Information Assurance System Security Engineer; ISSE III

Overview

Transform technology into opportunity as an Information Assurance System Security Engineer (ISSE) III with GDIT. A career in enterprise IT means connecting and enhancing the systems that matter most. At GDIT you’ll be at the forefront of innovation and play a meaningful part in improving how agencies operate. At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As an ISSE III you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter.

The ISSE III is primarily responsible for conducting information system security engineering activities with a focus on the lifecycle of current systems and future requirement scoping. The position will collect and process captured information security requirements and ensure 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.

• 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 emphasis 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.
• Enforces 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.
• Think independently and demonstrate 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.
• Leads 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 provide 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 provide 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 design reviews.
• Represent the customer in various ISSE…