Cybersecurity Specialist Assessor

Peraton seeks a Cybersecurity Specialist - Assessorto create Criteria Measures and Indicators for program assessments in support of Department of Defense Cyber Defense Command (DCDC) Readiness and Security Inspection (DRSI). Location: Fort Meade MD.

Tasks include:

• Develop and maintain criteria measures and indicators on multiple classification levels in information systems and related documents.
• Continuously evaluate improve and update operational effectiveness inspection methodology and associated criteria.
• Review coordinate and update all criteria operations references (law regulations policy and orders).
• Develop a performance-based assessment implementation plan that includes new/evolving MOEs.
• Maintain materials for program grading scoring and risk measurement performance standards.
• Develop new MOPs / MOEs based on lessons learned new technologies and capabilities and current threats to the DODIN.
• Identify applicable executive DOD Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff (CJCS) NIST guidance/controls and other applicable policy or doctrine to be used as a baseline for assessing cybersecurity service capabilities and operational effectiveness and align to criteria.
• Identify datasets to assessing cybersecurity and map/align to criteria.
• Develop and maintain mapping to the Defense Cybersecurity Workforce Framework (DCWF).

Required:

• Minimum of 8 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 6 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 3 years with PhD. Will consider HS12 years experience.
• Must have IAT Level II Certification such as CCNA CySA (SecurityX) GICSP GSEC Security CND or SSCP within 90 days of start.
• Must have IA CSSP Analyst Certification such as CEH CFR CCNA CySA (SecurityX) GCIA GCIH GICSP Cloud SCYBER or PenTest within 90 days of start.
• Active TS with ability to obtain SCI.
• U.S Citizenship required.

Preferred:

• Knowledge of computer networking concepts and protocols and network security methodologies.
• Knowledge of risk management processes (e.g. methods for assessing and mitigating risk).
• Knowledge of national and international laws regulations policies and ethics as they relate to cybersecurity.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity principles.
• Knowledge of cyber threats and vulnerabilities.
• Knowledge of specific operational impacts of cybersecurity lapses.
• Knowledge of cloud computing service models Software as Service (SaaS) Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS).
• Knowledge of cloud computing deployment models in private public and hybrid environment and the difference between on-premises and off-premises environments.

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