Overview

Acuity is growing and looking to hire additional personnel to support one of our premier federal clients. 

The Client requires Cyber Security support for the Client’s applications. Application Security activities relate to the configuration and implementation of software applications and their related infrastructure to satisfy identified security procedures and policies. 

Responsibilities

• The candidate shall provide risk mitigation recommendations for systems and applications.
• The candidate shall provide support on information security policies, regulations, and technical implementations regarding facets of cyber operations, and the Client’s Accreditation and Authorization (A&A) process.
• The candidate shall provide support to projects teams overviewing the Client’s A&A platform.
• The candidate shall streamline communications/processes between projects, ISSMs, and Client Cyber Security teams.
• The candidate shall shepherd an educational initiative for system evaluation against NIST 800-53, Risk Management Framework (RMF), DISA STIGS, Zero Trust M-22-09, FedRAMP and other security standards and publications, as well as the Client’s internal security regulations.
• The candidate shall orchestrate the acceleration of control selection, and acceptance for project teams and system owners towards Approval to Operate (ATO).
• The candidate shall actively participate in or shepherd technical exchange meetings and application review boards, to verify and validate systems security controls, and provide guidance with respect to after action items/requirements.
• The candidate shall provide routine briefing on system status and mitigations activities as required by the Client

Qualifications

Required Skills: 

• BS in computer science, information systems, cybersecurity, or related IT or security field
• Demonstrated experience with A&A processes and procedures.
• Demonstrated experience providing vulnerability guidance as it pertains to analysis results and mitigation plans for addressing security problems.
• Demonstrated experience providing risk mitigation for systems, and application in the cloud environment.

• Demonstrated experience reviewing reports generated by Nexpose, AppDetective, RunZero, and WebInspect.

Preferred Skills:

• Demonstrated experience leading A&A teams, security initiatives, and executive level briefings.
• Demonstrated experience leading Technical Exchange Meetings regarding A&A and project status updates.
• Demonstrated experience providing guidance and writing Standard Operating Procedures for project teams which expedites the A&A Process.
• Demonstrated experience recommending continuous process improvement on A&A processes within the Client’s environment.

Clearance Requirement

• Active TS/SCI w/Poly

About Acuity Inc

Acuity is a leading management and technology consulting firm that specializes in serving the federal government. Our innovative, collaborative and rewarding work environment has earned repeat honors from the Washington Business Journal’s Best Places to Work, Washington Post's Top Workplaces, and SmartCEO Corporate Culture awards. 

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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