Information System Security Engineer, Senior

Howard County, MD - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Unisity LLC is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business providing expert services in the Information Technology fields. We pride ourselves on delivering what is promised as some would say we just do. We are highly-qualified self-driven professionals who work towards a common goal as a team leading when appropriate and following when needed.

ISSE
The selected candidate will have numerous responsibilities from day to day drawn from a wide array of activities. The strongest candidates will have experience working in these areas:

Validating and verifying system security requirements and establishing system security designs for large-scale systems major system elements and interfacing systems that are part of a large complex network environment with geographically distributed components.
Identifying and implementing appropriate information security architectures and functionality to ensure uniform application of security policy and enterprise solutions.
Recommending and developing technical solutions products and standards based on current and desired system security architecture.
Assessing and mitigating system security threats and risks throughout the program life cycle.
Leading and/or contributing to the security planning assessment risk analysis risk management certification and awareness activities for various system and networking operations.
Effectively collaborating with other internal technical experts on a day-to-day basis.
Communicating with Program Managers and POCs from customer organizations when necessary regarding Security issues of significant importance.
Participating in Program Increment Planning and related agile team activities.
Working closely with System Engineering Test Engineering and Integration teams to ensure that the hardware and software architecture and implementation meets security requirements.
Analyzing and assessing system implementation against multiple security compliance policies and recommending and implementing enhancements.
Evaluating security solutions to ensure they meet customer specified requirements for processing information.
Evaluating the impact of new development on the operational security posture of the system.
Evaluating reviewing and testing critical software.
Proposing assessing coordinating implementing and enforcing information systems security policies standards and methodologies.
Auditing and assessing system security configuration settings using common methodologies and tools.
Managing and enforcing security strategies and policies that effect various components of geographically distributed systems.
Providing configuration management for security-relevant information system software.
Serving as a subject matter expert in security architecture to include providing advice to Program Managers Customer technical experts and internal program teams.
Formulating security compliance requirements for new system features.
Identifying and remediating security issues throughout the system.
Supporting risk assessment risk management security control assessment continuous monitoring service design and other IA program support functions.
Working with development teams to enrich team-wide understanding of different types of vulnerabilities attack vectors and remediation approaches.
Planning and conducting security verification testing of relevant type 1 devices.

Basic Qualifications

Must have at least 12 years of experience working as an ISSE on a large technical program.
Must have a solid understanding of security practices and policies and hands-on vulnerability testing experience using Customer tools.
Must have experience applying Risk Management Framework.
Must have experience formulating and assessing IT security policy.
Must have demonstrated knowledge of and experience with common security tools such as Nessus NMAP and Wireshark hardware/software security implementation communication protocol encryption techniques/tools and web services.
Must have experience with secure configurations of commonly used desktop and server operating systems.
Must be comfortable working on multiple systems and components simultaneously in various configurations.
Must have strong verbal and written communications skills.
Must be committed to adopting and adhering to best practices.
Must be able to effectively plan and prioritize tasking and communicate clearly regarding technical options and trade-offs.
Must be capable of performing high quality work both independently and with a team in a fast-moving environment.

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Assurance Information Security System Engineering or a related discipline.
Five (5) years of experience with Defense in Depth Principals/technology (including access control authorization identification and authentication public key infrastructure network and enterprise security architecture) and applying risk assessment methodology to system development.
DoD 8570 compliance with IASAE Level 2 or 3.
Information Systems Security Engineering Professional (ISSEP) Certification.
Computer Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Certification.
Experience developing/implementing integrated security services management processes such as assessing and auditing network penetration testing anti-virus planning assistance risk analysis and incident response.
Experience providing information assurance support for application development that includes system security certifications and project evaluations for firewalls that encompass the development design and implementation.
Experience with penetration testing tools.
Experience with scripting languages.

Due to federal contract requirements United States Citizenship and position appropriate security clearance is required. (e.g. Active TS/SCI security clearance with customer appropriate polygraph).

Salary Range: Coming Soon (Annually)
Annual Compensation Figures listed for this position serve as a general guideline and are not a guarantee of compensation. Compensation will vary dependent upon factors including but not limited to: Government contract rates; education; relevant prior work experience knowledge skills and competencies; certifications and geographic location.

Benefits Package:
Unisity LLC believes in generously supporting employees as they prepare for retirement. The company automatically contributes an additional 12% of each employees gross compensation to the company 401k plan with no requirement for employee matching. All contributions are fully vested from day one ensuring immediate ownership of retirement funds.

