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Information Systems Security Engineer (TS/SCI)

Employer
MAXAR Technologies
Location
Herndon, VA
Closing date
Jan 25, 2021
Please review the job details below. Develops and executes security controls, defenses and countermeasures to intercept and prevent internal or external attacks or attempts to infiltrate company email, data, e-commerce and web-based systems. Researches attempted or successful efforts to compromise systems security and designs countermeasures. Maintains hardware, software and network firewalls and encryption protocols. Administers security policies to control physical and virtual access to systems. Provides information to management regarding the negative impact on the business caused by theft, destruction, alteration or denial of access to information and systems. Developing professional expertise in their field. Works on problems of moderate scope, where analysis of situations or data requires assessment of a variety of factors. Exercises judgement within defined policies and procedures to determine appropriate action. Receives only general instructions on routine work, while receiving detailed instructions on new projects or assignments. Typically requires a Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 2 years of related experience or an advanced degree without experience or equivalent work experience. Maxar is seeking an independent, creative, and driven Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE) to join our big-data platform team. This position would support a massive National Security platform supporting large-scale analytics on various customer data sources. The ideal candidate is passionate about technology and able to learn quickly. Why us? We build advanced algorithms to gain analytic insights from a large range of open source and government data. We enable machine learning systems, automate workflow, and design and develop custom applications for unique national-security mission. We operate an end-to-end predictive analytics platform unlike any other within the US Government. We provide training to expand your skills and challenges to develop them. Our client's missions are vital to national security, so we're mission-first always. Our work environment is relaxed business casual. At our core, we believe in our practice of social responsibility. What would you be doing? Contribute to team success by building out and maintaining a large-scale customer hosted OpenStack platform, enabling massive analytics for platform users. Analyze existing and future systems, review security architectures,, and develop engineering solutions that integrate information security requirements to proactively manage information protection. Engineer and deploy network defense countermeasures such as anti-virus, anti-spam, and intrusion detection and prevention system solutions. Analyze Information Assurance (IA) security events, including threat model development and resulting security risk analysis of systems. Review and assess information security events and logs via sophisticated security information and event manager. Minimum Requirements Must be aU S. Citizen with a currentactive TSSCI and be willing and able to obtain a CI polygraph. Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field. 4 additional years of experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree. 2 years of relevant experience. Demonstrated expertise in IC policy and able to interact at senior levels to ensure requirements are met while preserving the most feasible security posture. Must be able to manage security configs and communicate with others on the platform who are impacted by security decisionsdirection. Must be a highly motivated, self-driven team player who can interact well with others and adviseconsult with other team members and customers on system security-related issues. CompTIA Security+ certification or CISSP certification. Preferred Qualifications Specific IASecurity related experience that includes working with Data-at-rest encryption certificate validation IDSIPS Firewalls SEIMs and Log Management Syslog analysis HTTP and TCPIP analysis and vulnerability assessment to include cross-site scripting, SQL injection, cross-site request forgery, HTTP response splintering, and the OWASP Top 10 and SANS Top 25. Experience with management, certifying, and accrediting at least two production systems or applications within the US government. Experience using the fundamentals of network routing and switching and achieving compliance for production software systems on US Government networks, such as SIPRnet and JWICS. Experience with web application penetration testing identifying architectural design weaknesses from analyzing a web application. Experience implementing PKI components in a network, application, and architecture, and authentication capabilities of Windows, UNIX, Linux, Apple, and middleware. Experience with database technologies, architectural reviews, and PCI-Data Security Standard. Experience producing accurate Configuration records through the life-cycle of the asset. cjpost Maxar Technologies values diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunityaffirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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