunk, Nipper, Elasticsearch, Jira, Confluence, Cisco, VMware, Citrix, or Trellix, as well as GOTS tools used by the customer
• Demonstrated experience with the design and implementation of defense-in-depth solutions
• Skilled in cross-team collaboration and effective communication to fulfill specific authorization requirements
• Demonstrated skill documenting processes and procedures in CONOPS and system security, contingency, configuration management and other plans
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate customer concurrences required for risk-based decisions, especially those requiring waivers
• Experience assisting the customer with decisions impacting the security posture and compliance of their systems and networks with requirement as documented in NIST 800-53 and its revisions
• Extensive familiarity with communications protocols, such as TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP/S, SSH, LDAP, etc.
• Demonstrated experience with security, monitoring and auditing cloud-based technologies, products and services, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Microsoft Azure
• Knowledge of the customer's organization, their network systems and infrastructure, processes and procedures, and request and approval tools
• Ability to work within fast-paced customer environments

DESIRED SKILLS

• Experience in scripting/program languages such as Bash, PowerShell, or Python

Do you have what it takes?

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, IT, or other related technical discipline; or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience
• Minimum ten (10) years applied experience or relevant degree plus five (5) years of Cybersecurity expertise with demonstrated ability to successfully shepherd IT projects of varying types through the authorization lifecycle

PayRange: VTG’s estimated starting pay range is $175,000-$220,000 annually, which is a general guideline for the geographic location. When extending an offer, VTG also considers work experience, education, skill level, market considerations and may possibly include contractual requirements which may cause an offer to fall outside of this range.