Information Assurance/Security Engineer Technical Specialist

Responsibilities

As one of the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT providers, we deliver trusted and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. Every day, our 22,000 employees “Do The Can’t Be Done”, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers.

Peraton’s National Programs Business Intelligence Systems & Applications Operating Unit has a need for an experienced ISSO to support its SITE III DO contract charged with the orchestration, sustainment, and evolution of a portfolio of mission critical applications and services supporting a major Directorate within the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC). The SITE III DO contract is designed to establish and ensure a multi-discipline approach to requirements engineering, solutions engineering, scheduling, reliability, resiliency, services development, integration, test and evaluation, maintainability and analysis across the National apparatus of Defense Intelligence, Combatant Commands, supporting Partner Nations and other Federal Agencies to ensure timely and accurate Human Intelligence (HUMINT) collection, correlation and dissemination. Our support team applies best practices in architecture design, data science, cloud services, DevSecOps and platform integration to develop, sustain and continually evolve the global U.S. human intelligence apparatus and supporting partners.

Position description:

  • The candidate will work with the application leads, systems administrators, DBAs, developers and testers to ensure the assigned systems are security compliant and achieve/maintain ATO. This includes following the RMF process for full test, partial test, CONMON and no test.
  • Updating Xacta documentation including SSPs, SCTM, STPs and POAMs.
  • Loading artifacts such as STIG checklists and ACAS scans.
  • Helping to implement STIG checklists and mitigate scan findings.
  • Answering questions to ensure systems are developed with security compliance built in.
  • Supporting security assessment events and responding to all questions from PAT team, ISSMs and SCAs.

Qualifications

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and participation in an attractive bonus plan.

BS 10-12, MS 8-10, Phd 5-7

Required

  • Requires Bachelor’s degree in related field of study with 10 or more years of experience. Additional 4 experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
  • TS/SCI with active polygraph
  • Security+ or other IAT II/III level certification that is currently active
  • At least 3 years of direct experience with and strong working knowledge of FISMA and NIST Information Security Guides.
  • Full time work in a SCIF is required, but hours are flexible

Desired

  • Experience with Xacta.
  • Experience with performing Security Control Assessment in compliance with NIST SP 800- 37, NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-53A, and other NIST 800 guide series
  • Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Experience with risk analysis and assessment determinations incorporating system/mission owner, and unique operational constraints

Peraton Overview

Peraton drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. Every day, our employees do the can’t be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers.

Target Salary Range

$146,000 – $234,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

EEO

An Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Veteran.

Job Category
Software Engineering
Job Type
Full Time/Permanent
Salary
USD 146,000.00 - 234,000.00 per year
Country
United States
City
Herndon
Career Level
unspecified
Company
Peraton
JOB SOURCE
https://careers-peraton.icims.com/jobs/138422/information-assurance-security-engineer-technical-specialist/job