Position Title: ISSE Position Type: Full-time, Fully On-Site Location: Chantilly, VA Clearance: Active TS/SCI w/ CI Poly
Description: Waypoint’s client is seeking an ISSE to join their growing team! The program provides Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) core and non-core support in the areas of Cyber Security and Management to improve the Information Assurance (IA) posture of a National customer. The contracts Core Capabilities are: IA Management, Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) coordination and reporting, Risk Management Framework (RMF) application, IA compliance measurements and metrics, Assessment and Authorization (A&A), Vulnerability Management, and Cyber Defense support.
Responsibilities: The Information Systems Security Engineer provides support to the customer in the area of Cyber Security. Daily Tasks include, but are not limited to:
Provide analytical and technical security recommendations to the customer
Identify projects’ security requirements
Participate in network design reviews and security testing for the customer’s networks
Coordinate with system development teams to ensure network security standards are being followed and implemented correctly
Identify additional security requirements, based on RMF or as the result of security issues that put the customer’s systems at risk
Review and analyze new systems (hardware and software) and provides recommendations concerning their security
Review Security Requirements Traceability Matrixes (SRTMs), System Security Plans (SSPs) and other IA documentation for completeness
Provide A&A and RMF guidance to system owners to ensure accreditation success
Provide insight and recommendations leading up to and during the customer's information assurance readiness review process
Required:
Current U.S. Government Top Secret/SCI with Poly
A Cyber Certification (DoD 8570/8140)
Ability to work customer’s core hours (0900 – 1500 Monday – Friday)
Excellent communications skills – Verbal and Non-Verbal
Demonstrated expertise and experience in networking protocols and concepts
Demonstrated knowledge and experience in software defined networking principles and technologies
Demonstrated experience providing security engineering support to capability migration from on-prem to cloud
Demonstrated knowledge and experience in the NIST RMF
Demonstrated expertise and experience in cybersecurity principles
Demonstrated experience with Unix/Linux and Windows operating systems
Desired:
Demonstrated experience providing security engineering to cloud capabilities and solutions in AWS, Azure or other mainstream CSP