ISSO Specialist
On-site · Lexington, Massachusetts, United States
Job Summary
ISSO Specialist to support a premier defense research program. Responsibilities include compliance activities, policy and regulation adherence, risk assessment remediation, vulnerability scanning, and development/maintenance of System Security Plans (SSP) and Plan of Action & Milestones (POA&M). Lead IT security priorities to align with security strategy; provide incident reports, findings, and situational awareness to key stakeholders; assist ISSE/ISSM in creating and maintaining RMF artifacts; ensure systems are operated and disposed of per security policies. Requires U.S. citizenship and a Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility (CI polygraph may be required). Onsite at Lexington, MA; 100% onsite with flexible scheduling. Nice-to-have: Bachelor's degree and Security+ (8570) minimum; HBSS/NIST SP 800-171 familiarity. PTO, tuition reimbursement, 401K, and other benefits available.
Required Qualifications
- 4 years - System Auditing
- Certification: Current DoD 8570 IAT Level II Certification (GSEC, Security+ CE, SSCP, CCNA-Security)
- 4 years - Regulatory & Compliance
- 4 years - Government Policy/Regulations
- 4 years - STIGs/SCAP
- 4 years - Assessing Security Controls (CS105.16)
- 4 years - Assessment and Authorization
- 4 years - Authorizing Systems (CS106.16)
- 4 years - Categorization of the System (CS102.16)
- 4 years - Continuous Monitoring (CS200.16)
- 4 years - Implementation of Controls (CS104.16)
- 4 years - Monitoring Security Controls (CS107.16)
- 4 years - NIST 800-53
- 4 years - NIST SP 800-37
- 4 years - RMF
- 4 years - Selecting Security Controls (CS103.16)
- 4 years - Risk Management Framework (RMF)
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