Cyber Policy Administrator /ISSO

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Your Role and Responsibilities
Position Location: Radford, VA
5 days onsite

Position Overview:
This position is for a Cybersecurity Policy Administrator supporting the Army Edge Computing Capability (AECC) project that ALTESS is fielding for the US Army in the Pacific theater. The AECC solution is a hyperconverged, multitenant private cloud hosting environment for hosting Army enterprise and tactical applications. AECC is utilizing the full suite of VMware products (ESXi, vSAN, NSX, vCloud Foundations, ARIA Automation, Tanzu) to implement a Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) across multiple global sites. ALTESS provides value added common and managed services built on top of the VMware foundation, that hosted Army applications will require. ALTESS is a managed service provider (MSP) and hosting services provider for Army applications. ALTESS is a Product Director office under Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS).
Position Duties:

Serve as overall subject matter expert on Cybersecurity Policy Administration.
Work within Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Service (eMASS) to add and update documentation, import ACAS and STIG files, work with POA&Ms, and all other aspects of eMASS management.
Work between technical and policy teams to implement, maintain, and monitor technical security configuration controls, including Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs), Security Requirements Guides (SRGs), and other industry security hardening guidance.
Work between technical and policy teams to successfully implement and manage requirements for maintaining cloud Provisional Authority to Operate (P-ATO), Authority to Operate (ATO), and security control inheritance capabilities.
Collaborate with internal and external parties to transform high-level technical objectives into comprehensive technical requirements.
Act as the ISSO for hosted systems, assuming the responsibilities as outlined in AR 25-2.
Assist hosted customers in obtaining and maintaining RMF for DOD IT and other certifications as required.
Update and/or assist the hosted system's personnel in updating artifacts of the accreditation package and store the artifacts in organizationally defined repository; i.e., system diagram (logical and physical) Hardware/Software/Firmware Inventory, Interface & Ports, Protocols and Services listing, etc.
Assist in the preparation of network infrastructure specifications or designs incorporating required information security features.
Review and evaluate Information Systems Design Plans, Continuity of Operation Plans, Communication Plans, engineering change proposals and configuration changes for compliance with relevant security regulations, policies, and best industry practice.
Interact with the Army Regional Cyber Center in theater performing CSSP duties, and customer ISSOs/ISSMs on a regular basis.
Required Technical and Professional Expertise

Required Skills:
This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance
Mid to senior level Cybersecurity Policy Administrator experience in a cloud environment.
eMASS experience is required.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Experience effectively managing multiple large-scale projects.
Experience automating routine administrative tasks desired.
Understanding of network, storage, server, and application technologies.
Working knowledge of DoD STIGs, and the Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM) process.
Required Certifications:
• DoD 8570.01-M IAM level II certification is required.
o Resource must possess Baseline certification as defined in DoD Instruction 8570.01-M.
Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

Relevant certifications such as CompTIA Security+, Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), or similar.
Knowledge of cloud security concepts (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
Familiarity with scripting languages (Python, Ruby, etc.).
Knowledge of container security (Docker, Kubernetes).

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