Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE)

Job Location: Arlington, Virginia

Clearance Required: Active Top Secret/SCI Clearance

Years of Experience: 10

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Electric Engineering or equivalent work experience in IT Product Development or Engineering

General:

• CISSP, CCNA, FISMA, NIST 800-47 Risk Management Framework or Security Test and Evaluation
• CISSP-ISSEP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional – Information System Security Engineering Professional)
• One of the following in good standing: Microsoft, Linux, CCNA/CCNP/CCIE, Security Event Management, Security Advisor (CEH, CISA, GSNA) or PMP
• Direct experience with Information Assurance Technical Framework (IATF) Version 3.1, Systems Security Engineering Capability Maturity Model (SSE-CMM) Version 3.0, Common Criteria (ISO 27001), Security Enterprise Architect or Security Test and Evaluation
• Prefer Previous experience serving as federal government ISSE or Lead Systems Engineer (LSE)
• Active TS/SCI clearance required

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Duties:

• Implement higher-level security requirements such as those resulting from laws, regulations, or Presidential directives.
• Integrates security design principles across disciplines and the Systems Engineering Life Cycle (SELC).
• Discovers information protection needs and documents information protection policies.
• Reviews proposed new systems, networks, and software designs for potential security risks.
• Leads security related product selection and implementation activities.
• Defines the scope and level of detail for security plans and policies applicable to the system.
• Institutes measures to ensure security awareness and compliance.
• Identifies need for change based on new security technologies or threats.
• Analyzes change requests to the system security posture impact.
• Reviews and evaluates security incident response policies. Manages security incident procedures.
• Develops and implements long-range plans for IT security systems that anticipate, identify, evaluate, and mitigate, and minimize risks associated with IT systems vulnerabilities.

Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Electric Engineering or equivalent work experience in IT Product Development or Engineering

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