Cybersecurity, Senior - TS

DCS Corp has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Cybersecurity Analyst to support AFLCMC in Seattle, WA. Candidate will sit within a Boeing facility.

Essential Job Functions:

Assist with development of System Security Management Plans, Program Protection Plans, Security Risk Analyses, OPSEC Plans, Computer Certification and Accreditation, Security Vulnerability and Countermeasures Analyses, Security Concepts of Operations, and other system security engineering-related documents identified in MIL-STD 1785, DoDI 5000.02, Operation of the Adaptive Acquisition Framework, and DoDI 8510.01. Support the system/application Authorization and Accreditation (A&A) effort to include assessing and guiding the quality and completeness of A&A activities, tasks and resulting artifacts mandated by governing DoD and Air Force policies (i.e., Risk Management Framework (RMF).

Update, monitor, and manage information in systems for the program office. Process and manage system user account requests and process tools. Process and manage system port/protocol and access control list requirements. Process and manage system Public Key PKI identification and authorization requirements. Manage the distribution, implementation, remediation, and tracking of system security updates and configurations as required by the DoD.

Recommend policies and procedures to ensure information systems reliability and accessibility to prevent and defend against unauthorized access to systems, networks, and data. Conduct risk and vulnerability assessments of planned and installed information systems to identify vulnerabilities, risk, and protection needs. Promote awareness of security issues among management and ensuring sound security principles are reflected in organizations’ vision and goals.

Conduct systems security evaluations, audits and reviews. Recommend systems, security contingency plans and disaster recovery procedures. Recommend and implement programs to ensure that systems, network, and data users are aware of, understand, and adhere to systems security policies and procedures. Participate in network and systems design to ensure implementation of appropriate systems security policies. Recommend initial, or updates to, software and configurations to new or existing system security mechanisms.

Obtain waivers to mandated security mechanisms/policies which would be detrimental to system performance and impact the system’s mission. Facilitate the gathering, analysis and preservation of evidence used in the prosecution of computers. Provide leadership assistance in the analysis of the design, development, integration, implementation and testing of cybersecurity requirements. Develop risk-based strategies to address identified gaps. Review, analyze, and assess implementations of cybersecurity (i.e. RMF security controls) throughout the open systems architecture and associated services, derived requirements specifications, design documents & design implementation.

Collaborate with stakeholders (Government and commercial) to ensure the system is approved by all Authorizing Officials via the RMF A&A process. Provide technical advice in the area of systems security across all systems and supports. Develop recommendations for the Government regarding how well designs satisfy current requirements and business goals. Maintain databases that reflect receipt, storage, inventory, and disposition of classified information to include data entry, updates, and generation of reports.

Support Government program office in audits of Government classified holdings to ensure proper accountability. Maintain databases of classified visits and clearance levels. Perform inspection, inventory, logging, storage, documentation, transmittal and…