Information Security Manager - III

Company: Farfield Systems
Location: Arlington
Posted on: March 13, 2023

Job Description:

Farfield will assist the Federal staff within the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Agency (CISA) Hunt and Incident Response Team (HIRT), and National Cybersecurity and Assessment and Technical Services (NCATS) branches, with a broad set of support functions. The Hunt and Incident Response Team is DHS's front line when responding to cyber incidents and proactively hunting for malicious cyber activity. HIRT leverages world-class expertise to lead response, containment, remediation, and asset recovery efforts with its constituents and partners. HIRT provides two primary functions to its customer. First, HIRT serves as DHS's primary operations arm in the execution of the asset response mission delegated to DHS. When any civilian Government agency or critical asset owner operator experiences a cyber-attack, HIRT can provide remote and onsite advanced technical assistance. Second, HIRT also can be called upon to proactively identify malicious activity, otherwise known as a "hunt", specifically focusing on identifying threats from sophisticated threat actors that are often undetected, and in situations beyond the capacity and capability of traditional cyber security tools and techniques.*** Requires a Top Secret/SCI Clearance and U.S. Citizenship***Responsibilities:
- Providing support to plan, coordinate, and implement the lab's information security
- Providing support for facilitating and helping the lab identify its current security infrastructure and defining future programs, design and implementation of security related to lab systems
- Assisting the efforts of security staff to design, develop, engineer and implement solutions to security requirements
- Responsible for implementing and developing the DHS IT security
- Gathering and organizing technical information about the lab's mission goals and needs, existing security products, and ongoing programs
- Performing risk analyses which also includes risk assessment
- Providing support to plan, coordinate, and implement the lab's information security
- Providing support for facilitating and helping the lab identify its current security infrastructure and define future programs, design and implementation of security related to lab systems
- Possessing and applying expertise on multiple complex work assignments which are broad in nature, requiring originality and innovation in determining how to accomplish tasks
- Has the ability to apply a comprehensive knowledge across key tasks and high impact assignments
- Planning and leading major technology assignments
- Evaluating performance results and recommending major changes affecting short-term project growth and success
- Functioning as a technical expert across multiple project assignments.Required Skills:
- U.S. Citizenship
- Must have an active TS/SCI clearance -
- Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability
- 5+ years of directly relevant experience in information security
- Knowledge of Computer Network Defense (CND) policies, procedures, and regulations
- Knowledge of defense-in-depth principles and network security architecture
- Knowledge of boundary protection and enclaving
- Knowledge of authentication and access management technologies
- Knowledge of several of the following areas is required: Understanding of business security practices and procedures; current security tools available; hardware/software security implementation; different communication protocols; encryption techniques/tools; familiarity with commercial products, and current lab infrastructure technology
- Ability to serve as an Information System Security Officer (ISSO)
- Must be able to work collaboratively across physical locations.Desired Skills:
- DHS experience
- Cybersecurity skills including threat hunting.
- Advanced knowledge of RMF framework
- Experience working ATO'sRequired Education:
BS Information Management, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or related degree; or HS Diploma and 7+ years information security experience.
Desired Certifications:
CISSO, CISM, CISSPPowered by JazzHR

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