Lead Cybersecurity Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Dynamic Solutions Technology, LLC , a premier strategic services firm that meets IT and Service needs for commercial and government clients, is seeking a full-time Lead Cyber Security Specialist in support of the government customer located in Washington DC area.

Responsibilities :

• Integrate and test new technology for compliance with IT security standards
• Perform analysis to ensure security controls are consistently implemented throughout system development life cycle and continuous monitoring phase.
• Develop, document, and execute plans for monitoring, assessing, and verifying security controls across assigned information systems
• Documenting security control implementation statements.
• Knowledge of network security architecture concepts, including topology, protocols, components, and principles.
• Demonstrated experience creating system continuous monitoring and contingency plans that identify critical mission and business functions and recovery processes and procedures.
• Analyze Information Assurance Vulnerability Alert (IAVA) requirements to determine applicability to existing systems
• Provide recommendations, guidance, and corrective action for all non-compliant security controls.
• Request, gather, and comprehend evidence required to closeout open POAMS.
• Conduct comprehensive self-assessments consisting of automated and manual security assessments of the management, operational, and technical security controls
• Optimize processes to meet IT security-related goals and strategies by documenting lessons learned for each system and application by authorization month and year.
• Develop test scenarios and exercises as required to evaluate, analyze, and investigate emerging technologies
• Enter test results and artifacts into the bureau / department repository
• Document assessment activities and results in sufficient detail to enable external review of all assessment processes, activities, results, and conclusions
• Skill in developing, maintaining, and overseeing cybersecurity efforts and cybersecurity training materials.
• All other duties assigned

Qualifications :

• Understanding of information assurance, cybersecurity, privacy policies disciplines, methodologies.
• Understanding of Federal Information Security Modernization Act 2014 (FISMA)
• Understanding of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Risk Management Framework (RMF)
• Understanding of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF)
• Understanding of Identity, Credential and Access Management (ICAM) implementation.
• Understanding of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education, National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Cybersecurity Workforce Framework, and Cybersecurity Workforce Framework, Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Assessment Act of 2015.
• Ability to work with customers to assess needs, provide assistance, resolve problems, satisfy expectations; knows products and services.
• Understanding of CSAM reporting and controls management (Common, Hybrid, and System specific).

Required :

• B.A and / or B.S.
• A minimum of seven (7) years of experience in DoD Risk Management Framework and Information Assurance (IA) security compliance policies performing system and application certifications and accreditations.
• Expert in the processes and documentation requirements for RMF methodologies
• Demonstrated experience supporting Government Agencies preferably DOS.
• Proficient or able to gain proficiency with a broad array of security software application and tools
• Organized with attention to detail
30+ days ago