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Job Type
Full-time
Description
Position: Information Assurance (IA) Security Specialist (Intermediate)
Location: Elizabeth City, NC (100% onsite work)
Duration: Fulltime with CompQsoft
Our Client: United States Coast Guard (USCG)
Certification: Must possess IAM-II Level certification
Clerance: Active DOD secret
Functional Responsibility:
- Information System Security Officer (ISSO) position
- Formulates and assesses IT security policy to include business impact.
- Prepares security plans for employing enterprise-wide security architecture to include the design of cryptographic solutions.
- Develops integrated security services management. Executes security awareness training.
- Assesses and audits network penetration testing anti-virus planning assistance, risk analysis and incident response.
- Provides security engineering support for application development (including system security certifications and project evaluations).
- This may include the development, design and implementation of firewalls, and evaluation, review, and test of security code.
- Experience with several architectures and platforms in an integrated environment.
- Significant knowledge of the field and the ability to work independently on typical assignments.
- Experience in NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF)
Requirements
Required Skills:
- The Candidate must possess the minimum Education / Qualifications:
- Six (6) years' experience in information security/IA using Risk Management Framework (RMF) to obtain/maintain Authority to Operates (ATO).
- Experienced in any one of the following:
- Security administration
- Evaluation of security/IA product capabilities
- Product assessment, and policy development
- EMASS experience or similar information assurance program management tool
- Experience in information security assurance policies, or standards, or regulations.
- Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree in related field or A.A/A.S. in related field or at minimum IT Certification
- Must possess IAM-II Level certification
- Must have active secret clearance
- Candidate must be able to work both independently and as part of a team.
- Candidate must possess strong oral communication and written comprehension capabilities.
CompQsoft provides equal opportunity in all aspects of employment and in the working environment to all employees and applicants. CompQsoft does not take any non-merit factors like race, color, religion, sex (gender), mental/physical disability, and age into account for purposes of recruitment, hiring and development.
