Information System & Network Security Engineer

Job Description

Company: Navstar Inc.

Location: Annapolis Junction, US

Navstar is an award-winning organization that has a proven track record of successfully providing IT services and solutions both as a prime and sub-contractor on mission-focused IT programs. The selected candidate will have numerous responsibilities from day to day drawn from a wide array of activities. 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. 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.

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, 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. Supporting risk assessment, risk management, security control assessment, continuous monitoring, service design, and other IA program support functions.

Planning and conducting security verification testing of relevant type 1 devices. 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 be capable of performing high quality work both independently and with a team in a fast-moving environment. Bachelor’s 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. Please note that actual compensation may vary based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the role, the candidate’s qualifications, experience, education, skills, internal equity, and market conditions. In addition to base salary, candidates hired into this position may be eligible for a hiring bonus of $10,000.00, subject to appli

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