Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) - Senior

Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) - Senior

Job Category: Information Technology

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: None

Employee Type: Regular

Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%

Type of Travel: Local

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The Opportunity:

CACI is seeking a Senior Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) to join our team. The Sr. ISSO supports the designated Information System Security Officers (ISSO) to ensure customer systems maintain their Authority to Operate (ATO) with a security posture in accordance with DHS 4300A and NIST SP guidance.

This support shall include providing IT security assessment and IT security audit functions to ensure FISMA compliance, support in developing and maintaining documentation in support of Certification & Accreditation (C&A) as required by the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA); ensuring all C&A and system security documentation is kept up to date; and ensuring systems meet all security requirements mandated by DHS 4300A and DHS Management Directives.

Responsibilities:

Serve as the Information Systems Security Officer. Responsibilities include:

• Prepare all reports and required deliverables, attend client and staff meetings
• Train more junior members of the staff in new technologies, current tools (CSAM) and FISMA, DHS 4300, NIST 800 and FIPS requirements
• Follow the Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) Guide, V10, when developing, updating, or reviewing required security artifacts in the Cyber Security Assessment and Management (CSAM) Tool. 
• Ensure proper access controls are implemented for both system access and physical access to data processing facilities
• Create, update, and assess compliance of system Authority to Operate (ATO) packages
• Provide information security expertise to system development teams throughout the System Engineering Lifecycle process
• Ensure Plan of Action & Milestone (POA&M) reports are maintained and that security vulnerabilities are tracked and remediated
• Implement and apply technologies, processes, and practices designed to protect networks, devices, programs, and data from malicious attack, damage, or unauthorized access. 
• Maintain network device and information security incident, damage and threat assessment programs
• Investigate network device and information security incidents to determine extent of compromise to national security information and automated information systems
• Research and maintain proficiency in tools, techniques, countermeasures, and trends in computer and network vulnerabilities, data hiding and network and device security and encryption
• Design, develop, or recommend integrated system solutions ensuring proprietary/confidential data and systems are protected in accordance with mandated standards
• Configure and validate secure systems, tests security products/systems to detect computer and information security weakness
• Generate security architecture documentation and provide critical written and verbal analyses of previously generated security architecture documentation and vulnerability and risk assessments
• Design and implement plans of action and milestones to remediate findings from vulnerability and risk assessments
• Provide information assurance for digital information, ensuring its confidentiality, integrity, and availability
• Grant of authorization to operate IT systems at acceptable levels of risk, monitoring and testing of IT systems for vulnerabilities and indicia of compromise, incident response and remediation, the development of appropriate policy, relevant user security awareness and training, and compliance with applicable government and other external standards

Qualifications:

Required: 

• Ability to obtain DOD security clearance
• DHS EOD suitability or Current DHS EOD preferred
• BS/BA + 8 years of applicable experience
• Minimum previous experience as Splunk Core Certified User or Splunk Core Certified Power User
• At least five years of experience working with FISMA
• Demonstrated expertise in SELC, Information Security processes, audits, tools, implementation, FISMA, NIST, IT security
• Knowledge of information security best practices, Enterprise Architecture, DHS experience
• Experience with Xacta IA manager

Desired:

• CISSP certification
• CAP – Certified Authorization Professional
• Previous DHS or DoD experience

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