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Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO)

Macpower Digital Assets Edge Private Limited

Washington, DC

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JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$110,000–$120,000 Per Year
SKILLS
Applications Security, Cloud Computing, Communications Security (COMSEC), Computer Science, Computer Security, DoD Information Assurance - IA, Documentation, Enterprise Protection, FISMA - Federal Information Security Management Act, Government, IAM - Information Assurance Management, Information Systems Security Engineering (ISSE), Information Technology & Information Systems, Information/Data Security (InfoSec), Internet Security, Metrics, Negotiation Skills, Risk, Risk Analysis, Risk Management, Risk Management Framework (RMF), Security Analysis, Security Clearance, Security Monitoring, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), Testing, Time Management, Top Secret Clearance, United States Department of Defense (DoD), Vulnerability Scanners
LOCATION
Washington, DC
POSTED
9 days ago
Executive Summary: Our client seeks a Cloud Information System Security Officer (ISSO) - Senior Level (TS Required, eligible for SCI) for a role in Washington, DC.
Position Description: The program provides support in Cybersecurity and Management to improve a federal customer's Information Assurance (IA) posture. The contract's support functions are IA Management, Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) coordination and reporting, Risk Management Framework (RMF) application, IA compliance measurements and metrics, Assessment and Authorization (A&A), Vulnerability Management, and Cyber Defense support.
What are the 3-4 non-negotiable requirements of this position:
  • Active U.S. Government (DoD-Issued) Top Secret Security Clearance with SCI and a CI-Polygraph eligibility At least 5 years serving as an Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) at a cleared facility DoD Instruction 8570.1 Information Assurance Management (IAM) Level III Certification
  • A bachelor's and/or advanced degree in computer science, business management, or IT-related discipline.
Roles and Responsibilities:
  • Services to support IS Security performed by the Senior Cloud Information System Security Officer (ISSO), at a minimum, shall consist of the following activities:
  • Ensure the day-to-day implementation, oversight, continuous monitoring, and maintenance of the security configuration, practices, and procedures for each IS
  • Provide liaison support between the system owner and other IS security personnel
  • Ensure that selected security controls are implemented and operating as intended during all phases of the IS lifecycle
  • Ensure that system security documentation is developed, maintained, reviewed, and updated continuously
  • Conduct required IS vulnerability scans according to risk assessment parameters.
  • Develop Plan of Action and Milestones (POAMs) in response to reported security vulnerabilities
  • Manage the risks to ISs and other agency assets by coordinating appropriate correction or mitigation actions and oversee and track the timely completion of (POAMs)
  • Coordinate system owner concurrence for correction or mitigation actions
  • Monitor security controls for agency ISs to maintain security Authorized To Operate (ATO)
  • Upload all security control evidence to the Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) application to support security control implementation during the monitoring phase
  • Ensure that changes to an agency IS, its environment, and operational needs that may affect the authorization status are reported to the system owner and IS Security Manager (ISSM)
  • Ensure the removal and retirement of ISs being decommissioned in coordination with the system owner, ISSM, and ISSR
  • Provide baseline security controls to the system owner, contingent upon the IS's security categorization, type of information processed, and entity type
  • Provide a recommendation to the Authorizing Official, in consultation with the system owner, regarding systems' impact levels and ISs' authorization boundary
  • Ensure that new entities are created in the GRC application with the security categorization of agency ISs
  • Initiate, coordinate, and recommend to the agency Authorizing Official all Interconnection Security Agreements (ISAs), Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs), and Memorandum of Agreement (MOAs) that permit the interconnection of an agency IS with any non-agency or joint-use IS
  • Perform an independent review of the System Security Plan (SSP) and make approval decisions
  • Request and negotiate the level of testing required for an IS with the Enterprise Information Security Section and the agency Authorizing Official
  • Schedule security control assessments in coordination with the system owner.
  • Coordinate IS security inspections, tests, and reviews with the Security and system owner. Submit the final SAA package to the agency Authorizing Official for a security ATO decision
  • Ensure that the Security ATO Electronic Communication (EC) is serialized into Sentinel under the applicable case file number
  • Advise the agency's authorized official on IS vulnerabilities and residual risks.
  • Ensure that all POA&M actions are completed and tested
  • Coordinate initiation of an event-driven reauthorization with the agency Authorizing Official
  • Ensure the removal and retirement of agency ISs being decommissioned in coordination with the SO, ISSM, ISSE, and ISSR.

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