Current Opportunities

SE3/SISSE/SME2 (Labor Category Flexible)

Description of Position

Position Description:

Candidate will support IAD Program Office for Secure Configuration Management (SCM).  Overall SCM efforts are strategic in nature but this position would be mostly focused on the tactical engagements throughout the DoD involving "Patching the GIG".  Candidate will take a holistic approach to gaining situational awareness on all the efforts underway to secure the current GIG infrastructure.  Candidate will then advise Government personnel on recommendations and approaches.  Candidate would track incremental progress and provide situational reporting and milestone updates.

 

Qualifications:

In addition to the required system engineering skills, the candidate must have recent experience in Global Information Grid (GIG) Information Assurance (IA) and a solid background in the major IA security service disciplines.  The candidate must have overall Enterprise Security Management and architecture experience defined as those systems, processes, and personnel required to order, create, disseminate, modify, suspend, and terminate management controls to provision and operate IA services, processes, and devices across an enterprise.  The candidate must be familiar with defense in depth concepts as well as IA strategic planning.  The candidate needs to have strong mentoring skills as well as the ability to write detailed IA configuration management documents such as technical strategies and concepts of operation, and have the ability to lead a broad IA community in a single technical direction.  Required recent experience must include the following as related to Configuration Management; Configuration Management best practices (Device, Network, Service, Architectures), Computer Network Defense, DoD software patch and vulnerability management, and any other security and network configuration management concepts, including but not limited to Host Base Security System (HBSS), Secure Content Automation Protocol (SCAP), Federal Desktop Core Configurations (FDCC), DoD Vulnerability Management System (VMS), National Vulnerability Database (NVD), Passive and Active network scanners, and GIG IA architecture.

 

Specific Duties:

Position will require involvement in some/all of the following specific SCM related activities:

1.       “Patch the GIG” strategy and tracking

2.       US Cyber Command meetings

3.       DISA meetings

4.       NetOps Requirements Working Group (NRWG) support:

a.       Version and Configuration Management (VCM)

b.       Capability Analysis Teams (CAT)

5.       Enterprise Solutions Steering Group (ESSG) support:

a.       Asset Configuration Compliance Module (ACCM) TAG

b.       Remediation TAG

6.       CND Architecture Working Group (CAWG) support

7.       Asset Discovery & Detection Thread Lead

8.       Configuration Risk Mitigation Thread Lead

9.       IA Campaign Plan support and input

10.     Support to US Cyber Command on CTO oversight and generation

11.     Support and input to SCM Proof of Concept efforts

12.     Support to asset visibility efforts with DoD orgs/agencies and CND Service Providers

 

Additional Requirements


Security Clearance: Top Secret with Lifestyle Polygraph

Location: MD, Laurel/Ft Meade area

Salary: Salary commensurate with experience.

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