Full-time employees have the option to participate in a variety of voluntary benefit plans including:

A Choice of Medical Plan Options some with Health Savings Account (HSA)
Vision and Dental
- Unisity LLC provides an additional 12% of employees gross compensation to be used for benefits any remaining funds are then forwarded to the employee as taxable income
Life and AD&D Benefits (Company Paid)
Short and Long-Term Disability (Company Paid)

Unisity LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or status as a protected veteran.

Affirmative Action Statement:
Unisity LLC is committed to the principles of affirmative action in all hiring and employment for minorities women individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.

Accommodations:
Unisity LLC is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible hiring process. If you need any accommodations during the application or interview process please contact us at . We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access to all candidates.

Required Experience:

Validating and verifying system security requirements and establishing system security designs for large-scale systems major system elements and interfacing systems that are part of a large complex network environment with geographically distributed components.
Identifying and implementing appropriate information security architectures and functionality to ensure uniform application of security policy and enterprise solutions.
Recommending and developing technical solutions products and standards based on current and desired system security architecture.
Assessing and mitigating system security threats and risks throughout the program life cycle.
Leading and/or contributing to the security planning assessment risk analysis risk management certification and awareness activities for various system and networking operations.
Effectively collaborating with other internal technical experts on a day-to-day basis.
Communicating with Program Managers and POCs from customer organizations when necessary regarding Security issues of significant importance.
Participating in Program Increment Planning and related agile team activities.
Working closely with System Engineering Test Engineering and Integration teams to ensure that the hardware and software architecture and implementation meets security requirements.
Analyzing and assessing system implementation against multiple security compliance policies and recommending and implementing enhancements.
Evaluating security solutions to ensure they meet customer specified requirements for processing information.
Evaluating the impact of new development on the operational security posture of the system.
Evaluating reviewing and testing critical software.
Proposing assessing coordinating implementing and enforcing information systems security policies standards and methodologies.
Auditing and assessing system security configuration settings using common methodologies and tools.
Managing and enforcing security strategies and policies that effect various components of geographically distributed systems.
Providing configuration management for security-relevant information system software.
Serving as a subject matter expert in security architecture to include providing advice to Program Managers Customer technical experts and internal program teams.
Formulating security compliance requirements for new system features.
Identifying and remediating security issues throughout the system.
Supporting risk assessment risk management security control assessment continuous monitoring service design and other IA program support functions.
Working with development teams to enrich team-wide understanding of different types of vulnerabilities attack vectors and remediation approaches.
Planning and conducting security verification testing of relevant type 1 devices.

Basic Qualifications

Must have at least 12 years of experience working as an ISSE on a large technical program.
Must have a solid understanding of security practices and policies and hands-on vulnerability testing experience using Customer tools.
Must have experience applying Risk Management Framework.
Must have experience formulating and assessing IT security policy.
Must have demonstrated knowledge of and experience with common security tools such as Nessus NMAP and Wireshark hardware/software security implementation communication protocol encryption techniques/tools and web services.
Must have experience with secure configurations of commonly used desktop and server operating systems.
Must be comfortable working on multiple systems and components simultaneously in various configurations.
Must have strong verbal and written communications skills.
Must be committed to adopting and adhering to best practices.
Must be able to effectively plan and prioritize tasking and communicate clearly regarding technical options and trade-offs.
Must be capable of performing high quality work both independently and with a team in a fast-moving environment.

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Assurance Information Security System Engineering or a related discipline.
Five (5) years of experience with Defense in Depth Principals/technology (including access control authorization identification and authentication public key infrastructure network and enterprise security architecture) and applying risk assessment methodology to system development.
DoD 8570 compliance with IASAE Level 2 or 3.
Information Systems Security Engineering Professional (ISSEP) Certification.
Computer Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Certification.
Experience developing/implementing integrated security services management processes such as assessing and auditing network penetration testing anti-virus planning assistance risk analysis and incident response.
Experience providing information assurance support for application development that includes system security certifications and project evaluations for firewalls that encompass the development design and implementation.
Experience with penetration testing tools.
Experience with scripting languages.

A Choice of Medical Plan Options some with Health Savings Account (HSA)
Vision and Dental
- Unisity LLC provides an additional 12% of employees gross compensation to be used for benefits any remaining funds are then forwarded to the employee as taxable income
Life and AD&D Benefits (Company Paid)
Short and Long-Term Disability (Company Paid)