Senior Information Assurance Technical Expert

About the role

The candidate will provide multi-disciplinary engineering support and will apply knowledge and experience in engineering principles, criteria, and procedures to Air Force systems, subsystems, and equipment procurement activities, post award project/program management tasks, and acquisition programs throughout their life cycles.

Responsibilities

• Support and develop large, major, and complex classified procurement requirements
• Maintain a Top Secret level clearance, with the ability to obtain and maintain Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access with Counterintelligence Polygraph
• Provide services as described below to support DoD acquisition program management requirements
• Apply knowledge and experience to organize and manage resources and personnel needed to efficiently and effectively accomplish DoD acquisition objectives consistent with DoD 5000.02 policies and procedures
• Support development and review of the full range of documentation and products required by DoDI 5000.02
• Affirmative action plan is in place and compliance with affirmative action plan is demonstrated
• Support execution of the USAF Airworthiness process per MILHDBK-516 and the AF Life-Cycle Systems Engineering (LCSE) and Operational Safety, Suitability, and Effectiveness (OSS&E) processes as prescribed by AFMCI 63-1201
• Support implementation of Air Force Integrity Programs
• Support requirements development, allocation, and verification
• Support review and evaluation of DoD’s system design, analyses, and verification documentation and reports
• Gather and develop technical and business data necessary to build and, as required, present program briefs
• Support program meetings, working groups, and technical and business reviews as needed
• Analyze equipment and software performance deficiencies and make recommendations for corrective actions
• Support development of contract and documentation changes and updates
• Support source selections in a technical advisory role as requested

Requirements

• 10-12 years of progressive experience supporting and developing large, major, and complex classified procurement requirements
• Maintain a Top Secret level clearance, with the ability to obtain and maintain Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access with Counterintelligence Polygraph
• Information Assurance knowledge and experience on ACAT I or equivalent development programs
• Evaluation of system security and information assurance requirements consistent with the Director of Central Intelligence Directive (DCID) 6/3, Joint Air Force, Army, Navy (JAFAN) 6/3, Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 8510.01, and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800-53
• Reviewing, analyzing, and assessing systems configurations/architectures to identify security, safety, and mission critical functions/components and critical program information (CPI)
• Development of system security and information assurance documentation consistent with the standards above to support system certification and accreditation as well as interim authority, and authority to operate, decisions
• Analysis and identification of system, subsystem, and component vulnerabilities to determine applicable controls, testing, and other potential information assurance solutions and safeguards consistent with the NIST 800-53 Risk Management Framework

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field
• Experience: 10-12 years of progressive experience supporting and developing large, major, and complex classified procurement requirements
• Clearance: Top Secret level clearance, with the ability to obtain and maintain Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access with Counterintelligence Polygraph

Skills

• Engineering principles, criteria, and procedures
• System security and information assurance requirements
• System configuration and architecture analysis
• System vulnerability assessment and risk management
• Contract and documentation change management
• Source selection and technical advisory roles

Benefits

Commensurate with experience

Pay

TBD

Schedule

TBD