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Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, United States

Serves as the principal advisor on all matters involving the security of the information system. Provides detailed knowledge and expertise required to manage the security aspects of the information system and day-to-day security operations of the system. This includes, but is not limited to, physical security, personnel security, incident handling, and security awareness and training, while also assisting in the development of the system security policy to ensure compliance with local regulations. Develops and updates the System Security Plan as well as managing and controlling changes to the system and assessing the security impact of those changes. Coordinates with external agencies to ensure all external connections meet protection requirements and are documented in the Security Plan, Risk Assessment, and security operating procedures.

Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, United States

Provide support for a program, organization, system, or enclaves information assurance program; provide support for proposing, coordinating, implementing, and enforcing information systems security policies, standards, and methodologies; maintain operational security posture for an information system or program to ensure information systems security policies, standards, and procedures are established and followed; assist with the management of security aspects of the information system and perform day-to-day security operations of the system; evaluate security solutions to ensure they meet security requirements for processing classified information; perform vulnerability/risk assessment analysis to support certification and accreditation; provide configuration management (CM) for information system security software, hardware, and firmware; manage changes to system and assess the security impact of those changes; prepare and review documentation to include Systems Security Plans (SSPs), Risk Assessment Reports, Certification and Accreditation (C&A) packages, and System Requirements Traceability Matrices (SRTMs); support security authorization activities in compliance with NSA/CSS Information System Certification and Accreditation Process (NISCAP) and DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP).

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Fort Meade, Md

• Develops, reviews, and distributes communications throughout the Department of Defense to maintain a global picture of situational awareness• Monitors and evaluates information pertaining to malicious activities and cyber-attacks• Technical expertise in JWICS and TMS• Proficiency in using the Automated Messaging Handling System (AMHS) and SKIWeb reporting tools• Comfortable briefing DoD leadership

• Protect critical infrastructure of government organizations through digital forensics, focused threat analysis, and training• Collect, analyze and disseminate information to enable organizations the ability to implement information assurance and cyber security• Communicate between organizations, review new data collected and the tracking of all reported vulnerabilities in the Department of Defense’s domain• Management of the HackerOne Application• Created Standards Operating Procedures to use HackerOne application

• Performs vulnerability assessments of web applications, networks, firewalls and other endpoints or services• Produces actionable reports on security testing results with recommendations to mitigate vulnerabilities• Works collaboratively with other cyber crewmembers on research projects that involve event analysis to validate attack vectors and risk assignments• Manage scan policies, custom audit files, and permissions for all organizations• Scan and update DOD STIG compliance using SCAP Compliance Checker and STIG Viewer• Administrator to the Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS) throughout the Pacific

Master'S Degree, Cybersecurity Technology, 3.6

-Tailor digital strategies to the mission of an organization -Understand how to balance the use of people, policy, and technology.

Bachelor’S Degree, Cyber Security Administation And Policy, 3.76

Coursework Includes: Protecting an organization's critical information and assets by ethically integrating cyber security best practices.