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