Information Systems Security Manager; ISSM

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El Segundo, California time type:
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R2122578
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* Title:

** Information Systems Security Manager (ISSM)
** Belong. Connect. Grow. with K !
** K ’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security.

Innovative Projects: K ’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.

Collaborative Environment:
Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.

Impactful Work:
Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.
** Information Systems Security Manager (ISSM)
** K  is seeking an Information Systems Security Manager (ISSM) to join our team in El Segundo CA. This is an excellent opportunity to join a small, hand selected systems security engineering team defining the next generation of space communication systems supporting US Space Force and Space Systems Command (SSC), Spectrum Warfare (SYD 89/SZW) Senior Program Director (SPD). You will support Systems Engineering & Integration (SE&I) activities in a multidisciplinary and collaborative environment.

You will work onsite, co-located and closely integrated with the Government Customer.
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* Key Responsibilities:

*** Maintain and enforce all cybersecurity policies, standards, and directives to ensure assessment and authorization of information systems processing classified information
* Participate in IT architecture design reviews to assess and ensure compliance with cybersecurity requirements
* Ensure cybersecurity principles are embedded in systems engineering efforts for ground and space systems in multiple classified computing domains
* Integrate the Risk Management Framework throughout the system acquisition lifecycle
* Create, review, and assess RMF related artifacts for acceptable implementation of cybersecurity principles
* Develop, coordinate, and implement cybersecurity strategies
* Evaluate and apply government cybersecurity (DoD, NIST, FIPS, and CNSS) policies and instructions as necessary
* Conduct program and technical risk assessments to determine necessary cybersecurity protection measures
* Monitor the evolving state of industry knowledge and application to information security best practices
* Interface with other government organizations during security evaluation of engineering design solutions
* Provide technical security evaluation support to the Security Control Assessor (SCA) during contractor assessment and authorization activities
* Evaluate the continued effectiveness of implemented protection measures within the authorization boundary
* Prepare, review, and present technical reports and briefings
* Provide mentoring and technical leadership to the cybersecurity program team
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Skills and Experience:

*** Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related scientific or technical discipline
* 3 years of work experience in Cybersecurity may be considered in lieu of Bachelor’s degree
* 10+ years of work experience in Information Assurance/Cybersecurity
* Experience as an ISSO, ISSE, or ISSM for a complex system
* Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Certification or equivalent
* Ability to translate cybersecurity related policies and guidance into system requirements
* Experience with cybersecurity assessment and authorization processes such as the Risk Management Framework
* Understanding of common vulnerabilities and associated risk mitigation strategies
* Experience with cybersecurity policy and processes, architectures, testing and evaluation procedures, including Zero Trust
* Articulate complicated security concepts in cross-functional planning,…