IA Security Engineer

Job Title: IA Security Engineer

Location- Herndon, Va

Salary- 180k-220k

The above salary range represents the range expected for the position; however, final salary offers are based on a number of factors such as the position's responsibilities; the candidate's experience, education, and skills; location; travel required; and current market conditions.

This program requires US Citizenship.

Job Description

This position will be based at a site in Herndon, VA, with up to 10% of time reporting to facilities in Ashburn, VA.

Responsibilities

• Become an expert in Federal Regulations and guidelines such as NIST 800-37, 53, 60, 130, and CNSSi 1253 & 1254.

• Become an expert in the implementation and deployment of Xacta 360 and Xacta IO.

• Become familiar with existing processes and operations to continuously maintain support for the Xacta solution.

• Become familiar with new capabilities and advocate for their usage and adoption where appropriate.

• Provide consistent and effective feedback to team members, client stakeholders, and end users alike.

• With some oversight and guidance, identify, troubleshoot, diagnose, and provide recommendations to remediate issues within the Xacta application set.

• Provide new, or update existing operational solutions to complex problems as it pertains to Xacta systems administration.

• Become familiar with business process engineering best practices while developing the customers implementation of the Risk Management Framework.

• Apply domain knowledge and experience to identify and implement efficiencies in the administration of an Enterprise application.

A Department of Defense (DOD) Top Secret or similar clearance based upon a full scope background investigation is typically acceptable for clearance reciprocity if the clearance is active and the background investigation is less than five (5) years old. A Full Scope Polygraph is required for this position.

Job Requirements

Qualifications

• Must have some knowledge with system security support IAW ICD 503 / Risk management Framework (RMF).

Candidates must also have the following experience and knowledge

• This position requires a current TS/SCI with Full Scope polygraph

• Bachelor's Degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Mathematics, Information Technology or related field is required additional years of general experience in IT, IA, Cybersecurity can be substituted for a degree.

• 8-10 years of general Information Technology, Application Administration, Systems Engineering is required.

• Experience in system/application administration to include issue customer relationship management, Tier 1 & Tier 2 support activities.

• Significant experience with documenting and communicating technical solutions that will be disseminated to a technical user base.

• Demonstrate ability to communicate effectively with technical engineers, and end users alike is required.

• DoD 8570/8410 compliance is preferred.

• Experience in security operations/incident response concepts and implementation and vulnerability management.

• Strong written and verbal communications skills and the ability to interact with people at all levels are required.

• A professional attitude regarding attention to detail and customer service and excellent organizational skills are required

The successful candidate must meet eligibility requirements to access sensitive information, which requires US citizenship.

Job Type

Full-Time

Location

Herndon, VA 20170 US (Primary)

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