Description

Are you seeking a new and challenging position supporting a complex Program for the Warfighter? Well, look no further! This is an exciting time to contribute to a mission-critical program with lasting impactful results. Provides support for a program, organization, system, or enclave’s information assurance program. Provides support for proposing, coordinating, implementing, and enforcing information systems security policies, standards, and methodologies. Maintains operational security posture for an information system or program to ensure information systems security policies, standards, and procedures are established and followed. Assists with the management of security aspects of the information system and performs day-to-day security operations of the system. Evaluate security solutions to ensure they meet security requirements for processing classified information. Performs vulnerability/risk assessment analysis to support certification and accreditation. Provides configuration management (CM) for information system security software, hardware, and firmware. Manages changes to system and assesses the security impact of those changes. Prepares and reviews documentation to include System Security Plans (SSPs), Risk Assessment Reports, Certification and Accreditation (C&A) packages, and System Requirements Traceability Matrices (SRTMs). Supports security authorization activities in compliance with National Institute of Standards and Technology Risk Management Framework (NIST RMF).

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide support to senior ISSOs for implementing, and enforcing information systems security

• policies, standards, and methodologies

• Assist with preparation and maintenance of documentation

• Assist in the evaluation of security solutions to ensure they meet security requirements for

• processing classified information

• Assist with the CM for information system security software, hardware, and firmware

• Maintain records on workstations, servers, routers, firewalls, intelligent hubs, network

• switches, etc. to include system upgrades

• Propose, coordinate, implement, and enforce information systems security policies, standards,

• and methodologies

• Develop and maintain documentation for C&A in accordance with ODNI and DoD policies

• Provide CM for security-relevant information system software, hardware, and firmware

• Develop system security policy and ensures compliance

• Evaluate security solutions to ensure they meet security requirements for processing classified

• information

• Maintain operational security posture for an information system or program

• Provide support to the Information System Security Manager (ISSM) for maintaining the

• appropriate operational IA posture for a system, program, or enclave

• Develop and update the system security plan and other IA documentation

• Assist with the management of security aspects of the information system and perform day-today security operations of the system

• Administer the user identification and authentication mechanism of the Information System (IS)

• Obtain C&A for ISs under their purview

• Provide support for a program, organization, system, or enclave’s information assurance

• program

• Plan and coordinate the IT security programs and policies

• Manage and control changes to the system and assessing the security impact of those changes

• Serve as the Approval Authority for ISs under their control

Clearance Requirement: Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph

Basic Qualifications

• Ten (10) years’ experience as an ISSO on programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required.

• Experience is to include at least two (2) of the following areas: knowledge of current security tools, hardware/software security implementation; communication protocols; and encryption techniques/tools

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Four (4) years of additional experience as an ISSO may be substituted for a Bachelor’s Degree

Preferred Qualifications

AWS Experience

CSSRC

CONMD

Original Posting Date:

2024-08-05

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $101,400.00 - $183,300.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

REQNUMBER: R-00141031

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Leidos will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in accordance with relevant Laws. Leidos is an equal opportunity employer/disability/vet.