INFORMATION ASSURANCE ENGINEER 3

US Citizenship required. Full-time, 1st shift. Occasional or hybrid telework available. Travel required 25%-50% of the time.

About the role

The Information Assurance Engineer 3 (cybersecurity) is an integral part of the team responsible for designing, documenting, implementing, maintaining, monitoring, and managing secure solutions. The information assurance engineer delivers these solutions in accordance with the organization’s architectural designs, best practices, and regulatory or compliance requirements. This position supports the front line and leads defining company cybersecurity designs and requirements.

As risks change, the IA engineer is responsible for recommending and influencing modifications and enhancements to ensure the organization evolves with the threat landscape. The IA engineer contributes to the corporate security strategy alongside security leadership and other senior security staffers and technologists.

With an emphasis on securing systems, applications, third-party connections, service providers, and ancillary systems, the security engineer secures business-to-business initiatives, third-party relationships, outsourced solutions, and vendors.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of experience or Master’s degree and 3 years of experience or PhD and 0 years of experience
• Must be a US Citizen and able to obtain Interim Secret security clearance

Skills

Must have:

• Experience in designing, documenting, implementing, maintaining, monitoring, and managing secure solutions
• Ability to recommend and influence modifications to enhance security in response to evolving threats
• Contribution to corporate security strategy

Nice to have:

• Direct experience with DNS admin support (AWS Route53, Cloudflare, or similar)
• Direct experience with anti-virus software, IDS/IPS, SIEM, firewalls, authentication systems, log management, syslog analysis, content filtering
• Knowledge of email security gateway, cloud, and virtual technologies
• Experience with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework
• Knowledge of mapping business requirements to technology and identifying security gaps at the architecture level
• Knowledge of common security vulnerabilities
• Knowledge of risk assessment tools, technologies, and methods
• Experience designing secure networks, systems, and application architectures
• Knowledge of disaster recovery, computer forensic tools, technologies, and methods
• Ability to communicate network security issues to peers and management
• Experience with network security and networking technologies, system, security, and network monitoring tools
• Familiarity with secure Cloud Architecture and technologies
• Familiarity with NIST 800-53 and 800-171
• Knowledge of System Security Plan authoring
• Experience outside of Cybersecurity in another IT function such as system or database administration or networking
• Technical writing and communication
• ISSM and System Security Plan experience

About the company

HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding Division is the largest manufacturing employer in Mississippi and a major contributor to the economic growth of Alabama. For nearly 85 years, Ingalls has designed, built, and maintained amphibious ships, destroyers, and cutters for the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard. As the largest supplier of U.S. Navy surface combatants, Ingalls is simultaneously building four classes of ships and has pioneered the development and production of technologically advanced, highly capable ships for the surface Navy fleet for decades.

HII builds the world’s most powerful, survivable naval ships and defense technology solutions that safeguard seas, sky, land, space, and cyber. The company’s diverse workforce includes skilled tradespeople; artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) experts; engineers; technologists; scientists; logistics experts; and business administration professionals.

Benefits

HII offers comprehensive benefits including:

• Medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision plan choices
• On-site health centers and tele-medicine
• Wellness resources and employee assistance programs
• Savings plan options (401K) and financial education and planning tools
• Life insurance
• Tuition reimbursement and employee discounts
• Early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships

Some benefits may vary depending on your specific division or work location.