ISSO Specialist

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Clearance Level: TS clearance with SCI eligibility is required. Must be a U.S. Citizen.

At Aquila Technology, you will see our team’s passion every day, whether we are building a robust, policy-compliant IT system or stress-testing a system to identify gaps and security vulnerabilities. To own the advantage, we ensure our team owns results and gets the work done right the first time by deploying smart, purposeful solutions that work. Aquila is the right people with the right skills driving the right outcomes.

We call this the Aquila Advantage.

The ISSO Specialist will work with a team of ISSO Specialists that support a critical cyber security team for a premier defense research organization.

• U.S. Citizen, authorized to work in the U.S., must be able to obtain an active Top Secret/SCI clearance (Green Cards/Visas DO NOT qualify).
• Willingness to undergo a comprehensive background investigation and maintain a personal security clearance. (Aquila would sponsor you for the security clearance.)
• Must be within 100 miles from Lexington, Massachusetts.

• Assist and support necessary compliance activities (ensure that system security configuration guidelines are followed, compliance monitoring occurs).
• Continuously validate the organization against policies/guidelines/procedures/regulations/laws to ensure compliance.
• Ensure that plans of actions and milestones or remediation plans are in place for vulnerabilities identified during risk assessments, audits, inspections, etc.
• Promote awareness of security issues among management and ensure sound security principles are reflected in the organization’s vision and goals.
• Track audit findings and recommendations to ensure that appropriate mitigation actions are taken.
• Recommend resource allocations required to securely operate and maintain an organization’s cybersecurity requirements.
• Provide technical documents, incident reports, findings from computer examinations, summaries, and other situational awareness information to key stakeholders. Recognize a possible security violation and take appropriate action to report the incident, as required.
• Assist the Program Managers and the Information System Security Manager (ISSM) in the development and maintenance of System Security Plans (SSP) and associated artifacts such as the Plan of Action & Milestones (POA&M), Risk Assessment Report, and Continuous Monitoring Strategy.
• Ensure systems are operated, maintained, and disposed of in accordance with organization security policies and procedures.
• Conduct network, system, and application vulnerability scanning, configuration assessment, and remediation.
• Lead and align information technology (IT) security priorities with the security strategy.
• Prepare for and participate in periodic organization compliance assessments. Interpret patterns of noncompliance to determine their impact on levels of risk and/or overall effectiveness of the enterprise’s cybersecurity program.

• Certification:
  Current DoD 8570 IAT Level II Certification (GSEC, Security+ CE, SSCP, CCNA-Security).
• Academic and professional experience (minimum 4 years in each area):
  System Auditing;
  Regulatory & Compliance;
  Government Policy/Regulations; STIGs/SCAP;
  Assessing Security Controls (CS105.16);
  Assessment and Authorization;
  Authorizing Systems (CS106.16);
  Categorization of the System (CS102.16);
  Continuous Monitoring (CS200.16);
  Implementation of Controls (CS104.16);
  Monitoring Security Controls (CS107.16); NIST 800-53; NIST SP 800-37;
  Risk Management Framework (RMF);
  Selecting Security Controls (CS103.16).

• Security Plus is the minimum 8570 certification requirement.
• HBSS.
• NIST 800-171.

BS degree is preferred but not required.

Aquila team members experience the opportunity to be part of a fast‑paced, customer‑focused, and technically innovative work environment.

• PTO – 15 days (vacation/sick) plus 10 paid holidays – 6 standard (New Year’s, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas) plus 4 floating holidays prorated based on your…