Job Details
Leidos
Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE)
Description
Job Description:
The Leidos Cyber & SIGINT Solutions Operation has a career opening for an Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE) Level III. The ISSE will support our customer in Columbia, MD.
Program Summary
As an ISSE III you will join a small team providing Information Assurance (IA) Architecture Analysis and Security Engineering Support to a Government customer.
Primary Responsibilities:
The ISSE shall perform, or review, technical security assessments of computing environments to identify points of vulnerability, non-compliance with established IA standards and regulations and recommended mitigation strategies.
This includes:
- Validates and verifies system security requirements definitions and analysis and establishes system security design
- Designs, develops, implements and/or integrates IA and security systems and system components including those for networking, computing and enclave environment to include those with multiple enclaves and with differing data protection/classification requirements
- Builds IA into systems deployed to operation environments
- Assist 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
- Enforces the design and implementation of trusted relations among external systems and architecture
- Assesses and mitigates system security threats/risk 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 C&A documentation, providing feedback on completeness and compliance of its content
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited university in Computer Science, Information Assurance, Information Security System Engineering or related field with a minimum of 12 years of experience as an Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE) on programs and/or contracts with the Federal Government
- CISSP or CISSP-ISSEP DoD approved 8570 baseline certification is a firm requirement
- Strong writing skills
- Confidence and ability to present briefing to senior level DoD officials in both prepared briefings and/or in ad hoc discussions.
- Additionally, the candidate must also possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities:
- Expertise in network technology and systems security engineering.
- Experience in identifying, researching, characterizing, and documenting security weaknesses related to operating systems, software applications, firmware, network hardware components, as well as network architecture design and documented policies and procedures.
Experience developing and documenting system security requirements and conducting requirements gap analysis.
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