Senior System Security​/Cybersecurity Analyst

Senior System Security / Cybersecurity Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a cybersecurity SME, providing support for ESS and EKC system assessments.
• Fully versed in the general tenets of the DoD's authorization process, including relevant cybersecurity policies, procedures, and processes.
• Support the DoD cybersecurity process by serving as a SME for ESS and/or EKC systems undergoing authorization.
• Design, develop, and implement cybersecurity measures into systems, delivering comprehensive cybersecurity assessment documentation.
• Understand and apply security controls identified in NIST 800-53 to the process of assessing and authorizing DLA ESS and EKC systems.
• Determine the severity value of identified vulnerabilities and assess their potential impact on the system's current or future authorization status.
• Perform key functions related to security control selection, implementation, and documentation.
• Collaborate closely with the Information Systems Security Manager (ISSM) on complex system details.
• Monitor and control communications at key internal boundaries among subsystems and provide system-wide common controls that meet or exceed the requirements of constituent subsystems.
• Lead the development, integration, and testing processes to deliver and deploy production-ready systems that meet business requirements and project schedules.
• Work closely with product management to translate business requirements into technical solutions, architecture design, level of effort, and project schedule.
• Design architecture and establish best practices to produce efficient and effective system operations while minimizing refactoring and rework.
• Provide support for the Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) process and develop and submit cybersecurity documentation as required.
• Ensure the implementation of DoD STIG compliance for ESS/EKC systems/applications and maintain compliance with required DoD STIGs.
• Support reviews associated with STIGs, cyber assessments, and continuous monitoring activities.

Experience:

• Five (5) years of relevant C&A experience
• MF and NIST C&A experience
• DOD cybersecurity experience

Certifications (one of the following):

• CGRC/CAP
• CASP+ / CCSP
• SSCP
• Security+ / GSEC
• CISM
• CISSO
• FITSP-M
• GCIA
• GCSA
• GCIH
• GSLC
• GICSP
• CISSP-ISSMP
• CISSP

Clearance:

• Must possess a Secret security clearance or have a current National Agency Check with Local Agency Check and Credit Check (NACLC).

OCONUS (various U.S. states)

Part‑time role, day shift Monday – Friday, may be requested to work evenings and weekends. 10‑20% travel.

Regularly required to use hands to handle, feel, touch; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. Stand, walk, sit, climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Regularly required to lift up to 10 pounds. Frequently required to lift up to 25 pounds; up to 50 pounds. Vision requirements include close, distance, peripheral, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Target salary range: $70,000 – $100,000.

Tek Synap does not discriminate against any person because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Employment decisions will be based on merit, qualifications, and abilities.