Senior ISSE – RMF Leader, Threat Detection & Automation

Applied Information Sciences, Inc; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 101,000 - 152,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries

Overtime

PTO

Holiday leave (88 hours)

Parental leave

Healthcare coverage

ESOP

401(k) plan (5% match)

Tuition reimbursement

Referral bonus

Job summary

Applied Information Sciences, Inc. is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to lead the implementation of the Security Assessment and Authorization program and support the RMF lifecycle for information systems.

You will provide security engineering leadership, guidance, risk analysis, remediation support, continuous monitoring, and authorization support across projects. Two positions are available in Washington, DC and one in Huntsville, AL, contingent on contract award.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of experience in secure design, analysis, and testing of information-security systems and products.
• Minimum 8 years of experience applying standards and approaches to ensure baseline security safeguards are implemented and documented.
• Minimum 8 years of experience developing and updating security test plans to identify and mitigate information-system risk.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and supervise security professionals supporting the RMF lifecycle.
• Coordinate RMF Prepare activities and establish risk-management strategies.
• Guide information-system categorization based on mission impact and regulatory requirements.
• Advise on selection, tailoring, and documentation of security controls.
• Oversee implementation of technical, operational, and management controls across lifecycles.
• Plan, execute, and document security-control assessments.
• Prepare risk-management documentation supporting system authorization.

Skills

Secure architectures

Threat detection

Incident response

RMF lifecycle

NIST guidance

Security controls

Job description

Applied Information Sciences, Inc. is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to lead the implementation of the Security Assessment and Authorization program and support the RMF lifecycle for information systems.

You will provide security engineering leadership, guidance, risk analysis, remediation support, continuous monitoring, and authorization support across projects. Two positions are available in Washington, DC and one in Huntsville, AL, contingent on contract award.