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Sr. Information Assurance Manager
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Excentium, Inc. is a veteran owned small business that provides Cyber Security; Information Assurance (IA), IA Management, and Certification and Accreditation (C&A) services to government and commercial organizations.
We have an opportunity for a Sr. Information Assurance Manager to support one of our customers in Falls Church, VA. The chosen candidate will lead a team of an IA Analyst and Security Engineer, and will be responsible for ensuring the successful re-accreditation of a large commercial enterprise system supporting the DoD.
The applicant must be able to demonstrate expert knowledge in Information Assurance technologies and provide sufficient work history to demonstrate experience in the networking technologies and Information Assurance. The applicant should have proven experience documenting system security features IAW the DoDi 8500.2. Also, the applicant should be capable of identifying acceptable mitigations when moving large enterprise systems through the phases of DIACAP.
Experience:
- Experience implementing the DIACAP for large enterprise systems
- Experience working with security architecture, design, and implementation
- Experience working with Managed Care contractors is a plus
- Experience leading a small team
- Experience communicating with Sr. leadership
Responsibilities include:
Review current documentation and interview engineers and key stakeholders to determine current status and baseline of a large enterprise system.
Develop project plan and schedule outlining work activities necessary to ensure the successful reaccreditation of a large enterprise system.
Establish appropriate security and accreditation boundaries based on system components that store, process, display, or transmit DoD sensitive data or otherwise interface with DoD systems.
Assess system security status IAW DoDi 8500.2., Health Insurance Portability and Accountibility Act (HIPAA), and other Federal requirements.
Provide Subject Matter Expertise to Client and Client vendor necessary to guide and ensure successful reaccreditation
Review complex systems to determine if they have been designed to comply with established standards. Develop and implement new standards as necessary.
Manage security engineer and analyst resources
Provide product recommendations of security systems to customers; Review vendor products and make recommendations as appropriate.
The applicant will be skilled in office automation software from Microsoft: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, Visio, and Project.
DESIRED TECHNOLOGIES AND EXPERIENCES:
Should be familiar with the DoD security requirements for the following classes of equipment/technologies:
- Firewalls, routers, switches and other infrastructure
- Windows/Unix/Linux — Laptops, desktops, PDAs, servers, wireless devices
- Web/Database systems
- Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) VPN systems
- Wireless networking
- Web Content Filtering
- Malware (anti-virus/Anti-spyware)
- Host and Network based intrusion detection/prevention systems
- Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
- Public Key Infrastructure and Enablement (PKI/PKE).
General Experience:
Candidate must have at least seven years of IA experience with one or more DoD organizations. Experience within the TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) is preferred.
Education: A minimum Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Information Assurance or related hard technical discipline is required.
Candidate must possess one or more of the following certifications CISSP, GIAC, CISM, CISA or equivalent.
Candidates must be a U.S. Citizen, will be subject to background investigation, and must meet the requirements necessary to obtain an IT II position of public trust adjudication.
Excentium, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.
