Information Assurance and Security, Advisor

Responsibilities

Synthesizes customer contractual needs, requirements, and technical, schedule and cost constraints into solutions for integrating, testing, evaluating, and transitioning systems into operations to deliver enterprise capabilities.

 

Plans and arranges the labor, schedules, and resources required for integrating, testing, evaluating and transitioning systems. Establishes standards, practices, and procedures for integrating, testing, evaluating and transitioning systems and enterprise capabilities, and coordinates with stakeholders. Evaluates enterprise capabilities, architectures, system design concepts, requirements, risks and opportunities, and processes for integration, test, evaluation and transition impacts.

 

Designs, develops, and implements test and evaluation strategies, plans and methods to assure reliability of systems in conjunction with system specifications and defined enterprise capabilities, and integrates system and enterprise elements together so they work as a whole. Reviews, evaluates and derives requirements for testability. Ensures systems and enterprise capabilities comply with requirements and standards through formal verification methods.

Generates system requirement and enterprise capability verification approaches and customer acceptance criteria. Participates in reviews of systems and elements under development to ensure traceability of requirements compliance through verification and validation. Develops and directs preparation for and execution of comprehensive test & evaluation plans, procedures and schedules which verify and validate enterprise capabilities, system requirements, performance and operability.

 

Coordinates system integration, test, evaluation and transition activities with other organizations. Conducts readiness for system integration, test, evaluation and transition activities. Compiles data and defines changes required in testing configurations, testing procedures, testing processes, or new testing requirements. Implements testing processes and ensures all test activities follow those processes. Produces reports on each test activity and tracks test metrics. Performs analysis and evaluations of systems under test. Assesses performance using evaluation criteria and technical performance measures. Performs analysis of test results and prepares comprehensive system evaluation reports and risk assessments. Evaluates discrepancy reports and performs integration regression testing to verify/validate incorporated fixes affecting systems and enterprise capabilities. Provides direct, interfacing support to the customer for system integration, test, evaluation and transition activities. Monitors for continual process improvement and lessons learned, and reports to management periodically.

 

Incumbent is responsible for supporting client's assessment and authorization (A&A) process for a portfolio of ~30 mission systems. Incumbent works closely with systems engineering and project team technical leadership to assist/facilitate the production of quality Body of Evidence (BOE) package artifacts, with the objective of achieving Authority to Operate (ATO) certifications on a timeline that enables mission/operational objectives.  Incumbent also facilitates BOE package handoffs to client InfoSec partners as part of the overall A&A process.

 

TS/SCI W POLY

Qualifications

 

Strong systems integration skills with demonstrated track record, strong planning skills, strong communication skills, very good understanding and working familiarity with Microsoft Office products (i.e., Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, Visio), and proven ability to act with minimal direction to accomplish program objectives; self starter.  Working familiarity with cybersecurity tools (e.g., Rapid 7 and Nmap), including scan artifact management relative to enterprise compliance workflows. 

 

Candidate should be an effective communicator, and comfortable working with team members representing a range of disciplines (i.e., security, counter-intelligence, information security, cybersecurity, information technology, and systems engineering).

 

Bachelors degree and 10 years of related experience or a masters degree and 8 years of experience or PhD and 5 years of relevant experience, OR 4 years of additional experience in lieu of BS

 

Candidate selected must have an active TS/SCI clearance with a  Polygraph

 

 

 

 

Benefits:

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and participation in an attractive bonus plan

Peraton Overview

Peraton drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. Every day, our employees do the can’t be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers.

Target Salary Range

$146,000 - $234,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

Salary : $146,000 - $234,000