Information Assurance Engineer

Apply Description

Job Title: Senior InformationAssurance (IA) Engineer

Location:Ft Meade MD - Onsite Role

Clearance required by project: Active Secret or Top Secret

Certification: CompTIA SEC CE

Requirements

Role Description:

• Coordinate Risk Management Framework (RMF) packages for DISA's unclassified and classified networks.
• Perform system certification and accreditation planning and testing and liaison activities and support secure systems operations
  
  

and maintenance.

• Assess and mitigate system security threats/risks throughout the program life cycle; validate system security requirements
  
  

definition and analysis; establish system security designs; implement security designs in hardware,

software, data, and procedures.

• Review and update Security packages such as System Security Plan (SSP), Risk Assessment Report (RAR), Plan of Action and
  
  

Milestone (POAM), Contingency Plan, and Business Continuity Plan (BCP).

• Provide mitigation recommendations/ security architecture reviews to Government decision makers.
• Documentation changes need to baseline software
• Work with Tier 3 subject matter experts to close out any open items.
• Assist in making sure DISA STIGS are applied to networks, network devices and information systems where applicable.
  
  

Required Experience/Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years working experience with RMF process at.
• Current 8570 Level II certified (any of the following certifications: CCNA Security, CySA , GICSP, GSEC, Security CE, SSCP, CAP,
  
  

CASP CE, CISM, CISSP (or Associate), GSLC, CCISO

• Firm working knowledge of Security Architectures.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to brief project leads on project tasks
• Experience in eMASS.
  
  

Preferred Experience/Qualifications

• DoD Experience a plus
• Experience using Host Based Security Solutions (HBSS) or Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS)