ISSO with Security Clearance

Position: ISSO
Location: Pentagon
Duration: Long Term Contract
Clearance: TS/SCI Clearance Pay Rate: $75.00-$85.00/hr Certification: 8570 baseline certification for IAT II (one of the following: GSEC, Security+, SCNP and SSCP certifications) Primary Responsibilities
Must be able to work in a constantly changing regulatory environment with short, mid, and long term timelines for remediating any non-compliance
Must be able to work well within a team environment and able to adapt quickly to change
Identify key stakeholders in A&A efforts and ensure system documentation reflects current system security configurations to include hardware and software components, data flow, interconnections, and ports, protocols, and services, etc.
Maintain cybersecurity procedures and processes as assigned
Able to analyze, interpret, and apply Federal cybersecurity guidance to customer needs
Communicate the security posture of systems through designated reporting mechanism
Assist in preparation and review documentation to include System Security Plans (SSPs), Risk Assessment Reports (RAR), and other Assessment & Authorization (A&A) artifacts
Assist in the research and address information security issues as required, and develop and maintain the Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) and support remediation activities
Develop and advise development of Assessment and Authorization (A&A) artifacts and security documentation to include, but not limited to System Security Plans (SSP), Plan of Action and Milestone (POAM), Contingency Plan, Incident Response Plan, Configuration Management Plan
Assist with pre-assessment preparation
Perform Risk Management Framework (RMF) activities to achieve Authority to Operate (ATO).
Perform continuous monitoring of security controls to ensure that they are implemented correctly, operating as intended, and producing the desired outcome with respect to meeting the cybersecurity requirements for assigned IT systems.
Advise system owners on all matters, technical and otherwise, involving the security of assigned IT systems.
Strong verbal and written skills required providing management status reports and document system changes.
Analyze problems and provide focused solutions to effectively communicate information to various audiences verbally and through written communications. Required Skills:
3-5 years of Cyber Security experience
2 Years of IT experience (Networking/System Administration)
Bachelor Degree or equivalent work experience and certifications
Familiarity with SIPRNet environment
Conduct thorough reviews of all vulnerabilities, architecture, and defense in depth strategies and report findings in POA&Ms document to Lead
Past or current ISSM/ISSO experience
Familiar with NIST publications, specifically RMF and NIST controls
Experience developing A&A documentation from scratch and performing assessments; RMF step 1 through 4