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JOB DESCRIPTION
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Position: Information Assurance Analyst
Location: Herndon, Virginia, United States
Type: Permanent F/T
Closing Date: 2008-03-13
ISSO
Location: Herndon, VA
Job Duration: Full Time
Travel: None
Clearance Level: Clearable to Top Secret
Duties/Responsibilities:
1. Must develop and implement documentation outlining system operating
environment, to include the overall mission, floor layout, hardware
configuration, software, type of information processed, user organizations and
security clearances, operating mode, interconnections to other systems/networks
of users, their security personnel, and associated responsibilities; Implement
IT security policy throughout the system’s life cycle.
2. Assist in the development of the overall system security document, the
Information System Security Plan, which contains all necessary security
procedures, instructions, operating plans, and guidance;
3. Participate in the development or revision of System-specific security
safeguards and local operating procedures that are based on the above
regulations;
4. Provide IT security consulting to system owners as to the other security
documents, for example, security incident reports, equipment/software
inventories, operating instructions, technical vulnerability reports, and
contingency plans, i.e., security policy implementation and technical oversight
of the assigned Information System (IS);
5. Provide expertise in classified and unclassified ratings to customers.
6. Further the ISSO incumbent will (but not entirely limited too):
• Recommend installation, modification, or replacement of any hardware or
software component and any configuration change that affects the IS security.
• Provide oversight and enforcement of security directives, orders,
standards, plans, and procedures for the system.
• Assure that personnel, to include system support personnel, receive
initial and follow-on security awareness and training.
• Enforce the appropriate information security configuration and monitor
the user access process to ensure operational integrity of the system.
• Generate, review, and submit system security reports as required.
• Notify the appropriate personnel immediately of any security violations,
attempt to gain unauthorized access to information, virus infection that may
affect the network, or other event affecting IT security, and assist with the
investigation and report writing as required.
• Support all applicable agency and Federal security policies, directives,
mandates, and laws in maintaining the IT security of the assigned system.
• Document inventory requirements, given the stovepipe environment created
via the tenants.
• Support the effort to create and maintain MOUs with tenant
organizations.
Requirements:
The ISSO is the principal point of contact for information assurance activities
at the IT system level. The ISSO is responsible for ensuring that management;
operational and technical controls for securing either National Security
Systems or SBU level IT Systems are in place and are followed. This includes
ensuring that appropriate steps are taken to implement information security
requirements for IT systems throughout their life cycle, from the requirements
definition phase through disposal. It is preferred that this person be a
current Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified
Information Security Manager (CISM), or possess a similar security professional
certification. Strong relevant experience (i.e., 6 or more years of experience
with Federal IT Security) and education can substitute for these
certifications. Applicants selected will be subject to a government security
investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
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CONTACT
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Direct # is 703-464-6626
wes brin
Account Manager
wbrin@kforce.com
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