Information System Security Engineer; ISSE III Security Clearance

Position: Information System Security Engineer (ISSE) III with Security Clearance
Information System Security Engineer (ISSE) III REQ: J-25-1573 The Information System Security Engineer (ISSE) is primarily responsible for conducting information system security
engineering activities with a focus on lifecycle of current systems and future requirement scoping. The position will
collect and process the captured information security requirements and ensures that the requirements are
effectively integrated into information systems through purposeful security architecting, design, development, and
configuration. The position is an integral part of the development team designing and developing organizational
information systems or upgrading legacy systems. The ISSE employs best practices when implementing security
requirements within an information system including software engineering methodologies, system/security
engineering principles, secure design, secure architecture, and secure coding techniques. This position's main
function is working within Special Access Programs (SAPs) supporting Department of Defense (DoD) agencies, such
as HQ Air Force, Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and Military Compartments efforts. The position will
provide "day-to-day" support for Collateral, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and Special Access Program
(SAP) activities. Performance shall include:

• Perform oversight of the development, implementation and evaluation of information system security
program policy; special emphasis placed upon integration of existing SAP network infrastructures

• Perform analysis of network security, based upon the Risk Management Framework (RMF) with
emphasize on Joint Special Access Program Implementation Guide (JSIG) authorization process

• Provides expert support, research and analysis of exceptionally complex problems, and processes
relating to them

• Provides expert level consultation and technical services on all aspects of Information Security

• Serves as technical expert to the Cybersecurity Assessment Program providing technical direction,
interpretation and alternatives to complex problems

• Builds IA into systems deployed to operational environments

• Assists architects and systems developers in the identification and implementation of appropriate
information security functionality to ensure uniform application of DoD and other agencies security policy
and enterprise solutions

• Enforce the design and implementation of trusted relations among external systems and architectures.

• Assesses and mitigates system security threats/risks throughout the program life cycle

• Contributes to the security planning, assessment, risk analysis, risk management, certification and
awareness activities for system and networking operations

• Thinks independently and demonstrates exceptional written and oral communications skills. Applies
advanced technical principles, theories, and concepts

• Contributes to the development of new principles, concepts, and methodologies

• Works on unusually complex technical problems and provides highly innovative and ingenious
solutions

• Lead a team of System Security Engineers and Certification and Accreditation Analysts responsible for
ensuring the customers national and international security interests are protected as support equipment
are designed and tested

• Recommends cybersecurity software tools and assists in the development of software tool
requirements and selection criteria to include the development of product specific STIGs from
applicable DISA SRGs

• Review ISSE related designs and provides security compliance recommendations

• Leads technical teams in implementation of predetermined long-range goals and objectives

• Supports customer and SAP community IA working groups, participate in SSE IPT reviews

• Provides expert level consultation and technical services on all aspects of Information Security

• Review ISSE related designs and provides security compliance recommendations

• Develop and provide IA risk management recommendations to the customer

• Provide ISSE support for Mission and Training systems design and development

• Assist with development and maintenance of the Program Protection Plan

• Assist with site activation activities and…