Specialist, Information System Security Officer

Job Title: Specialist, Information System Security Officer

Job Code: 35433

Job Location: Waco, TX

Schedule: 9/80; Every other Friday off

Job Description:

• Responsible for the development, deployment and execution of controls and defenses to ensure the security of company technology, information systems, and system deliverables.


• Supports secure systems operations and maintenance.


• Assesses and mitigates system security threats and risks throughout the program life cycle.


• Performs system certification and accreditation planning, testing, and validation activities in coordination with government customers.


• Executes first level responses and addresses reported or detected incidents.


• Interprets, analyzes, and reports all events and anomalies in accordance with directives, to include initiating, responding, and reporting discovered events.

• Safeguards information against unauthorized use, infiltration, exfiltration, modification, destruction or disclosure of national security information. 


• Notify the ISSM of changes affecting the ATO. Coordinate any changes to hardware, software, or firmware with the ISSM prior to any change.

Essential Functions: 

• Building Aircraft disk pack sets, along with keeping them maintained and updated, as necessary to support our test team, and the Air Force as required.


• Willing to Travel 25% of the time to support offsite test events


• Frequently supports night, and/or weekends to augment SCIF manning for planned site power outages and/or network outages that will affect our security posture.


• Responsible for analyzing and/or administering security controls for information systems as part of the systems’ Continuous Monitoring Plan


• Follow approved procedures for clearing, sanitizing and destroying hardware and media.


• Implements, enforces, communicates and develops security policies or plans for data, software applications, hardware, and telecommunications


• Provides details for developing Information System Security (ISS) Risk Management Framework (RMF) documentation (SSP, SAR, RAR, SAP, SCTM, POA&M, etc.) to support the Assessment & Authorization (A&A) of assigned systems


• Performs periodic hardware/software inventories to maintain strict control over assigned assets


• Identifies system security controls shortcomings and annotates POA&M entries for deficient items, playing a vital role with remediating control deficiencies

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience


• Minimum Security+ certification required


• An active DoD Top Secret with SCI eligibility security clearance is required.  Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens.  In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience with various information system security assessment/hardening tools - SCAP Compliance Checker, ACAS, Nessus


• Prior Xacta 360 /Xacta.io training, knowledge, and relevant experience


• Working knowledge of WAN/LANs, to include routers, switches, and firewalls


• Self-starter who works well with others in support of achieving team goals