IA Security Engineer

Onsite | Herndon, VA - 10% of the time in Ashburn, VA | 5 days a week

TS/SCI FSP Clearance Required

Summary

Our client is an information technology and cybersecurity company located in Ashburn, Virginia. They primarily serves government and enterprise clients, receiving a large number of its contracts from the United States Department of Defense. The reputation of our client's company rests on the quality of their solutions and the integrity of their people.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be part of a growing team that encourages, develops, and implements sophisticated solutions to complex problems. The candidate will identify opportunities to deploy new capabilities that the customer is not currently using/aware of, and provide suggestions for how best to make use of them. The candidate will become an expert on agency and federal government regulations as well as how those regulations are automated by Xacta.

• 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

Requirements

Must have some knowledge with system security support IAW ICD 503 / Risk management Framework (RMF). Candidates must also have the following experience and knowledge:

• 8-10 years of general Information Technology, Application Administration, Systems Engineering is required - 5 additional years of general experience in IT, IA, Cybersecurity can be substituted for a degree
• 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
• Demonstrable ability to communicate effectively with technical engineers, and end users alike is required
• 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

Preferred Requirements

• DoD 8570/8410 compliance is preferred

Education/Certification Requirements

• A Bachelors Degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Mathematics, Information Technology or related field is required. - 5 additional years of general experience in IT, IA, Cybersecurity can be substituted for a degree

Clearance Requirements

• Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; an active TS/SCI FSP clearance is required.