Security Control Assessor Security Clearance

Position: Security Control Assessor with Security Clearance
About Peraton Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace.

The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit  to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure. Program Overview About

The Role We are seeking an experienced Security Control Assessor professional to accomplish the following:
* Conduct assessments and facilitate risk mitigation planning.

* Provide Assessment and Authorization (A&A) for the ARCYBER cloud infrastructure.

* Execute a security control assessment plan and update the System Security Plan.

* Review vulnerability scans and remediation.

* Implement risk management programs by utilizing NIST, FISMA, HIPAA, and PII -- and document solutions.

* Monitor the privacy landscape regarding all data (privacy, protection, classification, and residency).

* Assist clients with identifying gaps within existing privacy programs and designing solutions to help address those challenges.

* Scan, test, and validate systems/networks/applications to obtain/maintain an ATO under NIST/FISMA guidelines.

Location:

Baltimore metropolitan area Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

* Bachelor's degree in one of the following fields:
Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Data Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, Software Engineering, or Information Technology with 8+ years of relevant experience; or Master's with 6+ years of relevant experience. In lieu of a Bachelor's degree in one of these fields of study, candidate must possess a HS Diploma with 12+ years of relevant experience and one of the following active certifications: GMON, Security X/CASP+, CCSP, CISSO, Cloud+, CSSLP, FITSP-D, GCSA, GSEC, CCNP Enterprise, CISM, CISSP-ISSAP, CISSP-ISSEP, GCIA, GDSA, or GICSP.

* Active TS clearance with SCI eligibility.

* Active IAT Level II certification (such as CompTIA Security+).

* Active IAM level III certification (such as CISM).

* Must have knowledge of enterprise solutions across multiple cloud operating environments (JWICS, SIPRNET, NIPRNET, and commercial Internet).

* Must have eMASS, ACAS, and ISC2 Certified Cloud Computing Professional (CCSP) or CompTIA Cloud+ experience.

* Must have knowledge in the following areas:

* Knowledge of computer networking and/or cloud computing concepts and protocols, and network security methodologies.

* Knowledge of cyber threats and vulnerabilities in a virtualized environment.

* Knowledge of national and international laws, regulations, policies, and ethics as they relate to cybersecurity.

* Knowledge of risk management framework processes (e.g., methods for assessing and mitigating risk).

* Knowledge of specific operational impacts of cybersecurity lapses.

* Knowledge of industry methods for evaluating, implementing, and disseminating Information Technology (IT) security assessment, monitoring, detection, and remediation tools and procedures using standards-based concepts and capabilities.

* Knowledge of cyber defense and vulnerability assessment tools, including opensource tools, and their capabilities.

* Knowledge of cybersecurity principles and organizational requirements (relevant to confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, non-repudiation).

* Knowledge of cybersecurity principles used to manage risks related to the use, processing, storage, and transmission of information or data in a cloud environment.

* Knowledge of IT and cloud computing security principles and methods (e.g., firewalls, demilitarized zones, encryption).

* Knowledge of known vulnerabilities from alerts, advisories, errata, and bulletins.

* Knowledge of network and/or cloud computing environment security architecture concepts including topology, protocols, components, and principles (e.g., application of defense-in-depth).

* Knowledge of penetration testing principles, tools, and techniques..

* Knowledge of system and application security threats and vulnerabilities (e.g., buffer overflow, mobile code, cross-site scripting, Procedural Language/Structured Query Language [PL/SQL] and injections, race conditions, covert channel, replay, return oriented attacks, malicious code).

* Knowledge of the Security Assessment and Authorization process.

* Skill in determining how a security and/or cloud computing security system should work (including its resilience and dependability capabilities) and how changes in conditions, operations, or the environment will affect these outcomes.

* Skill in…