Information System Security Officer (ISSO)
McLean, Virginia; Springfield, VA; Reston, VA; Columbia, MD; or National Harbor, MD
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Job Description:
AFS National Security Portfolio is seeking a Mid-Level Information System Security Officer who’s self-motivated, critical thinking and can complete assigned tasks with minimum supervision. Assist with Development and oversight of operational Information Systems (IS) security implementation policy and guidelines while providing technical and procedural IS security suggestions to government and engineering teams.
This candidate will assist with providing resolution for an Authorization to Operate (ATO), and continuous Ongoing Authorization (AO), Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP), Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) compliance, and Risk Management Framework (RMF) for systems that utilizes hybrid cloud solutions to accomplish the task(s) defined by our client.
Additionally, this candidate will assist with establishing processes used to institute a development (Dev) security (Sec), and operations (Ops) environment as we develop a continuous integration – continuous delivery CI/CD pipeline to reduce our time to production and increase our deployment frequency as we integrate with other systems.
Basic Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience in IT, cyber security, and/or CNO software development or security research
- Bachelors’ degree with 5 years’ experience or 8 years’ work experience equivalent
- 5+ years network experience (including 1+ years of cloud experience) in large-scale global environment
- Ability to communicate security solutions with development/engineering team
- Experience with RMF workflow tools such as XACTA or eMASS
- Experience controlling, labeling, virus scanning, using auditing tools, and secure data transfer between information systems.
- Experience with reviewing system and audit logs
- Experience using databases or spreadsheets to develop/maintain Plans of Action & Milestone (POA&Ms)
- Excellent writing and communication skills
- Demonstrated knowledge working with Linux command line
- Active DoD 8570 Information Assurance (IAM) Level I, (IAT) level II Certification or Higher
- Demonstrated knowledge and use of the NIST Risk Management Framework Processes
- Experience working with government security clearance requirements
Desired Skills:
- Experience in SCI and Collateral Information Systems Security
- Nessus, Tenable or Retina scanning experience
- Experience securing Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and other cloud technologies
- Experience with network monitoring technologies: Network-based Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems.
- Experience with NIST security control implementation on-premise based systems and cloud based systems
- Self-starter ability to switch directions and multi-task
- Understanding of how RMF in incorporated in an Agile Development Environment
Security Clearance:
- An active TS/SCI clearance and willingness to sit for a polygraph is required to start
- An active Polygraph is preferred
Eligibility Requirements
US Citizenship required.
Important information
Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with Accenture Federal Services
Accenture Federal Services is an EEO and Affirmative Action Employer of Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.An active security clearance or the ability to obtain one may be required for this role. Accenture Federal Services is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women. Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.
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Tags: Agile Audits AWS Azure C CI/CD Clearance Cloud Compliance DoD DoDD 8570 FedRAMP IAM Intrusion detection Linux Monitoring Nessus NIST Polygraph Risk management Security Clearance TS/SCI
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