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Amentum · 3 months ago

ISSE Senior - with TS/SCI Poly

Columbia, MD

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$210K/yr - $250K/yr

14+ years exp

Amentum is seeking a Senior ISSE to join their team of passionate individuals. In this role, you will support challenging, mission-critical projects that make a direct impact on the Nation’s security and intelligence mission by performing technical security assessments and recommending mitigation strategies.

Mechanical EngineeringSecurityTechnical Support

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

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

Qualification

IA System ArchitectDefense-in-Depth principlesPublic Key Infrastructure (PKI)Security risk assessmentNetwork security architectureCISSP-ISSAP Certification’s Degree in ITSoft skills

Required

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

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, NSA, IC, and DoD Information Security regulations, publications, and policy

TS/SCI w/ Poly

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