Senior Information System Security Officer

Senior Information Systems Security Officer

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a Senior Information Systems Security Officer responsible for safeguarding computer networks and systems to ensure data security, integrity, and confidentiality at the highest standards.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, implements and/or integrates IA and security systems and system components including those for networking, computing, and enclave environments with multiple enclaves and differing data protection/classification requirements.
• Analyzes architecture and system functionality for multiple technologies.
• Contributes to the development and evaluation of attack scenarios.
• Prepares and delivers technical reports and briefings.
• Has a complete understanding of Risk Management Framework and implements the process on program systems/networks.
• Performs or reviews technical security assessments of computing environments to identify vulnerabilities, non-compliance with IA standards and regulations, and recommends mitigation strategies.
• Validates and verifies system security requirements definitions and analysis and establishes system security designs.
• Assists architects and systems developers in identifying and implementing appropriate information security functionality to ensure uniform application security policy and enterprise solutions.
• Supports building security architectures and enforces trusted relations among external systems and architectures.
• Assesses and mitigates system security threats/risks throughout the program life cycle.
• Contributes to security planning, assessment, risk analysis, risk management, certification, and awareness activities for system and networking operations.
• Reviews certification and accreditation (C&A) documentation, providing feedback on completeness and compliance.
• Performs system installation, configuration, maintenance, account maintenance, signature maintenance, patch management, and troubleshooting of operational IA and CND systems.
• Performs limited penetration testing and routine exploit analysis.
• Performs system or network designs encompassing multiple enclaves with differing data protection/classification requirements.
• Recommends system-level solutions to resolve security requirements.
• Supports enforcement of design and implementation of trusted relationships among external systems and architectures.
• Works with application leads, sysadmins, DBAs, developers, and testers to ensure assigned systems are security compliant and achieve/maintain ATO.
• Loads artifacts such as STIG checklists and ACAS scans.
• Helps implement STIG checklists and mitigate scan findings.
• Supports security assessment events and responds to questions from PAT team, ISSMs, and SCA.

Required Qualifications

• Experience loading artifacts such as STIG checklists and ACAS scans.
• Experience helping to implement STIG checklists and mitigate scan findings.
• Experience supporting security assessment events and responding to questions from PAT team, ISSMs, and SCA.
• Experience working with application leads, sysadmins, DBAs, developers, and testers to ensure systems are security compliant and achieve/maintain ATO.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with Xacta.

Required Education and Experience Equivalency

• Bachelor's degree with 14+ years of experience.
• Master's degree with 12+ years of experience.
• PhD with 10+ years of experience.

Required Security Clearance

• Active Top Secret/SCI with CI Polygraph