Information Systems Security Officer - TS/SCI with Full Scope Poly is Required

Total Compensation range of $51,295 - $63,180 per year
Compensation package includes 100% company Funded BCBS Health, Dental and Vision Insurance Plan. 3 weeks PTO, 11 Government Holidays and more......Sound Engineering Solutions is excited to share this new opportunity! Join our team and take the next step in your cleared career with excellent benefits, professional growth, and meaningful work that supports the mission.

Active & Current TS/SCI with Full Scope Poly Required


Job Title: Information Systems Security Officer

Location: Columbia, MD

 

The Information System Security Officer I provides support for a program, organization, system, or enclave’s information assurance program. Provides support for proposing, coordinating, implementing, and enforcing information systems security policies, standards, and methodologies. Maintains operational security posture for an information system or program to ensure information systems security policies, standards, and procedures are established and followed. Assists with the management of security aspects of the information system and performs day-to-day security operations of the system. Evaluate security solutions to ensure they meet security requirements for processing classified information. Performs vulnerability/risk assessment analysis to support certification and accreditation. Provides configuration management (CM) for information system security software, hardware, and firmware. Manages changes to system and assesses the security impact of those changes. Prepares and reviews documentation to include System Security Plans (SSPs), Risk Assessment Reports, Assessment & Authorization (A&A) packages, and System Controls Traceability Matrices (SCTMs). Supports security authorization activities in compliance with the NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF) and any DoD and IC tailored requirements.  

 

Job Responsibilities:       

The Information System Security Officer I provides support for a program, organization, system, or enclave’s information assurance program. Provides support for proposing, coordinating, implementing, and enforcing information systems security policies, standards, and methodologies. Maintains operational security posture for an information system or program to ensure information systems security policies, standards, and procedures are established and followed. Assists with the management of security aspects of the information system and performs day-to-day security operations of the system. Evaluate security solutions to ensure they meet security requirements for processing classified information. Performs vulnerability/risk assessment analysis to support certification and accreditation. Provides configuration management (CM) for information system security software, hardware, and firmware. Manages changes to system and assesses the security impact of those changes. Prepares and reviews documentation to include System Security Plans (SSPs), Risk Assessment Reports, Assessment & Authorization (A&A) packages, and System Controls Traceability Matrices (SCTMs). Supports security authorization activities in compliance with the NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF) and any DoD and IC tailored requirements.  

 

Key tasks include:

•           Plan and coordinate the IT security programs and policies

•           Manage and control changes to the system and assessing the security impact of those changes

•           Obtain A&A for ISs under their purview

•           Provide support for a program, organization, system, or enclave’s IA program

•               Serve as the Approval Authority to validate or approve user authorization for accounts associated with systems under their control

•               Understand the authorization boundary of systems

•               Collaboration with System and Network administrators to understand and document data flow and architecture diagrams

•               Knowledge of security controls, the assessment and applicability to systems

•               Maintain operational baseline of systems under their purview

•               Provide ongoing Continuous Monitoring to assigned systems

•               Provide and validate the operational security posture of systems and ensure they are maintained

•               Ability to initiate the reauthorization process of a system that needs reaccreditation

•               Ability to decommission a system when it is no longer required

•               Manage risks while assigned system is in operation

•               Ability to und