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Senior Information Systems Security Officer

Steampunk
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Jul 26, 2026

Required

  • Masters degree and 4 years of cyber & FISMA experience; OR

    • Bachelors degree and 5 years of cyber & FISMA experience; OR
    • No degree and 9 years of experience, 7 of which must be cyber & FISMA

  • Possesses one of the following professional security certifications:

    • CISSP

    • CASP

    • CISM

    • CEH

    • CISA

    • SSCP

    • GISP

    • GSLC

  • Ability to hold and maintain DHS Public Trust

  • Specialized knowledge of financial audit standards, classified system IA requirements and Privacy Act requirements 

  • Specialized knowledge and experience with the implementation of the NIST Special Publication (SP) 800 family of publications (800-53 rev 4/5), particularly those associated with the Risk Management Framework (RMF) 

  • Ability to explain the RMF to non-technical individuals 

  • Specialized knowledge and experience with evaluating system, network, or infrastructure security controls against requirements such as FISMA, FIPS, FedRAMP, and NIST guidelines 

  • Specialized knowledge and experience with vulnerability scanning execution, assessment, and analysis 

  • Specialized knowledge and experience with the operating system (Windows and/or Linux) and network (i.e., Local Area Networks [LAN] and Wide Area Networks [WAN]) 

  • Specialized knowledge and experience with information security and assurance principles (e.g., Defense-in-depth) and associated supporting technologies 

  • Specialized knowledge and experience with application security, database security, and network security 

  • Ability to interpret patterns of noncompliance to determine their impact on levels of risk and/or overall effectiveness of the cybersecurity program.  

  • Ability to advise appropriate senior leadership of changes affecting the system’s cybersecurity posture. 

  • Ability to assess and weigh current and evolving security threats in an operational environment 

  • Ability to interview system stakeholders to properly document security controls 

  • Ability to perform independent and self-assessments 

  • Ability to independently perform ISSO duties for at least one system 

  • Understands risks 

  • Recognize a possible security violation and take appropriate action to report the incident, as required. 

Preferred Skills

  • Current experience providing ISSO support to DHS 

  • Experience supporting systems hosted in Cloud environments. 

  • Experience supporting systems in Agile and DevSecOps environments 

  • Independent worker 

  • Ability to mentor other team members 

Job ID

7909

Security Clearance

Public Trust
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