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Cybersecurity Certification and Accreditation Analyst [JOB ID: 20250128]
Phoenix CyberUnited States - Remote, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 28 Jan 2025
About the role
Phoenix Cyber is looking for a Cybersecurity Certification and Accreditation Analyst to join our client delivery team. This is a remote, work-from-home position with the possibility of minimal travel within the continental United States.
Qualifications
Responsibilities
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in technical discipline or equivalent and 5+ years related experience.
- 5 years of relevant Risk Management Framework (RMF) and NIST C&A experience
- DOD cybersecurity experience
- 3+ Years of experience with Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Service (eMASS)
- DOD Secret Clearance
- Experience in assessing security controls and conducting authorization reviews for large, complex organizations
- 5+ Years of experience producing and maintaining DoD Certification & Accreditation Packages (DIACAP) or RMF package development and submission
- 5+ Years of experience understanding and implementing DoD, DISA, Joint Staff, CNSSI and NIST cybersecurity instructions, publications and policies
- 5+ Years of experience in understanding and validating NIST 800-53 Security Controls; CNSSI 1253 Security Controls and Overlays
- Demonstrated knowledge of Cyber Security and enterprise cyber security solutions.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for all application security controls, RMF compliance, and Authority to Operate
- Key to the success of this position is the successful delivery of projects and effective communication to all levels of staff for reporting project status
- The analyst will serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in cybersecurity, ensuring that all information systems are authorized in compliance with established policies and procedures
- This position is critical in evaluating security controls and determining the severity of vulnerabilities, as well as briefing senior management on the progress of information systems undergoing the authorization process
- Serves as a cybersecurity Subject Matter Expert (SME) with regards to the authorization of information systems and all associated cybersecurity policies and procedures
- Fully versed in the general tenets supporting the overall DOD implementation of its authorization process, to include supporting cybersecurity policy, procedures and processes
- Performs a DOD cybersecurity process while either authorizing an information system or serving as a SME for an information system undergoing authorization
- Possess an understanding of how the security controls identified in the NIST 800-53 apply to the process of assessing and authorizing a large organization's IT infrastructure
- Conducts accurate evaluation of the level of security required
- Possess an understanding of how the security controls identified in the NIST 800-53 and NIST 800-82
- Determines the applicable severity value for an identified vulnerability (e.g., non-compliant security control), and determines the possible ramifications on the system's current or future authorization
- Required to brief senior management on the progress or results of an information system undergoing the authorization process
- Experience utilizing DoD tracking systems to input/document cybersecurity deficiencies, vulnerabilities, and change requests in the appropriate tracking system for each program, e.g., Jira, HP ALM, and eMASS.
- Expertise in implementing, documenting, and maintaining baseline configuration frameworks for a range of IT systems, including operating systems, and applications, with a focus on industry-recognized standards such as CIS (Center for Internet Security) and DISA STIGs (Defense Information Systems Agency Security Technical Implementation Guides)
- Assessing and continuously monitoring cybersecurity risk ensuring that legacy and new capabilities adhere to enterprise standards such as Risk Management Framework (RMF), Cybersecurity Framew
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