What are the responsibilities and job description for the ISSE position at Waypoint Human Capital?
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:
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
- 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
- Demonstrated experience providing security engineering to cloud capabilities and solutions in AWS, Azure or other mainstream CSP
- Demonstrated cloud architecting experience (e.g. AWS Solutions Architect)
- Systems Engineering (configuration management, requirements management/writing, architecture, interfaces)
- Knowledgeable of customer’s infrastructure
- Familiarity with customer’s IA processes
- Bachelors of Science Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM)
- Self-starter requiring limited direction and supervision
- Experience briefing senior customer personnel
- Ability to organize and prioritize numerous customer requests in a fast-paced deadline driven environment
- Experience with IA vulnerability testing and related network and system test tools (i.e. retina, HBSS, EVSS, ACAS)
- Familiarity with Enterprise Cross Domain Solutions (ECDS)
- Experience with Splunk
- Experience supporting IC or DoD in the Cyber Security Domain
