Information System Security Officer

About the role

The United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) Commander is designated as the Nuclear Command, Control, and Communication (NC3) enterprise lead with increased responsibilities for operations, requirements, enterprise systems engineering and integration (SE&I) assessment and analytics, to include data management, and modeling and simulation; intelligence liaison; and inspection and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Government by serving as an Information System Security Officer (ISSO) information technology (IT) specialist providing a wide range of IT services tailored to ensure system security of cloud systems at the Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) Enterprise Center (NEC).
• Perform duties as a senior IT specialist providing a wide range of IT services tailored to support critical command, control, and mission information, processes, and systems, providing advanced knowledge and skill in using IT systems, and is considered an advanced IT user.
• Assist the Government in developing policies and procedures to ensure information systems reliability and accessibility and to prevent and defend against unauthorized access to systems, networks, and data.
• Conduct risk and vulnerability assessments of planned and installed information systems to identify vulnerabilities, risks, and protection needs.
• Participate in network and systems design to ensure appropriate systems security policies are implemented.
• Ensure the rigorous application of information security/information assurance policies, principles, and practices in delivering all IT services.
• Assist the government through the coordination of workflow, activity, and documentation necessary to achieve a successful DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP), Certification and Authorization, and/or Risk Management Framework (RMF), Assessment and Authorization efforts for various DoD environments.
• Support the government by providing knowledge of network security, domain theories and concepts, principles, practices, procedures, policies, standards and operational requirements to apply procedures, requirements, regulations, and policies related to specialized expertise in the work of the division including the ability to maintain credibility with others on technical matters, such as in-depth knowledge of broad budgetary and program management methods, practices, procedures, regulations, policies, and processes to formulate, justify, and execute assigned functions in support of the mission, structure, goals, work processes, and programs of the command.
• Support the management and configuration of existing NEC SharePoint sites, as well as creating and configuring new sites, to include sub-sites, pages, libraries, configure lists and forms, custom workflows, and manage permissions and content.
• Develop enhancements on current sites to drive customer satisfaction and efficiency.
• Conduct formal and informal meetings with multiple groups to gather NEC SharePoint requirements and provide solutions to existing problems in knowledge management.

Requirements

• Active Top Secret (TS) clearance
• At least five years of experience in the following: extensive experience with Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP), Certification and Authorization, and/or Risk Management Framework (RMF), Assessment and Authorization efforts for various DoD environments.
• Managing and incorporating common artifacts found in a DIACAP (or RMF) accreditation package, e.g., system architecture and boundaries, hardware and software inventories, risk assessment reports, POA&Ms, data flows, Process Performance State Manager (PPSM) accounting, and other necessary system, network, and application documentation.
• Information Assurance Certification is a condition of employment. This position includes information assurance (IA) work as a paramount duty requirement.

Qualifications

• Per DoD 8570.01-M, the incumbent of this position must achieve the IAT Level II IA certification within six months of the assignment of these duties.

Skills

• Advanced knowledge and skill in using IT systems.
• Ability to translate technical specifications into integrated applications that provide for automation of mission information.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex design and software implementation problems.
• Ability to analyze, evaluate, and make recommendations on major aspects of a system, which interrelationships must be considered, which operating mode, applications software, and/or equipment configuration is most appropriate.
• Ability to integrate cloud services to provide an integrated information system in order to present mission critical information.
• Ability to troubleshoot and devise recovery plans for system failure situations.
• Ability to develop plans to enhance system performance and support enterprise requirements.
• Ability to provide guidance to less experienced personnel in solving complex problems involving cloud technology, security and system integration.
• Ability to support the government with IT systems analysis and applications software concepts, functions, techniques, and capabilities sufficient to evaluate new and emerging IT security methods and principles, the feasibility of proposed new systems and applications software projects, and to design, write, test, debug, and maintain information systems and applications software and ensure successful integration with existing and anticipated infrastructure in the cyber weapon system.

Benefits

• Tuition reimbursement
• Competitive 401(k) plan
• Competitive Health Benefits
• 11 Paid Holidays
• 15 PTO Days

Pay

Competitive salaries and benefits.

Schedule

Not specified.