Junior ISSO

Tyto Athene, LLC

1d•$85,000 - $105,000

About The Position

Tyto Athene has an exciting opportunity for a Junior ISSO to join our team at one of our largest clients. The candidate will ensure that security requirements for information systems meet FISMA requirements. Responsibilities: Develop and update security authorization packages in accordance with the client’s requirement and compliant with FISMA. Core documents that the candidate will be responsible for are the System Security Plan, Risk Assessment Report, Security Assessment Plan and Report, Contingency Plan, Incident Response Plan, Standard Operating Procedures, Plan of Actions and Milestones, Remediation Plans, Configuration Management Plan, etc. Develop and maintain the Plan of Action and Milestones and support remediation activities. Validate protective measures for physical security are in place to support the systems security requirements. Maintaining an inventory of hardware and software for the information system. Developing, coordinating, testing, and training on Contingency Plans and Incident Response Plans. Perform risk analyses to determine cost-effective and essential safeguards. Support Incident Response and Contingency activities. Able to perform security control assessment in using NIST 800-53A guidance. Review scan reports of the application, network, and database. Provide continuous monitoring to enforce client security policy and procedures and create processes that will provide oversight into the following activities for the system owner. Coordinate with multiple stakeholders to complete mandatory agency data calls in a timely manner. The ISSO should be intimately familiar with some aspects of the following: Federal Government Information Assurance policies and regulations to include OMB requirements, FISMA, and NIST 800 series. OMB A-123 circular; OMB A-130 circular; FIPS 140, 199, 200, 201; NIST SP 800-18, 37 Revision 1, 39, 53 Revisions 3 and 4, 53A Revision 1, 60 Volumes 1 and 2, 800-64 Revision 2, 137, 144, 147; CNSS 1253 and risk management methodologies. Networks, network protocols, routers, and switches and how they interact with automated vulnerability assessment tools, open-source vulnerability assessment tools and techniques used for evaluating security controls on Windows, Linux, and Unix operating systems, networking devices, databases and web servers. Reviewing results from automated vulnerability and risk assessment tools such as Qualys (preferred) orNessus,. Unix/Linux, Windows, and Macintosh. Network Security Architecture.

Requirements

Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in functional responsibility
Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree
Thorough understanding and knowledge of FISMA and SA&A process
Experience with NIST publications, OMB circulars, and memoranda, and CNSS publications and their requirements and impact on system security
Proficiency in writing technical analysis reports
Strong written and oral communication skills
Critical thinking
Strategy development
Balancing security requirements with mission needs
Good judgment and business acumen
Relationship management
Project management (ability to track detailed tasks and ensure timely delivery)
Ability to work quickly, efficiently, and accurately in a dynamic and fluid environment
US Citizen with Public Trust eligibility

Nice To Haves

Preferred certifications: CRISC, CAP, Sec+ or equivalent
Understanding and experience with ServiceNow GRC/CAMs
Fedramp and Cloud (Azure, AWS) experience
Experience with vulnerability assessments tools such as Nessus, Qualys and BigFix
Experience in administrating BSD/UNIX, Windows, Windows NT, LINUX, or open systems-compliant systems

Responsibilities

Develop and update security authorization packages in accordance with the client’s requirement and compliant with FISMA.
Develop and maintain the Plan of Action and Milestones and support remediation activities.
Validate protective measures for physical security are in place to support the systems security requirements.
Maintaining an inventory of hardware and software for the information system.
Developing, coordinating, testing, and training on Contingency Plans and Incident Response Plans.
Perform risk analyses to determine cost-effective and essential safeguards.
Support Incident Response and Contingency activities.
Able to perform security control assessment in using NIST 800-53A guidance.
Review scan reports of the application, network, and database.
Provide continuous monitoring to enforce client security policy and procedures and create processes that will provide oversight into the following activities for the system owner.
Coordinate with multiple stakeholders to complete mandatory agency data calls in a timely manner.