Information System Security Officer, Senior Security Clearance

Senior Information System Security Officer

Location:

Annapolis Junction, Maryland, USA Job Type: Full-Time Shift: Day Telework:
None Salary Range: **$190,000 to $220,000 per year **

Overview:
Protect mission-critical systems at enterprise scale. WOOD is seeking a highly skilled Senior Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) to lead security oversight across a large, complex software development and systems-integration environment. In this role, you’ll partner with cybersecurity experts, engineers, and program leadership to safeguard high-value systems, strengthen security architecture, and ensure compliance with evolving standards. You’ll shape and maintain the security posture of diverse platforms, guiding secure development practices, assessing risks, monitoring vulnerabilities, and driving remediation strategies that protect sensitive data and critical workflows.

Your work will span threat detection, incident response, policy implementation, and continuous improvement across multiple technical domains. If you excel in high-visibility roles, thrive on solving sophisticated security challenges, and want your expertise to directly influence mission success, this is an opportunity to lead at the highest level.

This position requires all candidates to be U.S. Citizens and possess an active TS/SCI Security Clearance with a Polygraph.

• * Provide support for implementing and enforcing information systems security policies, standards, and methodologies.
• Assist in the evaluation of security solutions to ensure they meet security requirements for processing multiple types of information.
• Assist with the Configuration Management for information system security software, hardware, and firmware.
• Analyze threats and develop and implement best practice methodologies for incident detection, reporting, and vulnerability remediation.
• Maintain records on workstations, servers, routers, firewalls, intelligent hubs, network switches, etc. to include system upgrades.
• Evaluate security solutions to ensure they meet security requirements for processing information.
• Maintain operational security posture for information systems.
• Provide support to the Information System Security Manager (ISSM) for maintaining the appropriate operational IA posture for a system/program/enclave.
• Develop and maintain documentation for Certification & Accreditation in accordance with specified policies.
• Develop and update system security plans and other IA documentation.
• Provide support for Information Assurance Vulnerability Alerts (IAVAs) management (initiating IAVA responses and system security scans, completing remediation, extending IAVA patches and security updates to designated sites, etc.).
• * Provide CM for security‐relevant information system software, hardware, and firmware.
• Develop system security policy and ensure compliance.
• Administer the user identification and authentication mechanisms of the Information System.

• Must have at least 10 years of experience as ISSO working independently, and/or on teams maintaining secure information system operations in isolated, connected and standalone environments.
• Must have at least 5 years of experience using tools to support IAVA management.
• Must have at least 5 years of experience using tools to support the preparation, maintenance, and management of SSPs and other security related documentation.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with several of the following: current security tools; hardware/software security implementation; communication protocols; encryption techniques/tools.
• In‑depth experience completing security evaluations of software systems or architectures to ensure they meet security…