Information Systems Security Engineer || Remote Role (Must be from DC, MD, VA)

Position: Information Systems Security Engineer

Client: Leidos

Duration: 6+ Months

(Must be able to get a Public Trust clearance)

Interview: Video

Job Description:

Needs to have design/architecture experience with Azure (recent).  It’s not a junior level spot.

Local to DC – on site Day 1 and then when needed

Prefer to see candidates who are currently working.  Can take upto 5 weeks for onboarding – they need Public Trust clearance.

Below is the full job description for you review:

Notes from our call with the Manager:
Key Takeaways for Ideal Candidate

• Deep Azure security knowledge and experience building or designing cloud security environments.
• Confident in explaining Zero Trust, encryption methods (e.g., TLS vs SSL, asymmetric vs symmetric), and IAM practices.
• Comfortable navigating and contributing to the federal ATO process.
• Able to articulate technical work clearly and engage with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proactively engages with vendors and engineers to validate secure cloud configurations.

Behavioral/Soft Skills

• Must "ask the right questions"—able to dig deep technically and think critically.
• Should demonstrate initiative in dealing with cloud vendors and not just defer to FedRAMP labels.
• Candidates should be self-sufficient and effective in one-and-done interviews.

Overview:

• Possess multi-tasking skills, be able to handle multiple A&A systems / projects simultaneously, as well as being a good communicator / facilitator. Comfortable communicating at all levels from developer / engineer to senior contractor / customer staff.
• Knowledge of complex network environments involving shared networks and multiple security enclaves.
• Document the various security control implementations as well as gather the artifacts that support the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and ICD 503 Security Accreditation for the various Assessment and Authorization (A&A) efforts.
• Document and obtain a general understanding of the architecture being developed or that was developed for each project to write the Systems Security Plans (SSP) / CONOPS.
• Gather the information by working with various systems owners, project managers, and engineering team members to write various additional A&A related documents such as Contingency Plan (CP), General User Guide (GUG), Privileged User Guide (PUG), Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s), etc.
• Document the Plans of Actions and Milestones (POA&Ms) implementation responses or mitigations, as well as provide all required artifacts (i.e. evidence gathering from the system owners, PMs, and engineering teams).
• Coordinating with various contractor and customer personnel to obtain the A&A content, as well as working with various customer security organizations to navigate the customer’s A&A process to achieve Authority to Develop (ATD), Interim Authority to Operation (IATT), and Authority to Operate (ATO) for each of the primary and secondary assigned systems.
• Provide appropriate support for ATO'ed systems that are in continuous monitoring.
• Possess the ability to bridge the technical implementation (i.e. engineering talk) into commonly understood security verbiage. Often this is a skillset and is not an actual language, frequent translation or a basic understand needs to be conveyed by the ISSE when speaking with others or when communicating in writing to ensure it’s easy to understand at all levels.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years’ experience and a bachelor’s degree minimum required.
• Previous ISSE experience directly supporting the customer.
• SaaS applications along with Public, private and/or hybrid Cloud experience is a must (AWS, Microsoft Azure, etc.).
• At least 1 certification required – CISSP or GSLC certification.
• Experience within Federal Government, such as DHS, FDA, NIH, or HHS is highly preferred.