Senior ISSE/Penetration Tester

Prodigy One, LLC. is a systems and software engineering services firm providing more than 45 years of service to state and federal customers. By combining unparalleled experience and capabilities, our company provides big data, cloud development, and enterprise management solutions. We are focused on product usability and end user presentation to help our customers make the best decisions possible. Given our length of service in the industry, Prodigy One knows the importance of a competitive salary and benefits package. That's why our total compensation package can be tailored to meet employees personal needs.


A CLEARANCE IS REQUIRED TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE


Clearance Required: Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph
Location: Annapolis Junction, MD



Salary Information:


Compensation and labor categories are defined in accordance with program requirements and government guidelines. Salary within the posted range is determined based on an individual's experience, education, certifications, and overall qualifications, and may be further adjusted based on benefit selections.



Job Description:

• The selected individual will become part of a team of Security Engineers and will develop and lead Security Testing Events by conducting penetration testing, publishing results, and researching penetration testing tools to enhance our overall testing capabilities. The position requires a solid understanding of security practices and policies as well as handson vulnerability testing experience. The selected individual will collaborate with other engineers and technical experts in providing improvements to our operational, test, integration, and development systems. Primary Responsibilities The selected candidate will have a range of daytoday responsibilities across multiple activities, including the following:
• Validating and verifying system security requirements and establishing system security designs for largescale systems, major system elements, and interfacing systems that are part of a large complex network environment with geographically distributed components.
• Identifying and implementing appropriate information security architectures and functionality to ensure uniform application of security policy and enterprise solutions. • Recommending and developing technical solutions, products, and standards based on current and desired system security architecture.
• Assessing and mitigating system security threats and risks throughout the program life cycle.
• Leading and/or contributing to the security planning, assessment, risk analysis, risk management, certification, and awareness activities for various system and networking operations.
• Collaborating with multiple internal technical experts and communicating with Program Managers and customer POCs when necessary regarding security issues of significant importance.
• Working closely with System Engineering, Test Engineering, and Integration teams to ensure that hardware and software architectures and implementations meet security requirements.
• Analyzing and assessing system implementation against multiple security compliance policies and recommending and implementing enhancements.
• Evaluating security solutions to ensure they meet customer specified requirements for processing information.
• Evaluating the impact of new development on the operational security posture of the system.
• Evaluating, reviewing, and testing critical software.
• Proposing, assessing, coordinating, implementing, and enforcing information systems security policies, standards, and methodologies.
• Auditing and assessing system security configuration settings using common methodologies and tools.
• Managing and enforcing security strategies and policies that affect various components of geographically distributed systems.
• Participating in Program Increment Planning and related agile team activities.
• Providing configuration management for securityrelevant information system software.
• Serving as a subject matter expert in security architecture to include providing advice to Program Managers, customer technical experts, and internal program teams.
• Formulating security compliance requirements for new system features.
• Identifying and remediating security issues throughout the system.
• Supporting risk assessment, risk management, security control assessment, continuous monitoring, service design, and other IA program support functions.
• Working with development teams to enrich teamwide understanding of different types of vulnerabilities, attack vectors and remediation approaches.
• Planning and conducting security verification testing of relevant type 1 devices. Performing internal and external pen tests against systems to determine vulnerabilities and develop mitigation strategies. Performing web app pen tests. Performing vulnerability risk assessments. Performing physical pen tests and security engineering analysis and assessing the vulnerabilities/solutions for the pen testing.

Basic Qualifications:

• At least 10 years of relevant experience with both ISSE and Penetration Testing, not just one or the other.
• Must have extensive, demonstrated knowledge of and experience with common security tools, such as Nessus, NMAP and Wireshark hardware/software security implementation, communication protocol, encryption techniques/tools, and web services.
• Must have indepth understanding and extensive experience with security practices and policies and handson vulnerability testing using Tenable Nessus scanning products and/or nmap (Network Mapper).
• Must have experience with Defense in Depth Principals/technology, including access control, authorization, identification and authentication, public key infrastructure, network and enterprise security architecture, and applying risk assessment methodology to system development.
• Must have experience applying Risk Management Framework.
• Must have experience formulating and assessing IT security policy.
• Must have experience with secure configurations of commonly used desktop and server operating systems.
• Must have experience with penetration testing tools.
• Must have experience developing and implementing integrated security services management processes, such as assessing and auditing network penetration testing, antivirus planning assistance, risk analysis, and incident response.
• Must have experience providing information assurance support for application development that includes system security certifications and project evaluations for firewalls that encompass system development, design, and implementation. Must be comfortable working on multiple systems and components simultaneously in various configurations. Must be able to effectively plan and prioritize tasking and communicate clearly regarding technical options and tradeoffs. Must be capable of performing high quality work both independently and with a team in a fastmoving environment. Must have strong verbal and written communications skills. Must be committed to adopting and adhering to best practices.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or master's degree in Computer Science, Information Assurance, Information Security System Engineering, or a related discipline.
• DoD 8570 compliance with IASAE Level 2 or 3.
• Information Systems Security Engineering Professional (ISSEP) Certification and/or Computer Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Certification
• Experience with scripting languages.
• Candidates with certifications in the following areas are strongly preferred: GIAC Web Applications Penetration Tester (GWAPT) GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN) Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Certified Web Application Defender (GWEB) Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) Education Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree or master's degree in Computer Science, Information Assurance, Information Security System Engineering, or a related discipline.
• DoD 8570 compliance with IASAE Level 2 or 3.
• Information Systems Security Engineering Professional (ISSEP) Certification and/or Computer Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Certification
• Experience with scripting languages.
• Candidates with certifications in the following areas are strongly preferred: GIAC Web Applications Penetration Tester (GWAPT) GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN) Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Certified Web Application Defender (GWEB) Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP)Education

Benefits:

• 10% Employer Contribution to 401K; Immediately Vested
• 5 Weeks Paid Time Off (PTO) up to 7 weeks
• Access to Premium Healthcare/Dental/Vision Available
• $2500+ Training Paid
• Referral Company Profit Sharing

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.