Information Systems Security Engineer

Information Systems Security Engineer

Caribou Thunder

Location: Colorado Springs, CO

Requisition#: 0056

Date Posted: 8/19/2024

Salary: $90k - $150k

Security Clearance: Active Top Secret/SCI

Education: Bachelor’s degree (STEM)

Experience: 12 - 15 years of experience

Position Summary

Caribou Thunder is seeking a highly skilled Information Systems Security Engineer to join our dynamic engineering team.

Complete Description

The Information System Security Engineer (ISSE) is primarily responsible for conducting information system security engineering activities with a focus on lifecycle of current systems and future requirement scoping. The position will collect and process the captured information security requirements and ensures that the requirements are effectively integrated into information systems through purposeful security architecting, design, development, and configuration. The position is an integral part of the development team designing and developing organizational information systems or upgrading legacy systems. The ISSE employs best practices when implementing security requirements within an information system including software engineering methodologies, system/security engineering principles, secure design, secure architecture, and secure coding techniques. This position’s main function is working within Special Access Programs (SAPs) supporting Department of Defense (DoD) agencies, such as HQ Air Force, Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and Military Departments efforts. The position will provide “day-to-day” support for Collateral, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and Special Access Program (SAP) activities.

Requirements

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

1. Perform oversight of the development, implementation and evaluation of information system security program policy; special emphasis placed upon integration of existing SAP network infrastructure

2. Perform analysis of network security, based upon the Risk Management Framework (RMF) with emphasize on Joint Special Access Program Implementation Guide (JSIG) authorization process

3. Provides expert support, research and analysis of exceptionally complex problems, and processes relating to them

4. Serves as technical expert to the Cybersecurity Assessment Program providing technical direction, interpretation and alternatives to complex problems

5. Thinks independently and demonstrates exceptional written and oral communications skills. Applies advanced technical principles, theories, and concepts

6. Contributes to the development of new principles, concepts, and methodologies.

7. Works on unusually complex technical problems and provides highly innovative and ingenious solutions

8. Recommends cybersecurity software tools and assists in the development of software tool requirements and selection criteria to include the development of product specific STIGs from applicable DISA SRGs

9. Leads technical teams in implementation of predetermined long- range goals and objectives

10. Support customer and SAP community IA working groups, participate in SSE IPT reviews

11. Provides expert level consultation and technical services on all aspects of Information Security

12. Review ISSE related designs and provides security compliance recommendations

13. Develop and provide IA risk management recommendations to the customer

14. Provide ISSE support for Mission and Training systems design and development

15. Assist with development and maintenance of the Program Protection Plan

16. Assist with site activation activities and design reviews

17. Interface and support the System Engineer (SE) on system security design, interoperability, and basic engineering endeavors implementing cybersecurity policy, system security engineering processes, and basic system engineering (SE) processes

18. Represent the customer in various ISSE related working groups, advisory groups, and advisory council meetings

19. Strong background in Patch/Configuration management, DevOps, and tier 3 support

Assist team to design, integrate, and implement JSIG/RMF Continuous Monitoring tools and processes

20. Integrate COTS & GOTS products to collect, display and remediate a variety of automated system security and system operations/performance functions and metrics.

21. Perform security assessments of servers/network devices/security appliances

22. Develop improvements to security assessments with regard to accuracy and efficiency

23. Integrate ancillary monitoring tools/capabilities with the enterprise security information and event management (SIEM) and create/tailor complex event alarms/rules and summary reports

24. Write and execute cybersecurity test procedures for validation of control compliance

25. Monitor/analyze output of cybersecurity related tools for reportable security incidents and residual risk

26. Analyze technical risk of emerging cybersecurity tools and processes

27. Work as part of a security incident response team as needed

28. Build operational Operations and Maintenance (O&M) checklists to maintain the service (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly O&M checklists); build Tactics, Techniques and Processes (TTPs) and Standard Operating Processes (SOPs) associated with service checklists

29. Integrate/Develop new techniques to improve Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability for networks/systems operating at various classification levels

30. Advanced technical competency in one or more of the following supported platforms: Microsoft Windows Server, Active Directory, Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers, MS Hyper- V/VMWare/ESx/Xen Hypervisors, Enterprise networking/firewalls/intrusion detection/prevention systems, forensic analysis/vulnerability assessment, Group Policy management and configuration, Scripting, BMC Footprints, WSUS, Lumension, Bitlocker, SQL Server 2012, TomCat, IIS, Windows Server 2012r2/2016, Win 10, Red Hat 6.5, Microsoft Office

31. Toolkits, SIEMs, Logrhythm, ACAS/Nessus/SCAP, mandatory/role-based access control concepts (e. g. SE Linux extensions to RHEL, PitBull, AppArmor, and Sentris) , video teleconferencing/VOIP, Oracle/MS SQL database security, and Apache/IIS Web server security

32. Lead a team of System Security Engineers and Cybersecurity Analysts responsible for ensuring the customers national and international security interests are protected as support equipment are designed and tested

33. Chair and Co-Chair customer and SAP community IA working groups, participate in ISSE IPT reviews

34. Represent the customer in various SSE related working groups, advisory groups, and advisory council meetings

35. Maintain relationship with System Engineer (SE). SSE is responsible for system security design, interoperability and basic engineering endeavors with a firm grasp of cybersecurity policy, system security engineering processes and system engineering processes

Company Description

Caribou Thunder, LLC is a Woman Owned, HUBZone Certified, Native American Owned, SBA and SDB Certified global engineering services company, incorporated in 2006.

Caribou Thunder is a Global Service Provider supporting a wide variety of DoD, Space, and Intelligence programs with consistent growth since inception to over 100 associates and $10M in annual sales with solid performance in 35 states across the U.S. and 22 countries around the world. Caribou Thunder, LLC?is an established Defense contractor with nearly 20 years of experience delivering engineering services worldwide. We offer industry-leading salaries, flexible work-life balance, full range of benefits (career development and mentoring, PTO, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401k match). Caribou Thunder, LLC offers meaningful career opportunities within a true team-based environment, where every employee matters, contributing to a higher goal of supporting National Security programs.

Caribou Thunder, LLC is committed to hiring and maintaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. United States citizenship is a requirement for all positions.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $90,291.00 - $150,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

License/Certification:

• CISSP (Preferred)
• Certified Information Systems Auditor (Preferred)

Security clearance:

• Top Secret (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Colorado Springs, CO (Preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

• Colorado Springs, CO: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person