Education and Clearance Requirements:

• BS & 12 yrs.  
• Candidate will be required to successfully complete a background investigation
• 8570 cert CISM, GSLC, or CISSP

Description:
The Senior IT Security Specialist provides support for a program, organization, system, or enclave’s information assurance program and assists in proposing, implementing, and enforcing information systems security policies, standards, and methodologies. This position supports the ISSM for maintaining the appropriate operational IA posture for a system, program, or enclave while maintaining appropriate operational security posture for an information system or program. Additionally, this position:
 
Day to day activities will include:

• Providing support to the Government on all matters (technical and otherwise) involving the security of the information system
• Assisting with the management of security aspects of the information system and is assigned performs day-to-day security operations of the system
• Assisting in the development of the system security policy and ensuring compliance with that policy on a routine basis
• Developing and updating the system security plan of the system
• Managing and controlling  changes to the system and assessing the security impact of those changes
• Providing for IT security programs and policies
• Providing configuration management for security relevant information system software, hardware, and firmware

Needed skills:

• Familiarity with commercial security products, security authorization techniques, security incident management, and PKI and authorization services
• Experience in several of the following areas is required:
  • knowledge of current security tools,
  • hardware/software security implementation;
  • different communication protocols;
  • and encryption techniques/tools