Information Systems Security Officer

Full Time
Aberdeen, MD 21001
Posted
Job description
INNOPLEX is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business that puts its employees first! Over the last 15 years we have built a company shaped by our workforce. We only hire the best, most driven, and talented people to help us support the most important customer in the world.

Job Description:
Seeking an experienced Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) to support the Product Manager for Defense in the APG, Maryland area. The candidate will be responsible for ensuring compliance with the ISSO Roles and Responsibilities as laid out in agency directives, instructions, and memos.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a fast-growing team in the early stages of a newly awarded 5-year task order with multiple opportunities for upward advancement supporting the program. This program delivers critical capabilities to counter current and future threats, enabling the next generation of warfighting capabilities from sensor to Soldier worldwide. By applying game changing cyber technologies through agile development methodology, we enable battlefield dominance for our Warfighters.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Duties include, but not limited to:
  • Perform tasks delegated by the Information Security System Manager (ISSM) in support of various information assurance (IA)/cybersecurity programs such as security authorization activities in compliance with Risk Management Framework (RMF) policies and procedures including System Security Plans (SSPs), Risk Assessment Reports, Assessment & Authorization (A&A) packages, and Security Controls Traceability Matrix (SCTM)
  • Maintains operational security posture to ensure information systems (IS), security policies, standards, and procedures are established and followed.
  • Performs vulnerability/risk assessment analysis to support Assessment & Authorization (A&A).
  • Review and analyze system audit logs to identify anomalous activity and potential threats to network resources.
  • Conducting vulnerability scans and recognizing vulnerabilities in security systems
  • Ensure that cybersecurity-enabled products or other compensating security control technologies reduce identified risk to acceptable security levels.
  • Apply a full range of cybersecurity policies, principles, and techniques to maintain the security integrity of information systems processing classified information.
  • Perform security reviews and identify security gaps in security architecture resulting in recommendations for inclusion in the Risk Management Framework
  • Work with government customers to support computer security incidents and vulnerability compliance.
  • Input and maintain system documentation into government record-keeping systems like Xacta and eMASS.
  • Provide Configuration Management for security-relevant information system software, hardware, and firmware.
  • Perform risk analysis whenever an application or system undergoes a major change.
  • Provide input to the Risk Management Framework process activities and related documentation.
  • Additional duties may apply.

Minimum Requirements: Knowledge and Skills
  • Must Have a minimum of 5 years of experience as an IA/Security Specialist and OMB Information Security directives/policy compliance.
  • Must have at least 5 years of direct experience and in-depth working knowledge of Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Information Security Guides
  • Advanced written and verbal communication skills
  • Must hold active Security+, CISSP, CISA, or equivalent certifications (DoD 8570 IAM 2 equivalent)

The minimum years of related experience required:
  • 5 years

Education:
  • Bachelor’s degree. 4 years of additional experience may be substituted for degree.

Clearance
  • Active Secret Clearance

INNOPLEX, LLC is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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