System Technical Security Analyst

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System Technical Security Analyst

Location of Services:
Herndon, VA 20171 (Remote)

Client is supporting the FedRAMP and FISMA authorization(s) of new Cloud Products and 3rd Party Applications into our various cloud environments. This effort requires security testing/assessment support, the knowledge/development of the appropriate security documentation (i.e., System Security Plan (SSP), plans and procedures), and ongoing continuous monitoring activities. This position is majority remote (post-pandemic).

This role serves as a “hands‑on” senior‑level technical security analyst responsible for interfacing with the build, operations and security engineering teams on security issues and information gathering; creating and managing the Plan of Action and Milestones (POAM) for multiple environments, configuration/execution/analysis of vulnerability scans, gathering the security control implementations information for the technical controls and documenting their implementation in the SSP.

Additionally, this role will assist with the security assessments, and continuous monitoring evidence for any of the CLIENT environments (corporate, commercial regulated, FedRAMP, DOD and International).

The Technical Security Analyst will be responsible for maintenance of the commercial and corporate environment POAM and analysis of the corresponding vulnerability scans; development of the metrics / trends of vulnerabilities, assisting with the FedRAMP or FISMA authorization processes to include prep of the operations and build teams, and technical documentation summary and update as required. This role serves as a senior level technical security analyst who has the knowledge to create policies and execute vulnerability scans as needed, evaluates the vulnerability scan data and control implementation and who can provide thoughtful recommendations, as well as conduct security impact analysis of changes to the environments.

This role must communicate between security, engineering, build/development and operations teams daily, and be able to interpret and document the results of data gathering.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITES:

• Configuration, Execution and Analysis of vulnerability scans
• Ability to interpret and assess network diagrams and drawings using Visio.
• Identify and assess
  Cloud System
  state, including vulnerabilities, RMF package status/accreditation model,
  PPS compliance
  , and patching,
  Cyber Security Vulnerability Assessments (CSVA) mechanisms.
• Demonstrate familiarity with current FedRAMP, DOD and NIST Security controls and technologies, including vulnerability management capabilities.
• Understand enterprise operating environments, including security posture, application environment, and associated security controls
• Understand/document information system specifications
  and security controls, including logical and physical diagrams, connectivity, communication, and data flow diagrams, both internal and external to the system.
• Gather information
  , architecture diagrams and implementation of the security controls through interfacing with the security engineering, operations and build teams
• Develop security documentation input of technical control implementation
• Understand the intent of the FedRAMP moderate security controls, FISMA security controls and communicate as needed
• Assist with the FedRAMP or FISMA authorization to include, but not limited to, prep of security engineering, build and operations teams through training and mock interviews, update implementation language in the security documentation and develop processes as required, and support FedRAMP PMO/ Agency / CISO requests
• Maintain and update a monthly Plan of Actions and Milestones (POAM), inventory and other continuous monitoring deliverables as appropriate
• Ability to respond effectively to customer’s concerns regarding Con Mon activities

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science / MIS / Information Technology, or equivalent experience in Information…