Type of Requisition:Regular
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:None
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:None
Public Trust/Other Required:None
Job Family:Cyber and IT Risk Management
Job Qualifications:Skills:Continuous Monitoring, Information System Security, Mitigation
Certifications:None
Experience:5 + years of related experience
ship Required:Yes
Job Description:GDIT is seeking an Information Systems Security Senior Analyst (ISSSA) to join our team supporting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). As the ISSSA, you will maintain various EPA System security and privacy control implementation deliverables based on a NIST 800-53 rev5 control framework to ensure the operational security of a critical mission-support system. You will update, maintain, and drive security and privacy documentation designed to protect the cloud- and host-based systems from both internal and external threats.
Performance shall include:
- Review identified cyber security vulnerabilities and assist with the recommendation, documentation, and implementation of appropriate mitigations or countermeasures
- Conduct and support, when assessed or audited, periodic reviews of the information system to ensure compliance with the security and privacy authorization package (currently NIST 800-53 Rev. 5)
- Review, create, and enhance security and privacy documentation to the system infrastructure or software to ensure continued compliance with security and privacy requirements
- Coordinate the response to the annual continuous monitoring assessment audit, and ensure the system's continued Authorization to Operate (ATO)
- Ensure audit evidence are collected, reviewed, and documented, including any risk determinations (RDs) and plans of actions and milestones (POA&Ms)
- Identify and notify the program manager when changes occur that might affect the authorization determination for the information system
- Provide analysis of systems, hardware, software, and maintenance needs
- Create and review annually the security- and privacy-related documentation
- Develop, coordinate and conduct training and tabletop exercises related to continuity of operations, contingency planning, incident handling, awareness, etc.
- Update control implementation tools like XACTA to maintain compliance against NIST 800-53 rev 5.
- Coordinate with other EPA organizational entities to ensure compliance with EPA and other federal requirements, specifications, and reporting
- Prepare reports on the status of system security and privacy, vulnerabilities, responses to
What You'll Need to Succeed:
- Education: Masters or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Cyber Security, or relevant discipline
- Required Experience: Five (5) years of related experience. Required Technical Skills
- Prior performance in roles such as security, privacy, system administration, and/or networking administration
- Knowledge of NIST SP-800-53, Rev 5
- Familiarity with system security and privacy within cloud environments and FedRAMP
- Demonstrated experience with risk management and auditing
- Certifications
- Security+, CISSP, CISA, CISM, and/or cloud-based security certification (e.g. CCSP, COMPTIA Cloud+, or equiv) preferred.
- Clearance Required: Position of Trust or greater (can be obtained after starting)
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills, including the ability to communicate complicated technical
The likely salary range for this position is $112,840 - $149,500. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
Scheduled Weekly Hours:40
Travel Required:None
Telecommuting Options:Remote
Work Location:Any Location / Remote
Additional Work Locations:Total Rewards at GDIT:Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee's date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.
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