Senior Information Security Specialist

Overview

Edgewater Federal Solutions is seeking a Senior Information Security Specialist to support the efforts of our federal client in reviewing information systems to ensure compliance with security, threats, weaknesses and vulnerabilities. The position requires an active Top Secret Clearance and hybrid work environment (2-3 days onsite per week) performed in Clarksburg, WV. 

Responsibilities

• Review of information systems to ensure that the management, operational, personnel, and technical controls are functioning effectively during all phases of the system lifecycle.
• Identifying and evaluating technical and operational security risks, threats, weaknesses, and vulnerabilities associated with information systems.
• Information system compliance with government standards and industry best practices, including NIST, OWASP, Common Criteria, DISA and SANS Institute.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizen with Active Top Secret Clearance
• Bachelor's degree
• CompTIA Sec+ or equivalent certification is preferred.
• 8+ years of relevant experience within information security or relevant experience.
• Working in Agile development environments.
• Information security practices within the federal and/or state governments.
• Previous hands-on technical experience in networking, system administration and development.
• Utilizing Splunk for audit log review and system alerting.
• Familiarity and experience with Tenable Security Center, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, BigFix, OWASP Zap, BurpSuite, Black Duck, Coverity, Software Risk Manager, Checkov, Trivy, ClamAV, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes, Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo, SharePoint, Telos Xacta, GITLAB, Atlassian JIRA, Atlassian Confluence, SharePoint, Splunk, BigFix, and Tenable Security Center.

About Us:

Edgewater Federal Solutions is a privately held government contracting firm located in Frederick, MD. The company was founded in 2002 with the vision of being highly recognized and admired for supporting customer missions through employee empowerment, exceptional services, and timely delivery. Edgewater Federal Solutions is ISO 9001, 20000-1, 270001 certified, appraised at CMMI Level 3 Maturity for Development and Services, and has been named in the Top Workplaces in the Greater Washington Area Small Companies for 2018 through 2025.

It has been and continues to be the policy of Edgewater Federal Solutions to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, and/or other statuses protected by applicable law. #LI-HH1