Isso - Information Security Officer- Top Secret

Information Security Officer – Top Secret
Full time – Direct hire
Salary 180k*185k- plus amazing benefits! (client pays 100% of employees insurance!)
Herndon, VA
Must have an active Top Secret Security Clearance
In this position you will:
Work as a member of a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary Agile team to design, develop, and test software solutions for a complex system responsible for the collecting, analyzing, and distributing data to over a thousand analysts making millions of daily requests.
The candidate for this role must be highly analytical and able to effectively troubleshoot and prioritize needs, requirements, and other issues. Aside from technical skills, prospective candidates should have excellent communication skills, teamwork, leadership, and conflict management skills. Given the constant developing nature of information systems and cyber-attacks, the ISSO must be committed to continuous learning and system development.
Clearance:
Active Top Secret clearance with an ability to obtain SCI access and willingness to obtain CI Polygraph
In this position you will:

• Coordinate with team's ISSEs and/or Tech Leads to implement technical solutions during development.
• Coordinate and lead office ATO processes acting as primary point of contact for customer and stakeholder engagements.
• Prepare and maintain information systems Accreditation and Authorization (A&A) packages (BoE - ConOps/Customer Test Plan, SSPs SCTM)
• Responsible for leading and performing the activities necessary to maintain the security of systems developed and maintained, as well as the security of information within those systems.
• Develop and maintain documentation for certifications and accreditation of SPIDs, assess impacts on system modifications and technological advances to include submitting all changes to the baseline to the ISO and interested parties.
• Evaluate systems for potential security weaknesses, recommend improvements to vulnerabilities, implement, and document changes.
• Maintain the library of security documents necessary for compliance, and respond to any auditing requests, investigate, and resolve any reported or suspected security breaches, and establish organizational and management skills necessary for the security of complex Government systems, some of which operate in a classified environment.

Required:

• Must have active TS/SCI security clearance and be willing and able to obtain CI Polygraph
• Bachelor's degree (4 additional years of relevant experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree)
• Ability to communicate highly technical analyses at a level comprehensible to laymen and senior-level government representatives.
• Expert knowledge and use of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Experience with utilizing compliance tools to track assessment and authorization, and continuous monitoring activities (e.g. Xacta 360, ServiceNow, Tenable Security Center)
• Experience with Linux (Red Hat)
• Working knowledge of the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and associative standards and guidelines

Pluses Include:

• Experience working within various system networks and classification levels
• Advanced degree in a technical discipline
• Experience working on-site at a government customer location.
• Experience working in DOD/IC
• Experience with developing and maintaining configuration control documentation.
• Experience implementing services to intelligence community standards like ICD 503, NIST Risk Management Framework, and cloud technologies
• Comptia Security + and/or CISSP Certification
• DoD 8570 certification