Sr. System Security/Cyber Security Specialist
CognosanteAbout the role
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The Department of the Army Intelligence Information Services (DAIIS) provides the Army Intelligence and Security Enterprise (AISE) and its Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental, and Multinational partners a means to discover, access, and share relevant intelligence reporting and information across unclassified, secret, top secret, and multinational fabrics. DAIIS delivers 24 x 7 solutions and services fulfilling requirements for intelligence information and data brokering, information sharing and dissemination, cross domain solutions, entitlements and access solutions, Intelligence Community / Defense Messaging, and intelligence production requirements management. Our team will provide Automation, Logistics, Requirements, and SharePoint site collection management support to DAIIS with software and application development, administration, and web services in support of DoD, the Intelligence Community and Coalition Partners. This includes system administration, database administration, web/software operation and maintenance, logistics support, and operations and sustainment support.
What is the position?
The Sr. System Security/Cyber Security Specialist uses current DoD and Army information security technology disciplines and practices to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of DAIIS information assets in accordance with established standards and procedures. Develops and maintains knowledgebase on changing regulatory, threat, and technology landscapes to continually develop or maintain security policies and standards and ensure compliance throughout the DAIIS. *This position is contingent upon contract award*
What will I get to do?
You will enforce DoD and Army cyber security policies and regulations. You will write reports, memorandums, and procedure manuals IAW Army Regulation 25-50, Preparing and Managing Correspondence. You will develop and sustain Risk Management Framework (RMF) certification and accreditation (C&A) packages to maintain Authorization to Operate (ATO) to include Bodies of Evidence (BOE) of DAIIS systems and applications. Process and submit Plans of Action and Milestones (POAMs) within Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Service (eMASS). You will perform monitoring of security controls to ensure compliance within eMASS for DAIIS systems. You will monitor DISA STIGs implementation and report compliance to DAIIS leadership. You will apply the RMF process in accordance with DoD and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidelines. You will provide and submit packages to gain approval via Army eMASS Assess-Only Process (formerly Certificates of Networthiness (CoN)) for new and upgraded software. You will enter and manage data in the Army Portfolio Management Solution (APMS) registry and associated Assessment and Authorization (A&A) requirements for annual Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) reporting. You will monitor security controls to ensure compliance within eMASS for DAIIS systems. You will conduct monthly Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS) vulnerability scans of DAIIS servers and provide findings to systems administrators for remediation and conduct follow-up scans to ensure compliance. You will issue, track, and destroy a weekly average of 200+ CD/DVD/Blu-ray media types as a media custodian. You will prepare reports and track Unauthorized Disclosure of Classified Information (UDCI), Serious Incident Reports (SIR), Vulnerability Disclosure Program (VDP), Army User Activity Monitoring Program (AUAMP), and any other similar report as required. You will prepare, submit, and track Exception to Policy (ETP), Approval to Connect (ATC), Enclave Connection Approval (ECA), Ports, Protocols, and Services (PPS) requests. You will conduct annual training of approximately twenty (20) DAIIS Data Transfer Agents on authorized methods of requesting, obtaining, and handling removable media and processes and responsibilities for conducting data transfers with removable media. You will monitor and execute monthly review and cleanup of DAIIS Data Transfer Agents (DTA) and DTA workstations within the Army Data Auditing Manager (AD
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