Scope of the project:

• The client is tasked with ensuring compliance with state guidelines. This position with be performing those services including:
• Supporting agencies during their development of the information security program with direct tactical implementation assistance.
• Developing and tracking agency information security implementation plans.
• Interviewing admistrators, managers and third parties to aid in development of program artifacts.
• Ensuring high-level assessments of agencies infosec work to ensure progress is made.
• Providing high-level analysis of process and procedures work to ensure compliance with state standards.

Daily duties / responsibilities:

• The implementation assistance would include, but is not limited to:
• Interviewing business and technical owners to determine policies and procedures used for each agency process.
• Developing and tracking infosec implementation plan progress.
• Documenting information gathered during both interviews and document reviews to assist with developing formal process and procedures.
• Assessing agency documentation to ensure adequate approaches are used to comply with controls.
• Facilitating agency status reporting.
• Collaborating, often onsite at agency locations, with agencies to provide recommendations for compliance.

Required skills :

• Have completed an information security plan or system security plan notebook.
• Prior experience working with fisma standards.
• Must have a strong working knowledge of nist 800-53
• Prior experience poa&m or cap.
• Strong communcation experience (written and verbal).

Preferred skills (rank in order of importance):

• Simultaneously manage multipe infosec work efforts.
• Strong schedule management and resource planning skills.
• Ability to work at a high-volume and fast pace.
• Strong collaborator and strong ability to meet deadlines.
• Knowledge of irs 1075, hipaa, cjis, mars-e and/or pci-dss.
• Ability to indentify map and re-engineer business processes.\

Certification:

• CISA or GSLC or Equivalent