Junior Cybersecurity Compliance Specialist

Description

We are a team of visionary leaders who shift the paradigm to bring our customers game changing innovations and emerging technologies to strengthen their missions.

As a Vision, Mission, and Driven company, VMD has been delivering information technology solutions to the Federal government in Agile Engineering, Cybersecurity, and Critical Infrastructure Protection since 2002.

Why Join VMD Corp?

At VMD you have the opportunity to thrive in your career and become a Game Changer. The quality and talent of our people is what drives the success of VMD.

We embrace an employee-first culture and make it a priority to provide professional development opportunities that foster career growth.

We help protect American Citizens and the nation's most critical infrastructure by working alongside our customers and delivering game changing solutions to strengthen their missions.

We believe our passion and commitment to achieve our customers' goals and solve their most critical challenges defines who we are.

We don't just dream big, we act on it - through teamwork, dedication, and resilience.

Learn more about VMD culture here : VMD Culture

About the Mission You Will Join :

Do you want to help change the delivery of cybersecurity initiatives and operations in the Federal space? At VMD, we are looking for game-changers to help re-envision cybersecurity in the Federal space and leap takers to help execute on that vision.

VMD's cybersecurity services and delivery leverage the following aspects :

• Utilizing fundamentals and embedding them into everyday culture
• Being agile and nimble to adjust responses as necessary
• Making decisions based on data
• Using threat intelligence to determine risk
• Removing manual dependencies from security-related processes where feasible

Your Impact to the Mission :

As a Junior Cybersecurity Specialist you will be responsible to deliver security and compliance to support multiple IT projects, programs, and initiatives.

You will be supporting the assessment and authorization (A&A) process, determining current security postures, tracking vulnerabilities and POA&Ms, and identifying potential cybersecurity risk.

The Junior Cybersecurity Specialist will be responsible for :

• Actively participate in meetings to review and assess compliance of systems and technology
• Perform risk assessments based on Federal guidelines and industry best practices
• Assist teams in identifying vulnerabilities and providing recommendations to reduce cybersecurity risk
• Report on cybersecurity risk and compliance to team members
• Continually improve the cybersecurity risk assessment and POA&M process and program
• Aggregate and track cybersecurity POA&Ms and risks across projects, teams, and programs
• Monitor and triage security incidents as appropriate for specific systems

Experience Needed to Be Successful :

• 1+ years of cybersecurity and compliance experience
• Interpersonal skills to facilitate effective collaboration across a variety of stakeholders
• Understanding of guiding cybersecurity principles and control guidance
• Effective writing skills to capture issues and recommendations

Basic Qualifiers :

• Education Requirement : High School
• Required Certification(s) : Active Security+ certification
• Minimum Years of Overall Experience : 1
• Minimum Years of Specific Experience in Field : 1
• Minimum Clearance to Start : Secret
• Work Status Allowable : US Citizenship

The Type of Person That Will Excel :

• You are curious, inquisitive, and have demonstrated a constant eagerness to learn through actions.
• You have high attention to detail.
• You demonstrate personal accountability and integrity in all actions.

Travel and Telecommuting :

• Travel : Little (less than 10%)
• Telecommute Options : Yes, Hybrid.

VMD provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable Federal, state and local laws.

VMD maintains a drug-free workplace.