Information System Security Officer

Why AIS?

When you join AIS, you’re joining a mission-driven team that’s passionate about making a difference. You’ll work on projects that matter, alongside industry-leading experts, in an environment that fosters innovation, driving client success, and empowering our team to make a lasting impact. As an employee-owned company, we value collaboration, inclusivity, continuous growth, and shared success.

Employee Ownership :
Your contributions directly impact the company’s success, and you share in its achievements.

Continuous Learning :
Access to resources, training, and mentorship to support your professional growth.

Inclusive Culture : A workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone’s voice is valued.

Mission-Driven Work :
Engage in projects that make a meaningful difference for our clients and communities.

What are we looking for?

At AIS, we're looking for more than just skills - we're looking for driven individuals who are passionate about making a difference, eager to grow, and aligned with our core principles.

What you will be doing?

This position is contingent upon contract award. We are currently pursuing a proposal and are seeking qualified candidates to include in our submission and identify candidates for future hiring needs on the program once awarded.

At AIS, we are dedicated to providing our employees with diverse opportunities to grow their careers while supporting a variety of impactful projects. For this position, we are seeking a talented individual to join AIS as a Lead Security Engineer.

Core Knowledge &

Skills:

Develops strategic security plans, applies advanced cryptography, manages security programs, and designs secure cloud architectures.

Work & Complexity:
Leads strategic projects, integrates security into business processes, develops risk management strategies, and ensures compliance.

Quality & Independence:
Delivers strategic projects, develops innovative solutions, maintains high standards, and ensures stakeholder satisfaction.

Teamwork & Communication:
Leads and mentors teams, aligns efforts with organizational goals, manages performance, and develops training programs.

Consulting & Engagement:
Provides high-level consulting, leads innovation initiatives, develops technology roadmaps, and manages vendor contracts.

As your initial project assignment, you will support the unique needs of our client as a Information System Security Officer.

Position Summary The Information System Security Officer (ISSO) is responsible for executing security compliance activities across assigned systems, ensuring adherence to RMF requirements, and supporting authorization efforts. This role requires independent execution of security control assessments, system documentation, and continuous monitoring activities.

This is a proposal-based position; employment is contingent upon contract award and funding availability.

Key Responsibilities Perform documentation, testing, and ongoing assessment of security controls

Ensure complete system scoping, including all assets, components, and technology stacks

Clearly document and articulate control implementation in SSPs and related artifacts

Lead activities supporting system ATOs and reauthorizations

Ensure proper system lifecycle management, including decommissioning activities

Maintain consistent and compliant continuous monitoring practices

Coordinate with ISSMs, engineers, and system owners to resolve security findings

Required Qualifications Minimum 9+ years of work experience in computer science or cybersecurity related field.

Minimum 7+ years of ISSO or ISS Engineer experience in a cleared environment

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, IT, or related field. An additional 4 years of experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.

DoD 8570/IAT Level III certification or equivalent (e.g. Security+)Hands-on experience with tools such as:

Tenable Nessus / Security Center

SplunkIBM GuardiumHP WebInspectNMAP or similar tools

Strong understanding of:

RMF (Risk Management Framework)
NIST 800-53 security controls

System accreditation processes

Active Top Secret clearance.

Preferred Qualifications Experience supporting multiple systems through the ATO…