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Job Title: Information System Security Officer - ISSO 4

Job Code: 42912

Job Location: Waco, TX; On-site

Job Schedule: 9/80 Regular - Employees work 9 out of every 14 days - totaling 80 hours worked - and have every other Friday off.

Job Description:

L3Harris is actively seeking an Information System Security Officer (ISSO) for our facility located in Waco, TX for an exempt direct hire opportunity. We do offer competitive wages with benefits and offer a generous relocation package. 

Job Description:

We are seeking a mission-focused Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) to support the development, deployment, and execution of security controls and defensive measures that protect company technology, information systems, and system deliverables. In this role, you will help ensure secure system operations and maintenance, assess and mitigate security threats and risks throughout the program lifecycle, and support system certification and accreditation planning, testing, and validation activities in coordination with government customers. You will execute first-level incident response actions, interpret and analyze security events and anomalies, and report findings in accordance with established directives. This position plays a critical role in safeguarding systems and national security information against unauthorized use, infiltration, exfiltration, modification, destruction, or disclosure. The ISSO will also notify the ISSM of any changes that could affect the system’s Authorization to Operate (ATO) and coordinate all hardware, software, and firmware changes with the ISSM prior to implementation.

Essential Functions:

• Active TS with SCI eligibility security clearance. 
• 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 and artifacts 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.
• 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.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant systems security experience.
• Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related systems security experience.
• In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 10 years of prior related systems security experience.
• Minimum Security certification (or equivalent) required.

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.

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Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. 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.

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