Overview: This position will provide onsite security engineering and information assurance support to CDT’s client located in Westford, Massachusetts. Day to day activities include providing security engineering expertise and assisting the client with designing, implementing, and maintaining secure networks, enclaves, and applications as well as creating, implementing, maintaining policies and documentation that conform to DoD Information Assurance standards.
Clearance Requirements: Must possess and maintain a DoD Secret Clearance with ability to obtain a Top Secret
Responsibilities:
- Provide security engineering and development support throughout system life cycle.
- Perform appropriate continuous monitoring and systems security testing using tools such as ACAS/Nessus. Provide mitigation solutions for identified findings and patching requirements.
- Ensure that proposed system changes are reviewed and that implemented system modifications do not adversely impact the security of the system.
- Maintain HBSS installation and upstream connection.
- Implement DoD, RMF, NIST, and NISPOM requirements, configurations, settings, and documentation.
- Ensure that authorization/re-authorization support documentation is developed and maintained in conformance with applicable standards.
- Monitor the client’s progress towards completion of POA&Ms.
- Ensure that IS users’ activities are monitored and are following security policies and procedures.
- Assist corporate security and program/project staff to create, implement, and maintain procedural documents and operations (configuration management, continuous monitoring, business continuity, disaster recovery, etc.).
Qualifications:
- 6+ years of experience in deploying, configuring, maintaining, and monitoring computer systems and networks, as well as performing enterprise software installations and upgrades.
- High level technical certifications (Cisco Professional Level Certs or better, VCP, GIAC Certs, Offensive Security Certs, etc) may be substituted in lieu years of demonstrated experience.
Position is eligible for relocation package.