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Unspecified
IT - Security
Colorado Springs, CO (On-Site/Office)
Description
Position Summary
The Senior Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) supports the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) under the Integrated Research and Development for Enterprise Solutions (IRES) contract. The ISSO is responsible for implementing, maintaining, and ensuring compliance with information security processes across assigned systems, including Risk Management Framework (RMF) execution, continuous monitoring, assessments, reporting, and security program leadership.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)
Preferred Qualifications
Physical Demands and Work Environment
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.
While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.
Northern Technologies Group is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, or any other protected status under federal, state, or local law.
Travel
10%
Shift
Normal office hours that align with the core hours of the customer
Note
The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, drug free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable.
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship.
The salary range listed represents a good faith estimate and is provided in compliance with applicable pay transparency laws. The final compensation offered will be determined based on a variety of factors, including your skills, experience, qualifications, internal equity, and market conditions.
Position Summary
The Senior Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) supports the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) under the Integrated Research and Development for Enterprise Solutions (IRES) contract. The ISSO is responsible for implementing, maintaining, and ensuring compliance with information security processes across assigned systems, including Risk Management Framework (RMF) execution, continuous monitoring, assessments, reporting, and security program leadership.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Contribute to development and deployment of program information security for assigned systems.
- Implement Assessment & Authorization (A&A) processes under RMF.
- Perform continuous monitoring (CONMON).
- Participate in security assessments and audits.
- Prepare and present technical reports and briefings.
- Support root cause identification, threat prioritization, and corrective action recommendations.
- Provide mentoring and technical leadership.
- Explore evolving industry practices and security methodologies.
- Support enterprise-wide information security policy and standards development.
Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)
- Must be a U.S. Citizen.
- Must possess an active Secret security clearance.
- 6+ years full-time work experience (may be reduced with advanced education).
- 4+ years directly related engineering experience.
- 1+ year management or leadership experience.
- 1+ year experience with Cross Domain Solutions (CDS).
- Experience with NIST RMF.
- Experience with eMASS.
- Experience with security tools: NESSUS, ACAS, DISA STIGs, SCAP, Audit Reduction, HBSS.
- Ability to maintain restricted badge and work on-site 5 days/week.
- DoD 8570.01 IAT Level II certification (Security+ CE).
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience documenting cybersecurity compliance results.
- Experience with NISPOM.
- Familiarity with isolated network security best practices.
- CISSP or DoD 8570 IAT Level III certification.
- Proficiency with ATO under JSIG.
- Demonstrated leadership experience.
Physical Demands and Work Environment
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.
While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.
Northern Technologies Group is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, or any other protected status under federal, state, or local law.
Travel
10%
Shift
Normal office hours that align with the core hours of the customer
Note
The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, drug free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable.
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship.
The salary range listed represents a good faith estimate and is provided in compliance with applicable pay transparency laws. The final compensation offered will be determined based on a variety of factors, including your skills, experience, qualifications, internal equity, and market conditions.
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