Information Management Technical Support Specialist

Overview

Abile Group has an exciting and challenging opportunity for a Information Management Technical Support Specialist working as part of a vibrant team on a contract providing cybersecurity and infrastructure protection services in support of an Intelligence Agency customer. All the personnel on the team will work collaboratively to support the mission and protect the agency's personnel, facilities, information, and systems. This includes delivering expert guidance and oversight to ensure a robust and effective protection program across multiple security domains and global locations.

The right candidate will possess the below skills and qualifications and be ready to handle all responsibilities independently and professionally.

Responsibilities

• Develops, updates, and or reviews Risk Management Framework (RMF) documentation to include (Security Plans, Implementation Plans, Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms), and Risk Assessment Reports.
• Assesses system compliance against National Institute Standards and Technology (NIST), Department of Defense (DOD), and agency Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) and Security Requirements Guides (SRG).
• Produces evidence as necessary to compliance status of NIST, DOD and agency security requirements as necessary to meet government requirements.
• Works with system administrators, engineers, and developers to create or update system/site policies, procedures, and process guides.
• Coordinates with other SME's, internal, and external customers to identify and develop authorization boundary diagrams, architecture diagrams, and hardware and software inventories.
• Analyzes vulnerability scans of information systems and assist in remediation tasks.
• Conducts risk and vulnerability assessments of information systems to identify vulnerabilities, risks, and protection needs
• Facilitates or participates in meetings with stakeholders to discuss statuses and efforts of SIS systems and report to government on findings.
• Prepares and submits bi-weekly reports to team leads and government engineering team regarding system/program status.
• Serves as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on one or more technologies/skills related to Assessment & Authorization (A&A) activities.
• Actively facilitates and participates in regular A&A status meetings with government and task order personnel to facilitate progress and address potential issues of RMF system efforts.
• Participates in sessions aimed and identifying, planning, and executing strategies in response to emerging cybersecurity RMF policies.
• Maintains industry awareness and knowledge of evolving security and risk management standards to include DOD, and agency policies, procedures and regulations and communicate and apply relevant changes to existing processes.
• Ensures proper use of remote access connectivity from agency to Background Investigations systems approved by the agency and maintained in accordance with the agencies policy and procedures.
• Ensures File Transfer Protocol (FTP) connections from the agencies to the Background Investigation system meets the agency and NIST requirements.
• Ensures site to site Virtual Private Network (VPN) tunnels are established based on the agency and DOD requirements.
• Ensures the agency approved documentation of all interconnections with systems in the SIS footprint connected to the agencies infrastructures.
• Conducts audits on computer systems to detect, prevent, and record computer use and abnormalities, Report to Information System Security Officer (ISSO) or Information System Security Manager (ISSM) any attempts by non-authorized users to access SIS systems and provide monthly logs to the agency.
• Ensures data is being protected in accordance with the agency and DOD policies, standards, regulations, and procedures for the SIS specified systems
• Coordinates the use of multiple security countermeasures to protect the integrity of the information assets in SIS systems enterprise i.e. firewalls, access control, auditing etc. In accordance with accreditation standards using NIST's Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 503.
• Develops, updates, ensures security policy and procedures follow the accreditation standards using the NIST'S ICD 503, Risk Management Framework (RMF), and categorizing methods.
• Ensures the protection of the security system through implementation of security controls that protect against malicious behavior to include intrusion, tampering and virus detection.
• Ensures documentation of specific equipment restrictions, to include documentation on all interconnections required for all systems
• Ensure no personal computers, peripherals or other agencies computers, not authorized by the agency, will be used across interconnection or on the agency networks.

Qualifications

Clearance Required: TS/SCI with ability to obtain a CI Poly.

Degree and Years of Experience: Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a related field to security engineering.

• Minimum of 3-6 years of expereince.

*** Various positions available at different skill levels at different departments ***

Required Certifications:

• DOD 8070/8140 Compliant, CompTIA Security+ Certified.

Required Skills:

• Experience in assessing systems using NIST 800-53 and DISA STIGs and SRG.
• Efficient with RMF Package development, including POAM (mitigation statements) Security plans, Risk assessment system/site policies, procedures and processes, architecture.
• Windows Operating systems.
• AWS Services.

Desired Skills:

• Testing Security Test Cases for NIST 800-53 Security Controls.
• Nessus & DISA STIG Remediation.
• Troubleshooting system issues.
• Linux Operating systems.

About Abile Group, Inc.

Abile Group, Inc. was formed in July 2004 to partner with the Intelligence Community and their Contractors in the areas of Enterprise Analytics & Performance Management, IT & Systems Engineering and Program & Project Management. We have significant experience with the Federal Government and are an EDWOSB dedicated to our employees and clients. We are looking for high performing employees who enjoy providing advice and guidance along with solutions development and implementation support, crafted by combining industry best practices with the clients' subject matter experience and Abile's breadth of expertise.

Hiring Statement

Abile is committed to hiring the most qualified and best fit person for the job - always has, always will. Anyone requiring reasonable accommodations should email careers@abilegroup.com with requested details. A member of the HR team will respond to your request within 2 business days.

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