Location: Pensacola, FL Overview:
NAIS LLC is seeking an experienced Information Assurance / System Security Analyst to provide services on a contract supporting a U.S. Government agency. The ideal candidate will have excellent problem-solving and communications skills as well as a previous work history of coordinating, developing, evaluating, and implementing information assurance/security standards, procedures, and recommends mitigation strategies in accordance with NIST 800 series, DHS and other Federal Government security policies and regulations. This position requires a positive attitude, strong organizational skills, a drive to focus and produce results, and the ability to lead a team to meet objectives and foster strong customer relationships in a complex environment. This is a full-time salaried position with compensation to be based on experience and overall strength of the candidate. In addition to receiving a competitive salary and generous health and personal benefits, the opportunity offers the ability to enhance the selectee’s skill set among a talented and technically accomplished group of colleagues. On this contract, our team will support the U.S. Government agency across the following activities: 1) Collaborates with project teams to achieve and maintain Authority to Operate including resolution of Plan of Actions & Milestones and remediation of vulnerabilities. 2) Recommends information assurance/security solutions to support customers’ requirements and identifies, reports, and resolves security violations based upon analysis of user, policy, regulatory, and resource demands. Qualifications: • Clearance: Top Secret / SCI • Citizenship: Must be a U.S. Citizen. • Education: B.A./B.S. or M.A./M.S. degree from an accredited academic institution in a relevant field. An associate degree plus 4 years work experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree. • Experience: 3 years of experience required. • Preferred: Experience working in government IT and cybersecurity environments in U.S. civilian government or other federal government agencies. • One or More of the Following Certifications Required: ISACA - Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), ISACA – Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC), ISACA - Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), ISACA - Certified in Governance of Enterprise IT(CGEIT), (ISC)2 - Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), (ISC)2 - Certified Authorization Professional (CAP), COMPTIA – Security
Core Duties: • Collaborates with project teams to achieve and maintain Authority to Operate including resolution of Plan of Actions & Milestones and remediation of vulnerabilities. • Recommends information assurance/security solutions to support customers’ requirements and identifies, reports, and resolves security violations based upon analysis of user, policy, regulatory, and resource demands. • Applies know-how to government and commercial common user systems, as well as to dedicated special purpose systems requiring specialized security features and procedures. • Performs analysis, design, and development of security features for system architectures and develops or updates corresponding system security plans and supporting documentation. • Performs vulnerability and risk analyses of network, systems and applications throughout the entire system development life cycle and assist with the implementation of countermeasures. • Strong knowledge in NIST Risk Management Framework, cloud security and strong written and oral communication skills.