Information Systems Security Engineer; ISSE

Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE)

Location:

Springfield, VA

Candidate must possess an active TS/SCI Clearance and be willing to obtain a CI Polygraph.

• Act as the representative of the Information System Security Manager ensuring compliance with IS security procedures.
• Support efforts to operate, maintain, and dispose of information system materials in accordance with security directives, policies and practices and as annotated in Systems Security Plans.
• Generate and implement requisite security training ensuring user security awareness of responsibilities prior to system access.
• Initiate protective and corrective measures when incident or vulnerabilities are discovered.
• Ensure IA hardware and software complies with security configuration guides.
• Implement and enforce IA policies and procedures as defined by A&A documentation.
• Ensure users are aware of their IA responsibilities.
• Perform Operations & Sustainment (O&S) functions for the NCE network security infrastructure (firewalls, web gateways, mail gateways, IDS, load balancers, performance monitoring tools, management systems, etc.).
• Perform maintenance and/or advanced configuration of equipment in order to protect the network from emerging cyber threats.
• Conduct forensic traffic/log analysis to isolate issues or respond to analyst alerts.
• Respond to escalated troubleshooting requests.
• Maintain and administer network infrastructure standards, documentation and fault tolerance.
• Present monitoring/test results and reports as required.
• Perform/support integration testing as required.
• Participate in special projects as required.
• Ability to review Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms) and conduct a technical decomposition categorization, remediation, and lien resolution.