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Northrop Grumman · 1 day ago

Staff Cybersecurity Analyst / Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE)

Fairfax, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff

$177K/yr - $266K/yr

8+ years exp

Northrop Grumman is a leading company in technological advancements and innovative solutions. They are seeking a Staff Cybersecurity Analyst / Information Systems Security Engineer to monitor and maintain mission-critical network infrastructure, perform security assessments, and ensure compliance with government policies.

AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Perform assessments of systems and networks within the networking environment or enclave and identify where those systems and networks deviate from acceptable configurations, enclave policy, or local policy. This is achieved through passive evaluations such as compliance audits and active evaluations such as vulnerability assessments

Establishes strict program control processes to ensure mitigation of risks and supports obtaining certification and accreditation of systems

Includes support of process, analysis, coordination, security certification test, security documentation, as well as investigations, software research, hardware introduction and release, emerging technology research inspections and periodic audits

Assist in the implementation of the required government policy (i.e., NISPOM, DCID 6-3), make recommendations on process tailoring, participate in and document process activities

Perform analyses to validate established security requirements and to recommend additional security requirements and safeguards

Support the formal Security Test and Evaluation (ST&E) required by each government accrediting authority through pre-test preparations, participation in the tests, analysis of the results and preparation of required reports

Document the results of Certification and Accreditation activities and technical or coordination activity and prepare the system Security Plans and update the Plan of Actions and Milestones POA&M

Periodically conduct a complete review of each system's audits and monitor corrective actions until all actions are closed

Qualification

Risk Management Framework (RMF)CertificationAccreditationNIST800.53rev4Network Monitoring ToolsCISSPMicrosoft WindowsCloud ComputingTechnical WritingCollaborationCommunication

Required

Active TS/SCI with Polygraph is required to be considered and is required to start

12 Years with Bachelors; 10 Years with Masters; 8 Years with PhD; 16 years of experience with High School diploma

Experience reviewing technical security assessments of computing environments that identify points of vulnerability or non-compliance

Experience implementing the Risk Management Framework Process (RMF) and ability to support and document certification and accreditation artifacts

Must have experience supporting the A&A process for system accreditation

Applicant needs to be familiar with the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and the process of accrediting a system through it as well as the nuances present in applying RMF

Applicant needs to be familiar with NIST800.53rev4, CNSS-1253, National Security Memorandum 8 (NSM-8), and the Zero Trust Architecture/Networking (ZTA/N) high-level concepts and possible implementations

Applicant should be familiar with both initial accreditation activities as well as continuous monitoring tasks and be willing to adapt to rapidly changing toolsets and controls requirements

Applicant should have familiarity with network monitoring and vulnerability detection tools such as Nessus, Rapid7, Splunk, Xacta as well as strong competency with Microsoft Office suite of products (Excel, PowerPoint, and Word)

Preferred

CISSP, CASP, or other information technology security related certifications

Experience using Rapid 7 or Tenable Nessus applications

Background in Technical Writing or Instructional Systems Design would be helpful

Privileged/Power-user level of knowledge is strongly suggested in at least one of the following – Microsoft Windows, Enterprise Linux variants, Cloud computing infrastructure like AWS or Microsoft Azure