ISSE (Information Systems Security Engineer) – Fairfax, VA – Up to $337,500 inc. benefits

Position: ISSE – TS/SCI w CI Poly

Location: Fairfax, VA

Clearance: Active TS/SCI with CI Poly required

Base Salary: $115,000 - $225,000 (Open to different experience levels)

Benefits:

• 401k: Employer contributes 25% of base salary, no employee contribution required ($28,750 – $56,250 annually, paid in monthly)
• Benefits Account (can be spent on benefits or taken as cash): 25% of base salary ($28,750 – $56,250)
• Fully flexible working hours (you choose start/finish time)
• 8 Weeks’ PTO
• Medical/Dental/Vision
• Life Insurance
• 100% tuition reimbursement (PhD, MSc, BSc, Vendor Certs)

This corporation sits within a multi-billion-dollar organization operating on a global scale, employing 100,000+ people worldwide. They are a leading provider to the Intelligence and Defense communities within the US, servicing their clients through some of the most exciting contracts out there, which have been in place for 40+ years and counting.

They are well-established and regularly undergo continuous growth, hence their need for the full-time addition of an ISSE to be based at their Fairfax, VA HQ.

Your position as ISSE will see you bridge the gap between high level security policies/requirements and technical/operational implementation of those requirements. You should have in-depth understanding of the cybersecurity policies and procedures for Government (DoD, Intelligence Community) sector information systems, and sufficient technical knowledge and experience to implement them.

Much more information will be disclosed at interview stage surrounding complete responsibilities and project scopes.

Key Skills

• Information Assurance and InfoSec experience working with DoD/IC customers
• ICD-503 RMF and NIST
• Security engineering experience, configuration management, supply chain, requirements analysis, system development (software and hardware)
• Network security architecture concepts and IT security principles and methods (firewalls, demilitarized zones, encryption)
• Background evaluating security architectures and designs to meet compliance objectives
• Experience working with technical teams to make and coordinate technical changes with security in mind
• Testing before implementations
• Security+ or CISSP

Technical Exposure:

• Technical background in Systems Administration, DevOps, Cloud, Data Center etc.
• Linux (RHEL)
• Automation (Ansible, Puppet, Chef)
• Scripting (Bash, Python etc.)
• Routers, Switches, Firewalls
• AWS

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