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Convirgence

Cyber Security Engineer

Convirgence, Herndon, Virginia, United States, 22070

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Cyber Security Engineer

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Responsibilities

Provide expert-level security support/guidance to engineering and technical IT activities.

Provide day-to-day support and oversight of Information Assurance, Certification & Accreditation (C&A) and Assessment & Authorization (A&A) activities.

Manage the processing of all organizational efforts through the risk-management cycle; coordinate and track risks, accreditation status, and reporting across project teams.

Generate security plans as required and act as the security advocate for all system/architecture changes.

Assemble and submit C&A packages to Principal Accreditation Authority/Designated Accreditation Authority.

Coordinate C&A actions and system testing with appropriate security personnel.

Maintain a document repository for C&A project documentation.

Qualifications Required Skills

Candidate shall possess a minimum of eleven (11) years of experience in IT security and information assurance.

Working knowledge of Intelligence Community Information Assurance policies and regulations and how they relate to the certification and accreditation process.

Experience authoring and maintaining systems security documentation including documentation of security mitigations and successful completion of DCID 6/3 or ICD503 accreditation process.

Demonstrated experience navigating the Sponsor's security and accreditation process to include certification and accreditation of an IT system to Authority to Operate (ATO).

Candidate shall possess knowledge and experience in generating appropriate security documentation to receive proper accreditation from Directorate security personnel and correcting security shortfalls as they are identified through Agency sponsored reviews.

Strong technical skills and analytic ability.

Good communications skills, written and oral.

Desired Skills

PMP Certification

Knowledge of Customer PMF process

Knowledge of FISMA, DCID 6/3, ICD 503 Standards

IT development lifecycle

Knowledge of Customer organization and processes specific to security requirements for IT systems and accreditation/certification.

Experience in an ISSO /ISSE / ISSM role.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Information Technology

Industries

IT Services and IT Consulting

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