Information Assurance/Security Engineer
RestonOn-siteFull-time
AI Summary
Provides security engineering and information assurance support for the government's Assessment and Authorization process, maintaining ATO/ATC for mission applications by designing, testing, and documenting security controls.
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Description of Task to be Performed:
The Information Assurance/Security Engineer will provide security engineering and information assurance support to the Government’s Assessment and Authorization (A&A) process to maintain Authority to Operate (ATO) and Authority to Connect (ATC) for mission applications and services.
Designs, develops, monitors and documents security controls, security testing, security reporting, and plan of actions and milestones (POA&Ms) throughout systems and application lifecycles in support of mission systems.
Provides security engineering design inputs, security design reviews, and security best practices as part of technical and change requests.
Configures and validates secure systems, physical controls, and tests security products and systems to detect security weaknesses.
Maintains XACTA security records for supported systems.
Required Qualifications:
Support for information assurance and/or ATO process for Classified DoD or IC environments.
Experience documenting and assessing security controls in CentOS/RHEL Linux Systems, Cisco Networks, VDI and/or Virtual server hosting environments.
Preferred Qualifications:
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification(s)
DoD or Intelligence Community (IC) IT and Application service delivery
Full lifecycle A&A process for classified infrastructure and application service delivery
ATO process management through XACTA
Agile software development
supporting NiFi data flows
supporting Apache Tomcat webservices
Cross domain solutions
Skills
Agile Software DevelopmentApache TomcatCCNPCentOSCisco NetworksCISSPCompTIA Security+Cross Domain SolutionsNiFiRHEL LinuxSecurity Assessment And AuthorizationSecurity Controls DocumentationVDIVirtual Server HostingXACTA
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