Information System Security Officer (ISSO)

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Job Description

Information System Security Officer (ISSO)

Position Description
The ISSO will be responsible for developing security plans for IT security systems that anticipate, identify, evaluate, mitigate, and minimize risks associated with IT systems vulnerabilities; ensuring procedural development and implementation are in compliance with security and organizational requirements; documenting hardware and software system security implementations (e.g., hardware firmware upgrades, operating system patches and configuration changes); and developing best practices, operating procedures, and configuration guidance for the technologies used. Working knowledge of NIST 800 series special publications and the NIST Risk Management Framework.

Your future duties and responsibilities
• Work with system owners and technical leads to develop and maintain security documentation. Be the security POC for multiple systems within the environment.
• Coordinate monthly vulnerability scanning activities and analysis results.
• Maintain the security management program including security policy, practices, standards, procedures and processes, coordinate and support regular security audits as part of the comprehensive System Security Policy, standards, practices and procedures, in order to maintain security authority to operate.
• Prepare, validate, and maintain security documentation including, but not limited to: system security plan (SSP), risk assessment (RA), contingency plan (CP), privacy impact assessment (PIA), eAuthentication assessment, FIPS categorization.
• Coordinate and support risk assessments and ensure corrective action on any identified security exposures.
• Provide advice and leadership in creating and maintaining contingency plans for any security emergencies.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role
• Bachelor’s degree in related field.
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
• Minimum of five (5) years of demonstrated experience in the Information Security (or Cybersecurity) field.
• Strong experience with FedRAMP and Continuous, Diagnostic and Monitoring (CDM) methods and standards.
• Due to the nature of the government contract requirements and/or clearance requirements, US citizenship is required.
• Experience in security engineering including firewalls, IDS/IPS, SIEM and other monitoring and management platforms is preferred.
• Experience with developing security architecture and requirements for migrating legacy applications to virtualization and cloud environments.
• Knowledge of standards including NIST and FedRamp, IAAS, PAAS, and SAAS security architecture and requirements.
• Knowledge of NIST Special Publications especially 800-53 and 800-37.
• Ability to communicate clearly and present information to the customer in a format they can understand.
• Preparing security documentation
• Evaluating security and privacy controls to determine which are applicable and which have changed
• Participating in security assessments and audits
• Completing non-technical analysis activities
• Providing direct support to a client ISSO
• Identifying and mitigating risks
• Managing POA&Ms
• Ability to obtain a Public Trust Clearance
• Due to the nature of this government contract, US Citizenship OR Permanent Resident is required

DESIRED Certifications (one or more of the following):
• Certified Risk and Information Systems Controller (CRISC)
• Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
• Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
• Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) and GIAC Security Essentials
• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

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