Security Control Assessor
Key Role:
Function as a security control assessor as part of a team in the performance of Assessment and Authorization (A&A) activities ensuring National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) management, operation, technical, and privacy security control implementation compliance for large, complex DoD information systems. Provide support for executing full A&A life cycle and risk management functions, measuring risk, examining system documentation, interviewing appropriate system and site personnel, testing system technical security configuration settings, reviewing scan results, using Platform IT (PIT), and developing findings reports. Demonstrate subject matter expertise in NIST security guidance and security control assessment (SCA) processes using the NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF).
Basic Qualifications:
- 2+ years of experience providing security guidance and IS validation using NIST, RMF, DoD, and local security policies
- Experience planning and executing comprehensive cybersecurity test events, including identifying security controls, analyzing assessment procedures, and identifying and using required tools, including Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS) or Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP)
- Experience providing configuration management (CM) for information system security software, hardware, and firmware, and coordinating changes and modifications as an ISSO, ISSM, or Security Control Assessor
- Experience interfacing with information assurance managers, including preparing and reviewing documentation such as Systems Security Plans (SSPs), Risk Assessment Reports, Certification and Accreditation (C&A) packages, and Plan of Actions and Milestones (POA&Ms)
- Knowledge of NIST Contingency Planning, POA&M management, and DoD continuous monitoring
- Top Secret clearance
- Bachelor's degree
- Cybersecurity IAT-Level III Certification
Additional Qualifications:
- Experience with DoD Cybersecurity policies, directives, and DoD STIGs
- Experience leveraging ACAS, CMRS, and eMASS tools
- Experience assessing organizational risks and recommending mitigation strategies
Clearance:
Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Top Secret clearance is required.
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