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Job Title: Senior Specialist, Cyber IntelligenceJob Code: 45634Job Location: Palm Bay, FLJob Schedule: 9/80 Reg: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days - totaling 80 hours worked, and have every other Friday off Job Description:Join the frontline of cyber defense supporting classified government networks as an Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO). In this role, you will help safeguard mission-critical systems by supporting Assessment & Authorization activities, continuous monitoring, system hardening, configuration management, and security compliance under RMF, ICD 503, and NISPOM guidance. You will also investigate security incidents, identify and remediate control gaps, maintain a strong security posture across assigned systems, and deliver security training that strengthens awareness and resilience across the organization. This role is a senior level ISSO who will provide mentorship and assistance to their more junior counterparts.
Essential Functions:- Maintain Assessment & Authorization (A&A) documentation of assigned systems
- Perform security control assessments and execute Continuous Monitoring Plans
- Work with IT and system administration organizations to develop device and system hardening guides following DISA and NIST guidelines
- Responsible for the tracking and resolution of POA&Ms
- Manage the incident response process for areas of responsibility
- Develop new concepts, standards, and training material which make significant and impactful improvements to processes, systems, solutions, or products
- Lead inventory and asset management discovery and tracking activities
- Work with site leadership to improve the security posture of systems and the facility
- Mentor junior ISSOs in execution of tasks
- Travel up to 10%
Qualifications:- Bachelor's Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.
- Active Top Secret/SCI with CI Polygraph
- Willingness to submit to a full scope polygraph investigation
Preferred Additional Skills:- Active full scope polygraph
- DoD 8140.03 certification
- Minimum 8 years of prior relevant experience to include experience with networking equipment; experience interpreting vulnerability scanning results; experience reviewing workstation, server, firewall, & IPS logs; experience with SIEM tools
- Experience as an ISSO managing cybersecurity on classified systems under multiple agencies' JSIG, NISPOM Ch8, ICD 503, and/or NIST 800-53 implementations
- Experience developing, managing, and providing evidence to close POA&Ms associated with the A&A and project management processes
- Experience with workstation and server operating systems, including but not limited to Microsoft and Linux offerings
- Flexibility to adjust to changing requirements, schedules, and priorities
- Able to socialize ideas, make recommendations, and gain team consensus
- Excellent time management and task prioritization skills
- Exceptional verbal, written, interpersonal and presentation skills, customer relationship building skills, analytical skills and ability to lead/mentor teammates.
- High level of personal motivation and initiative to learn and acquire new skills
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