IT and Cyber Risk Auditor Principal

About the role

The candidate should be able to monitor and enforce security controls for technical, operational, and management support. The candidate will need to be vastly knowledgeable in developing and documenting system security plans, contingency plans, and other security related documents. This candidate will need to identify, create, track and remediate any system vulnerabilities. This candidate will be responsible for preparing system artifacts for annual system audits. This candidate should have an understanding of reviewing vulnerability scans. This candidate should have experience in completing multiple Authority to Operate (ATO) security packages. This candidate will need to be knowledgeable in plans of action and milestones (POA&M)s Management. This candidate must be able to establish system-level POA&Ms and implement corrective actions to develop, implement, manage, and track actions as required by the program ISSM/CISO.

Responsibilities

• Perform all tasks related to perform a system Certification and Accreditation and assuring the system is compliant with all required security controls as defined by agency policies.
• Review system configurations to ensure they are in accordance with agency hardening guidelines.
• Review all proposed change requests related to system design / configuration and perform security impact analysis.
• Review monthly vulnerability scan reports and track and address weaknesses in POA&Ms as needed.
• Perform security system event analysis, investigation, and validation.
• Provide incident response to classification spills, malware infection, misconfiguration exposure, internal inappropriate behavior and technical issue.
• Perform Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) and Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) assessments and annual reporting.

Qualifications

• BA/BS or equivalent, 8+ years of experience.
• Minimum of 3-5 years specific experience with ICD 503 and NIST 800-53 policies.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to state messages in a clear and concise manner over any form of communication.
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and re-prioritize work in a fast paced environment.
• Senior level of experience in engineering IT systems, as well as working knowledge of current technologies.
• Ability to learn an application environment in order to update or create supported security documentation.
• Must be able to favorably pass government background investigation.
• Must have, at a minimum, a Top Secret clearance w/t polygraph.
• Maintain Certification in accordance with DoW Directive 8140.01 Cyberspace Workforce Management requirements.
• U.S. Citizenship eligibility requirements.

Skills

• Cyber Risks
• Cybersecurity Controls
• NIST 800-53

Preferred Skill Sets

• 2-3 years fulfilling Information System Security Engineer (ISSE).
• 2-3 years fulfilling Windows and/or Unix administrator role or support.
• Experience using XACTA data base applications and the ICD 503, NIST 800-83 rev4 policy.
• Experience with Splunk, Security Center, Telos XACTA, and MacAfee EPO.

Pay

The likely salary range for this position is $119,000 - $161,000.

Schedule

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40. Travel Required: Less than 10%. Telecommuting Options: Onsite. Work Location: USA MD La Plata.

Benefits

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.