[Hiring] Cybersecurity Assessment and Authorization Specialist @INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIES INC

Role Description

We are currently seeking a Cybersecurity Assessment and Authorization Specialist to work for our company.

• Client Agency is Defense Logistics Agency.
• Serves as a cybersecurity Subject Matter Expert (SME) with regards to Assessment and Authorization (A&A) of information systems and all associated cybersecurity policies and procedures.
• Performs a DOD cybersecurity process while either authorizing an information system or serving as a SME for an information system undergoing authorization.
• Possesses an understanding of how the security controls identified in the NIST 800-53 apply to the process of assessing and authorizing a large organization’s IT infrastructure such as DLA’s, in which there is a compilation of large and small enclaves, AIS applications and outsourced IT processes.
• Determines the applicable severity value for an identified vulnerability (e.g., non-compliant security control) and determines the possible ramifications on the system’s current or future authorization.
• Briefs senior management on the progress or results of an information system undergoing the Risk Management Framework (RMF) process.

Qualifications

• Must possess IT-II security clearance or have a current National Agency Check with Local Agency Check and Credit Check (NACLC).
• Five (5) years of relevant Risk Management Framework (RMF) and NIST Assess & Analyze (A&A) experience.
• DOD cybersecurity experience.
• Experience in assessing security controls and conducting authorization reviews for large, complex organizations.
• Experienced in the general tenets supporting the overall DOD implementation of its authorization process, to include supporting cybersecurity policy, procedures, and processes.
• Knowledgeable in the cybersecurity of emerging technology areas such as Cloud and Industrial Control Systems (ICSs), warehouse execution systems and Operational Technology (OT) infrastructures.

Benefits

• Four Medical/Vision options including an HSA plan.
• Dental and Orthodontia plan.
• Vision Materials plan.
• Paid Life, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.
• 401K Retirement Program with company contribution.
• Paid Vacation, Holidays, Sick Leave, Floating Holidays, Bereavement Leave.
• Semi-monthly pay cycle.