Principal Information Assurance (SME)

Who we are.Platinum Technologies is a Northern Virginia based integrated solutions firm that specializes in Cybersecurity, Cloud and Digital Services to the Public Sector. Our team solves hard problems and helps our Mission Partners achieve their goals. If you are self-motivated, possess demonstrated learning agility, and are passionate about delivering high-quality work products – we want to hear from you.
We lead with technical expertise, but that is just the tip of the iceberg – the ‘Why’ matters. At Platinum, we don’t hire people to do a job. We provide professional and leadership development to complement our self-motivated domain experts. Our teammates are dot-connecting leaders that operate in a mutually accountable environment to deliver thought leadership, expert technical analysis, and quality execution for our clients. 
You.Platinum Technologies currently has an opportunity for a Senior Information Assurance Analyst to support our Program (DES), a growing program with exciting opportunities to excel in your career. 
In this role, a successful candidate will be able to provide security architecture support and interface across the program as needed. This support includes, but is not limited to, cybersecurity solutions, business development support, helping to create and deliver presentations at both internal and client engagement meetings, and providing technical strategy for solutions, guidance, policy, and implementations.
The successful candidate for this position is a highly motivated individual, with a strong IT security background who excels integrating, operating, and deploying security technology and solutions and interacts well with both internal teams and clients.
What you get to do.•Develop secure privileged access management solutions and architectures for clients.•Evaluate designs and infrastructure against information assurance/security standards and procedures.•Support Authorizing Official (AO) actions by developing and delivering PAM (Privileged Access Management) solutions that include supporting documents and artifacts in accordance with RMF as defined in NIST 800-37 revision 2 and related agency specific RMF requirements•Provide input into an Audit and Accountability Plan containing methods, procedures, and planned reviews for the continuing accreditation and authorization against AU (Audit and Accountability) family controls per NIST SP 800-53 guidance•Provide input to and guide implementation and/or verification and validation of an organizational access control policy and plan reflecting PAM and integrated cybersecurity solutions in compliance with risk-levels defined in the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800-53, rev 4, Access Control family of controls to include auditing annually, at a minimum•Develop integrated solutions, processes, and procedures for evaluating, monitoring, remediating, and/or documenting information system security vulnerabilities IAW DoD Instruction (DoDI) 8510.01 (RMF for DoD IT)•Support integration and implementation of Asset Management, Identity, Access Control Systems/Solutions, Compliance Monitoring and Remediation, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and/or single sign-on (SSO) solutions in addition to other cybersecurity and/or cyber operations tools and solutions IAW DoDI 8520.02, DoDI 8520.03, and other applicable policies and regulations•Review and recommend updates to existing PAM architectures, designs, and/or solutions
Required Skills.•Bachelor’s degree and 12-15 years of related experience. Relevant experience may be substituted for education.•Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)•8+ years hands-on experience designing or implementing PAM solutions, including all related documentation and artifacts•Analytical ability, problem-solving skills, and ability to break down complex problems into actionable steps•Extensive experience in design and development of enterprise PAM architectures. Experience must include a wide range of work in creating diagrams and documentation with all components that comprise IT systems including network topology•Experience selecting effective methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria to achieve desired outcomes.•Understanding of federal cybersecurity guidance such as FISMA NIST SP 800-37 - Guide for Applying the Risk Management Framework to Federal Information Systems: a Security Life Cycle Approach and NIST 800-137 - Information Security Continuous Monitoring (ISCM) for Federal Information Systems and Organizations.•Previous experience developing architectures, strategies, strategic plans, roadmaps, and technical standards for the federal IT enterprise environment.
Preferred Skills.•CyberArk Sentry certified•CyberArk Guardian certified•Other PAM solution certification(s)•Additional certifications demonstrating cybersecurity/technical mastery

 The Company is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, race, color, religious creed, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, sexual orientation/gender identity, age, or genetic information.