Advise and assist the Sponsor's customers with the Lifecycle Assessment and Authorization (A&A) process. Advise and assist the Sponsor's customers with development of a System Security Plan. Utilize COTS/ GOTS and custom tools and process/procedures in order to scan, identify, contain, mitigate and remediate vulnerabilities, and intrusions. Monitor, track, and update status of systems in the assessment queue. Coordinate technical security assessments of computing environments and systems to iden... more details
Secure our Nation, Ignite your Future
Become an integral part of a diverse team while working at an Industry Leading Organization, where our employees come first. At ManTech International, you’ll help protect our national security while working on innovative projects that offer opportunities for advancement.
Currently, ManTech is seeking a motivated, career and customer-oriented Assessment and Authorization Specialist to join our team in the Herndon, VA.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Advise and assist the Sponsor's customers with the Lifecycle Assessment and Authorization (A&A) process
- Advise and assist the Sponsor's customers with development of a System Security Plan
- Utilize COTS/GOTS and custom tools and process/procedures in order to scan, identify, contain, mitigate and remediate vulnerabilities, and intrusions
- Monitor, track, and update status of systems in the assessment queue
- Coordinate technical security assessments of computing environments and systems to identify points of vulnerability, non-compliance with established Information Assurance (IA) standards and regulations, and recommend mitigation strategies
- Assist architect and services developers in the identification and implementation of appropriate information security controls and potential security functionality to ensure uniform application of security policy and enterprise solutions
- Create and review A&A Body of Evidence (BOE) documentation, providing succinct assessment on compliance of its content for Sponsor's use for A&A adjudication
- Design and implement trusted interfaces among external systems and architectures
- Validate and verify system security requirements definitions and analysis and establishes system security design for controls
- Design, develop, and implement, and/or integrate IA and security systems and system components including those for networking, computing, virtualization, cloud, and enclave environments to include those with multiple enclaves and with differing data protection/classification requirements
- Build IA into systems and services deploying into operational environments at multiple classifications levels
- Recognize potential, successful, and unsuccessful intrusion attempts and compromises thorough review and analyses of relevant event detail and summary information
- Assess and mitigate system security threats/risks throughout the program life cycle
- Contribute to the security planning, assessment, risk analysis, risk management, certification and awareness activities for system and networking operations
Basic Qualifications:
- Must have a minimum of (2) 2 years of related experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
- A bachelor's degree. A bachelor's degree can substitute (4) four years of experience
- Related certifications
Clearance Requirements:
- Must be a U.S. citizen
- Must hold a TS/SCI clearance
- Must hold a polygraph
Physical Requirements:
- Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50%
- Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine and computer printer
- The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc
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