Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE)

Location: Washington, DC

Work Location: onsite

• The ISSE works with System Engineering teams to incorporate cyber resiliency objectives, techniques, and design principles into all system engineering and development efforts throughout the systems development life cycle (SDLC).
• Develop and maintain documentation and diagrams for security tools, system environments, and cloud operations
• Perform requirements analysis, design, and integration for complex software applications and collaboration infrastructures
• Participate in the change management process, including reviewing Change Requests and assisting in the assessment of security impact of proposed changes
• Write implementation and design documents describing how security features are implemented
• Create and maintain information system security documentation, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), and provide guidance on active Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&M)
• Conduct periodic and continuous monitoring of the system, procedures, and documentation to ensure compliance with the authorization package

• 10+ years' technical experience in cybersecurity, information technology, or systems engineering
• Must have experience working with Special Access Programs (SAPs)
• Strong proficiency fault tolerance, and Reliability, Maintainability, Availability (RMA) subject matter.
• Must possess excellent analytical skills and be capable of quantifying risk to enterprise systems and level of compliance with security policy
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) required

• Java, Python, Ruby and/or C++
• Linux Expertise (RedHat/RHEL or CentOS preferred)
• Dynamic & Static Application Security Scanning (e.g., Arachni, OWASP ZAP, BurpSuite, Fortify, Checkmarx, etc.)
• Virtualization and containers (EC2, Docker)
• Infrastructure Security Scanning, Vulnerability Scanning (Twistlock, ACAS/Nessus)

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP).
• Information Systems Security Engineering Professional (ISSEP)
• DOD Information Technology Security Certification and Accreditation Process (DITSCAP)
• DOD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP)

• Bachelors Degree in related discipline or an additional 4 years of experience in lieu of a Degree

• Current/active Top Secret/SCI; Current or recent DoD SAP access