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Your Impact:

Are you interested in using your skills to help shape the Cyber, Security, & Intel space? If so, look no further. Amentum is seeking a **Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE)** to join our team of passionate individuals in **Fort Meade, MD** . In this role you will support challenging, mission-critical projects that make a direct impact on the Nation’s security and intelligence mission.

Responsibilities:

+ The Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE) shall perform, or review, technical security assessments of computing environments to identify points of vulnerability, non-compliance with established Information Assurance (IA) standards and regulations, and recommend mitigation strategies.

+ Validates and verifies system security requirements definitions and analysis and establishes system security designs.

+ Designs, develops, implements and/or integrates IA and security systems and system components including those for networking, computing, and enclave environments to include those with multiple enclaves and with differing data protection/classification requirements.

+ Builds IA into systems deployed to operational environments.

+ Assists architects and systems developers in the identification and implementation of appropriate information security functionality to ensure uniform application of Agency security policy and enterprise solutions.

+ Supports the building of security architectures.

+ Enforce the design and implementation of trusted relations among external systems and architectures.

+ Assesses and mitigates system security threats/risks throughout the program life cycle.

+ Contributes to the security planning, assessment, risk analysis, risk management, certification and awareness activities for system and networking operations.

+ Reviews certification and accreditation (C&A) documentation, providing feedback on completeness and compliance of its content.

+ Applies system security engineering expertise in one or more of the following to:

+ system security design process

+ engineering life cycle

+ information domain

+ cross domain solutions

+ commercial off-the-shelf and government off-the-shelf cryptography

+ identification, authentication and authorization

+ system integration

+ risk management

+ intrusion detection

+ contingency planning

+ incident handling

+ configuration control

+ change management

+ auditing

+ certification and accreditation process

+ principles of IA (confidentiality, integrity, non-repudiation, availability, and access control)

+ security testing

+ Support security authorization activities in compliance with NSA/CSS Information System Certification and Accreditation Process (NISCAP) and DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF), the NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF) process, and prescribed NSA/CSS business processes for security engineering.

Requirements:

+ Participate as a security engineering representative on engineering teams for the design, development, implementation and/or integration of secure networking, computing, and enclave environments

+ Participate as a security engineering representative on engineering teams for the design, development, implementation and/or integration of IA architectures, systems, or system components

+ Participate as the primary security engineering representative on engineering teams for the design, development, implementation, evaluation, and/or integration of secure networking, computing, and enclave environments (U) Apply knowledge of IA policy, procedures, and workforce structure to design, develop, and implement secure networking, computing, and enclave environments

+ Interact with the customer and other project team members

+ Participate as the primary security engineering representative on engineering teams for the design, development, implementation, evaluation, and/or integration of IA architectures, systems, or system components -Support the Government in the enforcement of the design and implementation of trusted relationships among external systems and architectures

+ Support security planning, assessment, risk analysis, and risk management (U) Identify overall security requirements for the proper handling of Government data

+ Provide security planning, assessment, risk analysis, and risk management

+ Perform system or network designs that encompass multiple enclaves, to include those with differing data protection/classification requirements

+ Recommend system-level solutions to resolve security requirements

+ Support the Government in the enforcement of the design and implementation of trusted relationships among external systems and architectures

Clearance Required:

+ TS/SCI with Polygraph. Poly Date within the last seven (7) years.

Minimum Education:

+ Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.

Minimum Years of Experience:

+ Fourteen (14) years experience as a ISSE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity is required.

+ Four (4) years of additional ISSE experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.

Certification Requirement:

+ DoD 8570.01-M compliance with IASAE Level 2 is required CISSP Certification is required.

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Pay Transparency Verbiage

Amentum’s health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you and in the things you care about. Your health. Your well-being. Your security. Your future. Eligible employees and their dependents may elect medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan, and, if eligible, a deferred compensation plan and Executive Deferral Plan. Employees will also receive 17 days of vacation per year, seven paid holidays, plus floating holidays and caregiver leave. Hired applicants will be able to purchase company stock and have the opportunity to receive a performance discretionary bonus.

The base salary range for this position is **$174,000 to $194,000** . This range reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.