Information Systems Security Engineer 1

Title: Information Systems Security Engineer 1 Location: Annapolis Junction, MD

Description

Captivation Software is looking for a mid level Information Systems Security Engineer who will assist with daily responsibilities on the program.

Responsibilities

• Supports information security
• Helps create and enforce security policies and procedures, manage daily security operations, and maintains the system’s security posture.
• Assesses security risks and solutions for critical information, manages security settings for software, hardware, and firmware, and reviews the security impact of system changes.
• Prepares and reviews required security documents, including SSPs, risk assessments, C&A packages, and SRTMs.
• Supports system authorization under the NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF).
• Uses Splunk to monitor security events, analyze logs, and support incident response.

Requirements

Security Clearance:

• Must currently hold a Top Secret/SCI U.S. Government security clearance with a favorable Polygraph, therefore all candidates must be a U.S. citizen

Minimum Qualifications:

• Five (5) years experience as an ISSO on programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity is required
• Experience is to include at least one (1) of the following areas: knowledge of current security tools, hardware/software security implementation; communication protocols; and encryption techniques/tools
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Cybersecurity or related discipline
• Four (4) years of additional ISSE experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree
• DoD 8570 compliance with IAT Level I or higher is required

This position is open for direct hires only. We will not consider candidates from third party staffing/recruiting firms.