Information Security Analyst Principal

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Top Secret

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Cyber and IT Risk Management

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

CISSP, Computer Security Incident Response, Information Security

Certifications:

CISSP - ISC2 - ISC2

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

GDIT has an exciting opportunity to support U.S. Army Europe as an Information Security Analyst Advisor on our EMITS Program Team in Wiesbaden Germany.

YOUR IMPACT

Own your opportunity to work alongside federal civilian agencies. Make an impact by providing services that help the government ensure the well being of U.S. citizens.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Information Security Analyst Advisor will be responsible for assisting the ISSM in ensuring that a Certification and Accreditation package is prepared and maintained in accordance with (IAW) the DoDI 8510.01 Risk Management Framework (RMF) for DoD Information Technology (IT). They are also tasked with verifying systems in APMS and process each accreditation package in eMASS under the RMF. The Information Systems Analyst Advisor will also be responsible

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

• Collect artifacts and develop/refine COOP/DRP; System Security Plans and Standard Operating Procedures as needed to ensure compliance with NIST SP 800-53 and CNSSI 1253.

• Ensure all IA/Cybersecurity Controls for assessment and authorization are met and ultimate submission of package to the AO for an Approval to Operate on all Software and Hardware.

• Perform Security Control Assessor (SCA-V) duties

• Perform RMF Assessment and Authorization (A&A) validations.

• Perform pre-validation A&A that includes performance of A&A testing and vulnerability scanning in order to validate IA policy; regulation; Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG); and Best Business Practice (BBP) compliance

• Perform vulnerability scanning using tools such as the DISA Gold Disk Scan and ACAS Scanner.

• Generate Evaluation Risk Reports and scorecards.

• Performs Computer Security Incident Response activities for a large organization; coordinates with other government agencies to record and report incidents.

• Monitor and analyze Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) to identify security issues for remediation.

• Recognizes potential; successful; and unsuccessful intrusion attempts and compromises thorough reviews and analyses of relevant event detail and summary information.

• Evaluate firewall change requests and assess organizational risk.

• Communicates alerts to agencies regarding intrusions and compromises to their network infrastructure; applications and operating systems.

• Assists with implementation of counter-measures or mitigating controls.

• Ensures the integrity and protection of networks; systems; and applications by technical enforcement of organizational security policies; through monitoring of vulnerability scanning devices.

• Performs periodic and on-demand system audits and vulnerability assessments; including user accounts; application access; file system and external Web integrity scans to determine compliance.

• Prepares incident reports of analysis methodology and results.

• Provides guidance and work leadership to less-experienced technical staff members; and may have supervisory responsibilities.

• May serve as a technical team or task leader.

• Maintains current knowledge of relevant technology as assigned.

• Participates in special projects as required.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Required Clearance Level: Active Secret with SSBI Clearance Required - Must be eligible for Top Secret

• Education: Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline; or the equivalent combination of education; professional training or work experience.

• Experience: 8-10 years of related experience in data security administration; 2 or more years direct C&A/A&A experience. Two or more years direct C&A/A&A experience required.

• Desired Experience: Experience with Cloud technologies such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, Google Cloud Expe