Company: GD Information Technology, Inc.
Role: Information Systems Security Officer — TS/SCI with Polygraph
Clearance
TS/SCI with active polygraph required. US Citizenship required.
Location & Schedule
- Onsite in McLean, VA
- Scheduled weekly hours: 40
- Travel required: Less than 10%
- Telecommuting options: Onsite
Position Summary
Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as an Information Systems Security Officer supporting customer activities. You will join a program security team and provide expert-level knowledge and execution of the Risk Management Framework (RMF) to support NIST SP 800-53 HHM systems through the Assessment & Authorization (A&A) process. Work is onsite in McLean, VA.
Key Responsibilities
- Construct thorough security documentation, including System Security Plans (SSPs), Plans of Action & Milestones (POA&Ms), and other artifacts to build a Body of Evidence (BOE) for sponsor approval.
- Identify security controls and partner with engineering, development, and testing staff to develop test plans and procedures.
- Coordinate security testing exercises with external assessment teams and technical staff.
- Implement security audit reviews to verify collection and review of audit records.
- Configure and support various AWS services to protect the security posture of the system.
- Translate understanding of systems and applications into security test plans and perform hands-on security testing.
- Analyze test results, suggest mitigations, and communicate vulnerability results and risk posture to senior executives.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a closely related discipline.
- 8+ years of related experience.
- Demonstrated strong technical skills and analytic abilities, system security analysis, and risk management.
- Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
Preferred Technical Skills & Experience
- Security in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment; configuration/support of AWS services.
- Knowledge of risk management methodologies.
- System configuration, development, and design around enterprise systems and hypervisors.
- Experience with Linux and virtual platforms.
- Documented working experience with public and private information security groups and organizations.
- Experience communicating vulnerability results and risk posture to senior leadership.
Preferred Certifications
- CompTIA Security+
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
- Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
- Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CCP)
- Microsoft Azure certifications
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP) certifications
Compensation
The likely salary range for this position is $158,626 - $214,611. This is not a guarantee of compensation; actual salary will be set based on experience, geographic location, and contractual requirements and could fall outside this range.
Benefits
GDIT offers a comprehensive Total Rewards package including:
- 401(k) with company match
- Comprehensive health and wellness packages
- Paid education and certifications
- Paid vacation and holidays
- Short and long-term disability, life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance
- Additional insurance options
- Various paid time off plans including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave
- Flex work weeks where possible
About the Role / Organization
We provide a consummate cybersecurity risk management "as a service" platform across multiple fabrics and centers and are looking for an ISSO to help ensure operational IT capabilities provide the necessary timeliness, accuracy, and security of information. Join our team and contribute to delivering premier cybersecurity services to the customer.
