ISSE Senior – with TS/SCI Poly

Are you interested in using your skills to help shape the Cyber, Security, & Intel space?  If so, look no further. Amentum is seeking a Senior ISSE to join our team of passionate individuals in Annapolis Junction, MD. In this role you will support challenging, mission-critical projects that make a direct impact on the Nation’s security and intelligence mission.

Your Impact:

As the Senior ISSE on a dynamic team, you will perform technical security assessments of computing environments to identify points of vulnerability, non-compliance with established Information Assurance (IA) standards and regulations and recommend mitigation strategies.

Responsibilities:

• Perform or review, technical security assessments of computing environments to identify points of vulnerability, non-compliance with established Information Assurance (IA) standards and regulations and recommend mitigation strategies.  
• Validates and verifies system security requirements definitions and analysis and establishes system security designs.  
• Designs, develops, implements and/or integrates IA and security systems and system components including those for networking, computing, and enclave environments to include those with multiple enclaves and with differing data protection/classification requirements.  
• 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 Agency security policy and enterprise solutions.  
• Supports the building of security architectures.  
• 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.  
• Reviews certification and accreditation (C&A) documentation, providing feedback on completeness and compliance of its content.

Requirements:

• Fourteen (14) years of IA System Architect and Engineer (IASAE) experience, to include recent experience within the last five years, with Defense-in-Depth principles and technology, including access/control, authorization, identification and authentication, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), network and enterprise security architecture 
• A Master’s Degree in Computer Science or IT Engineering is desired and may be substituted for six (6) years of experience 
• Two years of experience applying security risks assessment methodology to system development, including threat model development, vulnerability assessments, and resulting security risk analysis 
• Knowledge of Federal, NS A, IC, and DoD Information Security regulations, publications, and policy 

Clearance Required: 

• TS/SCI w/Poly

Required Certifications:

• This is a CWIP Billet per DoD Directive 8570-1 and must meet specified certification requirements defined and documented by the TTO COR. IASAE Level III (CISSP-ISSAP, CISSP-ISSEP, or CCSP) Certification

Preferred: 

• A Master’s Degree in Computer Science or IT Engineering is desired and may be substituted for six (6) years of experience for a total of eight (8) years of experience.

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