Job Title: System Engineer (Information System Security Officer) Level 6

Client Job ID: 8361-TKO

Location: Maryland (FANX)

Contract: TKO

Clearance: TS/SCI w/Poly

Salary Range: $225,000 - $235,000 yearly

 

 

 

 

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TKO is seeking a Principle Systems Engineer with experience as a ISSO for a high priority and highly visible malware project. The individual will support a highly driven team of other engineers in sustaining and developing new tools and capabilities for this project. The position will provide a challenging dynamic environment that directly supports new mission capability. The ISSO will be the primary security steward for one or more mission critical information systems. The ISSO is responsible for ensuring that all assigned systems remain compliant with applicable federal, DoD, and agency security requirements throughout their lifecycle. This role will develop, maintain, and assess security documentation, coordinate certification & accreditation activities, and serve as the key liaison between system owners, senior government officials, and technical teams.

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Responsibilities:

​The Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) shall provide support for a program, organization, system, or enclave’s information assurance program. The ISSO provides support for proposing, coordinating, implementing, and enforcing information
systems security policies, standards, and methodologies. Maintains operational security posture for an information system or program to ensure information systems security policies, standards, and procedures are established and followed. Assists with the
management of security aspects of the information system and performs day-to-day security operations of the system. Evaluate security solutions to ensure the y meet security requirements for processing classified information. Performs vulnerability/risk assessment
analysis to support certification and accreditation. Provides confirmation management (CM) for information system security software, hardware, and firmware. Manages changes to system and assesses the security impact of those changes. Prepares and reviews
documentation to include System Security Plans (SSPs), Risk Assessment Reports, Certification and Accreditation (C&A) packages, and System Requirements Traceability Matrices (SRTMs). Supports security authorization activities in compliance with National Institute of Standards and Technology Risk Management Framework (NIST RMF).

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Required Skills:

• Experience creating, updating and maintaining SSPs

• Experience with compliance and certifying a system

• Experience providing support to SSP re-accreditation

• Ability to provide STE/STN compliance support

• DoD 8570 compliance with Information Assurance Management (IAM) Level 1 or higher is required.

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Desired Skills

• N/A

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YOE Requirement:

• A Bachelor’s degree in a Qualified Engineering Field (See Note 1) or a related discipline (See Note 2) from an accredited college or university plus twenty (20) years of systems engineering experience

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• A High School Diploma or GED plus twenty- four (24) years of general systems engineering experience (any Process Area).

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• A Master’s degree in a Qualified Engineering Field (See Note 1) or a related discipline (See Note 2) from an accredited college or university plus eighteen (18) years of systems engineering experience

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• (U) A PhD in a Qualified Engineering Field (See Note 1) or a related discipline (See Note 2) from an accredited college or university plus eighteen (18) years of systems engineering experience.

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* Note 1 – Examples of Qualified engineering fields include: Aeronautics, Biomedical, Chemical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Environmental, Mechanical, Nuclear, Software, Systems, and Engineering Management.

** Note 2 - Examples of related disciplines include: Chemistry, Computer Science,
Information Systems, Mathematics, and Physics..