Hybrid Position: ISSO/Cyber Security Assessment and Authorization Analyst in Rockville, MD (Local to MD)

Overview

Hybrid
Depends on Experience
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2

Skills

CSAM
A&A of cloud-platforms
assessment and accreditation
security control assessor or validator
SP 800-53
SP 800-137
SP 800-37
Risk Management Framework

Job Details

ISSO/Cyber Security Assessment and Authorization Analyst

Rockville, MD (Local to MD)

Face to Face Interviews

12+ Months

Responsibilities

  • Support a client as an assessment and authorization (A&A) analyst, including A&A efforts for various agency systems.
  • Maintain responsibility for supporting federal clients obtaining the authority to operate (ATO) for new and modernized systems.
  • Adhere to the NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF) to support the A&A process, including analyzing the development of supporting policies, procedures, and plans, designing and
  • implementing security controls, testing and validating security controls, and analyzing and tracking corrective action plans.
  • Ensure all supporting artifacts and results will be documented in the A&A repository
  • Performing security controls assessments on security boundaries and producing required security documentation.
  • Experience with NIST special publications (SPs) regarding the SA process, including SP 800-53, SP 800-137, and SP 800-37.
  • Experience with continuous monitoring and plans of action and milestones (POA&M) management.
  • Experience with assessing systems deployed in Cloud Environments.

Job Requirements

  • BA or BS degree in MIS, CS, or related cybersecurity discipline (Masters preferred).
  • 5+ years of experience with assessment and accreditation (A&A).
  • 5+ years of experience as a security control assessor or validator.
  • 5+ years of experience with maintaining IT security policies, processes, and guidance.
  • Experience with using GRC tool CSAM
  • Experience with A&A of cloud-platforms
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