Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE)

About the job

Required: An active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph

DoD 8570/8140 IAT level 2 or greater cybersecurity certification (i.e. Security+ , CISSP)

Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE):

DPG Solutions has an immediate career-growth opportunity for a collaborative and highly skilled Information Systems Security Engineer. The ISSE will join our ISA program engineering team in Aurora, CO, supporting a high priority 24x7 operational system. The ISSE performs core activities to include providing certified services and support for Information Assurance/Program Protection efforts for compliance with governing DoD Cybersecurity directives. This position will support activities of the program to target, assess, and report risks and vulnerabilities of Intelligence Community organization systems in order to provide senior decision makers with actionable data to make strategic decisions. The ISSE shall perform, or review, technical security assessments of computing environments to identify points of vulnerability and non-compliance with established Information Assurance (IA) standards, regulations and recommend mitigation strategies. This position is responsible for the maintenance and administration of multiple domains, including a 24/7 operational system and a test environments. Must be willing to occasionally provide after­ hour support to the 24/7 operational system.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Implement Information Assurance (IA) processes, provide guidance, and develop documentation throughout the system development life-cycle via the RMF resource in ServiceNOW.

• Develop, implement, and document formal security policies and System Security Plans (SSP) throughout the program and monitor compliance to these policies during all phases of the Risk Management Framework (RMF) process.

• Utilize Enterprise Security Services to provide analysis of vulnerabilities and compliance risks in ACAS, Enterprise IT audit logs in Splunk, and McAfee Host-Based Security Services (HBSS).

• Monitor Heat Map Score matrix and evaluate cyber risk data, keeping the score at acceptable risk levels for the security categorization of the asset(s) and their Risk Evaluation Lanes (REL).

• Care for and deliver system authorization and accreditation packages, for an asset that supports 24x7 operations across geographically separated data centers.

• Review and make recommendations on program-level documentation (e.g., requirements specification, system architecture, design documents, test plans, security plans, etc.).

• Assess/calculate risk based on threats, vulnerabilities, and shortfalls uncovered in routine analyzation of Continuous Monitoring (ConMon) controls and provide those results as Body of Evidence (BoE) to be evaluated in 7, 30, 90 and 365 day increments as the control metrics require.

• Direct activities desired to remediate system-level information security weaknesses tracked via the POA&M process. Document the elements of the plans, milestones for correcting the weaknesses, and scheduled completion dates for the milestones, periodically reporting remediation progress as necessary.

• Brief guidance, as needed, on the status of action items and/or results of activities affecting the security posture of the program.

• Able to collaborate and communicate effectively with other system engineers, system administrators, software developers, and information assurance professionals.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 4-6 years' related experience in Cybersecurity, Systems or Software Engineering, for the government or government contractor, if other than IC position.

• A Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Information Systems Security, Cybersecurity, or related field.

• DoD 8570/8140 IAT level 2 or greater cybersecurity certification per DoD 8570/8140

• Experience in security systems engineering involving Linux operation systems and application solutions in both stand-alone and LAN/WAN configurations.

• Must be a US Citizen with current/active TS/SCI with polygraph.

Required Skills:

• Experience developing Security Authorization Requirements, performing vulnerability assessments, and implementing threat mitigation updates on embedded systems and products.

• Experience configuring and hardening COTS/FOSS components with STIGs.

• Continuous Monitoring and Network monitoring experience.

• Experience with product development including architecture, requirements, design, integration and testing.

• Experience with compliance implementation of security requirements (i.e. Risk Management Framework and other A&A processes).

• Experience participating in technical reviews with both external and internal customers.

• Coordinate with ISSO/ISSM to update POA&M and reflect open vulnerabilities associated with servers and workstations, develop remediation plans to include milestone completion dates and status updates, and include mitigation process for closed vulnerabilities.

• Participate in Configuration Control Board (CCB).

Desired Skills:

• Experience implementing DISA Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs).

• Experience onboarding assets to centrally managed Enterprise solutions.

• Experience conducting risk analysis on products and system components through review of CVEs, plugins, IAVAs.

• Experience in conducting software due diligence with COTS/GOTS and proprietary solutions.

• Positive, self-motivated individual who can complete tasks independently.

• Experience with any form of containerization, Docker, Podman, or Kubernetes.

• Experience working in Systems Engineering on complex embedded systems.

Required Education (including Major):

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, or related Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) degree program.

• 8 years’ experience in lieu of formal degree.

Location: Aurora, CO

Benefits at a glance:

Competitive Salary
Company Funded/Immediately vested 25% 401k Profit Sharing Plan
All Benefits and Premiums paid by company and with company HSA contribution
Quarterly Equity Share Bonuses
250 hours of Leave Annually
2 x Company Sponsored Annual Events for the employees and their families
Education Benefits
120k-145k$ base pay