Job Title: Specialist, Cyber Intelligence - ISSO Job Code: 41888
Job Location: Palm Bay, FL
Job Schedule:
9/80 Reg: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked, and have every other Friday off Job Description: Join the frontline of cyber defense supporting classified government networks as an Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO). In this role, you will help safeguard mission-critical systems by supporting Assessment & Authorization activities, continuous monitoring, system hardening, configuration management, and security compliance under RMF, ICD 503, and NISPOM guidance. You will also investigate security incidents, identify and remediate control gaps, maintain a strong security posture across assigned systems, and deliver security training that strengthens awareness and resilience across the organization.
Essential Functions:- Maintain Assessment & Authorization (A&A) documentation of assigned systems
- Perform security control assessments and execute Continuous Monitoring PlansWork with IT and system administration organizations to develop device and system hardening guides following DISA STIGs and NIST guidelines
- Responsible for the tracking and resolution of POA&MsManage the incident response process for areas of responsibility
- Develop new concepts, standards, and training material which make significant and impactful improvements to processes, systems, solutions, or products
- Lead inventory and asset management discovery and tracking activities
- Work with site leadership to improve the security posture of systems and the facility
Qualifications:- Bachelor's Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience.
- Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience
- Active Top Secret/SCI security clearance with CI Polygraph
- Preferred Additional Skills: Active full scope polygraph
- Willingness to submit to a full scope polygraph investigation (current polygraph preferred)
- DoD 8140.03 certification
- Minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience to include experience with networking equipment; experience interpreting vulnerability scanning results; experience reviewing workstation, server, firewall, & IPS logs; experience with SIEM tools
- Experience as an ISSO managing cybersecurity on classified systems under multiple agencies' JSIG, NISPOM Ch8, ICD 503, and/or NIST 800-53 implementations
- Experience developing, managing, and providing evidence to close POA&Ms associated with the A&A and project management processes
- Experience with workstation and server operating systems, including but not limited to Microsoft and Linux offerings
- Flexibility to adjust to chaning requirements, schedules, and priorities
- Able to socialize ideas, make recommendations, and gain team consensus
- Excellent time management and task prioritizatoin skills
- Exceptional verbal, written interpersonal and presentation skills, customer relationship building skills, analytical skills, and ability to lead/mentor teammates. High level of personal motivation and initiative to learn and acquire new skills#LI-EK1
