Security Auditor; Expert

Description

Pueo is seeking an experienced Security Auditor to join our unique team of multidisciplined experts onsite in McLean, VA. In this role you will regularly interface with all IC agency and DoD leadership.

The ideal candidate should possess hands‑on Risk Management Framework (RMF) / Assessment & Authorization (A&A) work experience relevant to the Security Auditor as well as experience with scanning/GRC tools.

In this role you will be assisting the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Chief Information Office (CIO), JWICS Program Division (CIO6) in the management and execution of the JWICS Connection Approval Program.

The Security Auditor will be responsible for the following, but not limited to:

• Provide expertise in conducting Approval to Connect (ATC) activities requiring both technical and non-technical skills in assessing DIA JWICS customers’ request to connect their node to JWICS. ATC requires an understanding of DoD and IC Cybersecurity Polices, Regulations, Security Technical Security Implementation Guides (STIGs), and NIST RMF.
• Responsible for documentation and generating formal reports, briefs, circuit connection packages, that are used to assist organizations to acquire Approval To Connect while minimizing risk to JWICS.
• Interact with CIO entities, subscribers, and other stakeholders to ensure all subscriber connections meet the foundational requirements for compliance. These assessments are conducted in the broader context of the subscriber’s architecture and consider AO risk decisions.
• Evaluate and assess ATC data to highlight strategic efficiencies or tactical cyber-signatures. This will be used to provide recommendations focused on the maturity of ATCs CONMON, ATC, and POAM management processes to minimize risks to JWICS.
• Draft, coordinate, and collaborate on the development of technical documentation or cyber-profile assessments that communicate a connections risk to the JWICS enterprise.
• Collaborate with ATC stakeholders to ensure a connections cyber-security risks are communicated and clearly understood.
• Participate in the planning, execution, and reporting of ATC assessments and collaborating with subscribers to ensure vulnerability assessments are integrated with minimal supervision.
• Assist in preparation and organization of assessment deliverables – ATC foundational documents, Security Risk Assessments, and other compliance data.
• Communicate the impact of system risks and vulnerabilities verbally, through presentations and written deliverables.

• Must have a current/active TS/SCI with the ability to obtain and maintain a CI Poly.
• Bachelor’s Degree in related field and 12 years of experience, or additional 4 years of experience in lieu of a completed degree for a total of 16+ years.
• Must possess one of the following IAT III Certification in compliance with DoD 8570.01-M and DoD Directive 8140 Cyberspace Workforce Management. (ex; CASP+ CE, CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP (or Associate), GCED, GCIH, CCSP).
• Experience in SSP/SAR/POA&M/ATO ownership; NIST 800-series fluency.
• Hands‑on RMF / A&A experience relevant to Security Auditor.
• Experience in Intelligence Community (IC) security policies, specifically an understanding of DoD and IC Cybersecurity Polices, Regulations, Security Technical Security Implementation Guides (STIGs), and NIST RMF.
• Familiarity with a variety of cybersecurity concepts, practices, and procedures.
• Ability to draft, coordinate, and finalize Standard Operating procedures, business process and workflow design, and manage their execution to consistently apply ATC, CONMON, and POA&M management activities.
• Experience with scanning/GRC tools.

• An active Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility and current CI poly.
• DIA ATC…