Senior Information Assurance Security Engineer / ISSO

CoSolutions is hiring for a Senior Information Assurance / Security Engineer (ISSO) in Herndon, VA. You will be an integral member of a large enterprise-wide program team supporting a leading intel agency on a contract that provides mission critical, cutting edge and highly technical software / application development, enhancements and O&M support and maintenance tasks for mission critical intelligence systems and applications. 

NOTE: This is a 100% on-site position with no ability for remote/virtual work due to the sensitive nature of the work and collaboration of the program team.

Duties and responsibilities include:

• The candidate will work with the application leads, sysadmins, dbas, developers and testers to ensure the assigned systems are security compliant and achieve/maintain ATO. This includes following the RMF process for full test, partial test, CONMON and no test.
• Updating Xacta documentation including SSPs, SCTM, STPs and POAMs. Loading artifacts such as STIG checklists and ACAS scans.
• Helping to implement STIG checklists and mitigate scan findings.
• Answering questions to ensure systems are developed with security compliance built in.
• Supporting security assessment events and responding to all questions from PAT team, ISSMs and SCAs.
• Provide input to the Risk Management Framework process activities and related documentation.

Required Qualifications Include:

Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree applicable to the position, with 10, or more, years of relevant experience.
• 6 years experience supporting a Federal or DoD program in an ISSO or ISSM capacity
• Experience with performing Security Control Assessment in compliance with NIST SP 800-37, NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-53A, and other NIST 800 guide series 
• Experience with effective policy development and instruction for Federal or DoD Information Security Programs
• Xacta experience
• Must understand how to go through the RMF process from start to finish and build the assessment package from scratch including Categorization, Control Selection, and creation of the SSP, completion of the SCTM and all the supporting STPs. 
• Must understand how to sit down with a SCA over the course of a week to demonstrate every system control in order to show compliance. 
• Must know how to collaborate with the O&M team to fill out and maintain comprehensive STIG checklists for multiple servers, across multiple domains, operating systems, databases and mission applications. 
• Must be able to quickly respond to taskers and CVEs as they arise. 
• Must be able to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and support multiple applications at the same time. 

Education: 

• Bachelor’s degree applicable to the position, with 10, or more, years of relevant experience. (May substitute relevant experience for relevant education: HS with 14 years; Associates with 12 years; Masters with 8 years; PhD with 6 years)

Clearance: 

Requires Active TS/SCI CI poly.

Certifications: 

• Security+ or higher accreditation (such as CISSP) is required.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• CSAM tool experience
• Experience with risk analysis and assessment determinations incorporating system/mission owner, and unique operational constraints

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to sit for extended periods of time. 
• Ability to stand for extended periods of time. 
• Ability to walk to various locations as needed.
• Ability to bend and navigate to perform assigned duties. 
• Ability to lift light to moderate equipment as needed for job.

About CoSolutions:

Be a part of CoSolutions and join an award winning, experienced and dedicated team of federal contractor professionals specializing in IT, software engineering, cyber IT, intelligence support, customer service and mission critical training. CoSolutions, an SBA-certified Woman-owned Small Business (WOSB), provides mission critical 24/7/365 support to its federal agency customers worldwide and maintains a high-quality staff of cleared and credentialed technical SMEs.

We are proud of our consistent, outstanding Glassdoor reviews from current and former employees! Part of CoSolutions’ culture is to ensure that, while all our employees are working hard to bring their “A” game to work every day, they are also learning a lot, comfortable in their work environment, and enjoying the camaraderie of their teammates.

Our employee benefits are comprehensive, competitive and a