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Information Security Systems Engineer
| Company | Leidos |
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| Location | Columbia, MD, USA |
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| Salary | $148850 – $269075 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university ideally in Computer Science, Information Assurance, Information Security System Engineering or related field
- Minimum of 15+ years of experience as an Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE) or Network Engineer on programs and/or contracts with the customer space
- CASP OR CISSP a firm requirement
- CISSP-ISSEP DoD approved 8570 baseline certification is a firm requirement for Level III
- Strong writing skills
- Experience developing and documenting system security requirements and conducting requirements gap analysis
- Knowledge of, and practical experience with the NIST Special Publications 800 Series, CNSSI 1253, and DoD 8500
- Experience with network technologies and the ability to demonstrate knowledge of network protocols, communications systems and architectures
Responsibilities
- 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
- 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
Preferred Qualifications
No preferred qualifications provided.
