ISSE III - Information System Security Engineer

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ISSE III

The ISSE III is primarily responsible for conducting information system security engineering activities with a focus on lifecycle of current systems and future requirement scoping. The position will collect and process the captured information security requirements and ensures that the requirements are effectively integrated into information systems through purposeful security architecting, design, development, and configuration. The position is an integral part of the development team designing and developing organizational information systems or upgrading legacy systems. The ISSE employs best practices when implementing security requirements within an information system including software engineering methodologies, system/security engineering principles, secure design, secure architecture, and secure coding techniques. This position’s main function is working within Special Access Programs (SAPs) supporting Department of Defense (DoD) agencies, such as HQ Air Force, Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and Military Compartments efforts. The position will provide “day-to-day” support for Collateral, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and Special Access Program (SAP) activities.

In this role you will…. 

• Perform oversight of the development, implementation and evaluation of information system security program policy; special emphasis placed upon integration of existing SAP network infrastructure
• Perform analysis of network security, based upon the Risk Management Framework (RMF) with emphasize on Joint Special Access Program Implementation Guide (JSIG) authorization process
• Provides expert support, research and analysis of exceptionally complex problems, and processes relating to them
• Provides expert level consultation and technical services on all aspects of Information Security
• Serves as technical expert to the Cybersecurity Assessment Program providing technical direction, interpretation and alternatives to complex problems
• Builds IA into systems deployed to operational environments
• Assists architects and systems developers in the identification and implementation of appropriate information security functionality to ensure uniform application of DoD and other agencies security policy and enterprise solutions
• Enforce the design and implementation of trusted relations among external systems and architectures.
• Assesses and mitigates system security threats/risks throughout the program life cycle
• Contributes to the security planning, assessment, risk analysis, risk management, certification and awareness activities for system and networking operations
• Thinks independently and demonstrates exceptional written and oral communications skills. Applies advanced technical principles, theories, and concepts
• Contributes to the development of new principles, concepts, and methodologies
• Works on unusually complex technical problems and provides highly innovative and ingenious solutions
• Lead a team of System Security Engineers and Certification and Accreditation Analysts responsiblefor ensuring the customers national and international security interests are protected as support equipment are designed and tested
• Recommends cybersecurity software tools and assists in the development of software tool requirements and selection criteria to include the development of product specific STIGs from applicable DISA SRGs
• Review ISSE related designs and provides security compliance recommendations
• Leads technical teams in implementation of predetermined long-range goals and objectives
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