Information Systems Security Engineer

Adventure Technology Services is a small IT contractor headquartered in Hanover, MD that provides high level solutions to Federal Government customers and are always looking for high-quality professionals to join our team. 

https://www.adventuretech.us/career-opportunities

Position Title: Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE)

Required Clearance: TS/SCI with Polygraph

Location: Annapolis Junction
 
Description:

• Perform, or review, technical security assessments of computing environments to identify points of vulnerability, non-compliance with established Information Assurance (IA) standards and regulations, and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Validates and verifies system security requirements definitions and analysis and establishes system security designs.
• Designs, develops, implements and/or integrates IA and security systems and system components including those for networking, computing, and enclave environments to include those with multiple enclaves and with differing data protection/classification requirements.
• Builds IA into systems deployed to operational environments. 
• Assists architects and systems developers in the identification and implementation of appropriate information security functionality to ensure uniform application of Agency security policy and enterprise solutions.
• Supports the building of security architectures. Enforce the design and implementation of trusted relations among external systems and architectures. Assesses and mitigates system security threats/risks throughout the program life cycle.
• Contributes to the security planning, assessment, risk analysis, risk management, certification and awareness activities for system and networking operations.
• Reviews certification and accreditation (C&A) documentation, providing feedback on completeness and compliance of its content.
• Applies system security engineering expertise in one or more of the following to : system security design process; engineering life cycle; information domain; cross domain solutions; commercial off the-shelf and government off-the-shelf cryptography; identification; authentication; and authorization; system integration; risk management; intrusion detection; contingency planning; incident handling; configuration control; change management; auditing; certification and accreditation process; principles of IA (confidentiality, integrity, non-repudiation, availability, and access control); and security testing.
• Support security authorization activities in compliance with NSA/CSS Information System Certification and Accreditation Process (NISCAP) and DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF), the NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF) process, and prescribed NSA/CSS business processes for security engineering.

Education & Related Experience:

Seven (7) years experience as an ISSE on programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Assurance, Information Security System Engineering, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Four (4) years of ISSE experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
DoD 8570 compliance with IASAE Level 2
Active TS/SCI security clearance with current polygraph is required

Salary Range: $160k - $187k

Salary ranges are determined by multiple factors, including but not limited to:

Knowledge, skills, & abilities                         Years of experience

Education/Certifications                                Program placement

Duties & responsibilities                                Internal equity 

More detailed information will be provided once those factors are known and addressed.

OVERTIME STATEMENT:

40 hours is the standard workweek. Some programs may allow additional hours to be worked as needed. A limited number of programs have on-call requirements where compensation is provided for being engaged to wait. In all circumstances, technical employees will be paid for all time worked.

BONUS STATEMENT:
All billable employees are eligible to earn quarterly bonuses that are based on the number of hours worked for that period. This hourly requirement is roughly 92% of hours available to bill in a given quarter. Quarterly Hours Bonuses are paid out on the same payroll as the time worked in that prior quarter (typically 21 days after the quarter ends.)

Adventure offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

Health, Dental, and Vision coverage

401(k) with 8% matching

Adventure-paid Life, Short-, and Long-Term Disability insurances

Generous PTO, Holiday, and Emergency Leave

Professional development & tuition And much more! For a full list of benefits and additional details, click here. https://adventuretech.us/benefits