Cybersecurity Analyst; Risk Management Framework – TS​/SCI

Position: Cybersecurity Analyst (Risk Management Framework) – TS/SCI
Location: Corridor North

Type of Requisition

Pipeline

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess

Top Secret/SCI

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain

Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Public Trust/Other Required

None

Job Family

Cyber and IT Risk Management

Job Qualifications Skills

Information Assurance, Information Systems, Information Technology (IT)

Certifications

None

Experience

6 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required

Yes

Job Description

GDIT is your place. Make it your own by discovering new ways to apply the latest technologies securely and expertly. By owning your opportunity at GDIT, you’ll become a critical part in how we successfully solve our clients’ biggest challenges and deliver on promise. Our work depends on a Cybersecurity Analyst joining our team to support Government activities in Sterling, V.A. or Annapolis Junction, M.D.

Blog Heps? At GDIT, we foster a people‑focused and customer‑centric environment in delivering Engineering Support Services. As a Cybersecurity Analyst supporting the Government, you will be trusted with ensuring our IT engineering solutions meet the highest security standards, that they adhere to all applicable standards, guidelines, and mandates; and that all appropriate documentation to make up a Body of Evidence (BoE) is provided to the Government.

In this role, a typical day may include:

• Acting as an appointed Information System Security Officer (ISSO) for IC cyber systems being developed by the engineering team
• Reporting, documenting, and briefing the status of systems under development, while assuring their което successful and timely progression through the clients’ Risk Management Framework (RMF) to the satisfaction of the appointed Information System Security Manager (ISSM), and/or Senior Government leadership
• Providing clear justification satisfying all applicable security control implementation as specified by the IC, AO seguindo NIST‑800‑53, rev 4 rev 5
• Authoring System Security Plans (SSP) and System Security Test Plans (SSTP)
• Conducting self‑assessments of all systems under development
• Analyzing security controls and the impacts the changes would have on the environment
• Preparing for and assisting with formal risk assessments conducted by the AO’s designated PLATFORM Security Control Assessors (SCA) while acting as a member of the security assessment test team
• Ensuring the remediation of any findings assigned to engineering as documented in the Security Assessment Report (SAR) and its Plan of Actions and Milestones (PO&AM)
• Documenting and defending reasoning when waivers are sought, or non‑standard remediation solutions are requested for specific security controls
• Assisting with the transition of systems granted an ATO to the Operations branch and the assignment of an operations ISSO
• Researching remediation options for vulnerabilities identified for systems under development আগামী বা already in production under an ATO

What you’ll need

• Active TS/SCI clearance and ability to obtain and maintain a CI poly
• Must meet DoD 8570 IAT Level II requirements including one of the following:
  Security+ CE, CND(abbrev), SSCP, GSEC, GICSP, CySA+, or CCNA Security
• Bachelor’s Degree in a related technical discipline +6 years’ experience or the equivalent combination of education, technical certification or training, or work/military experience
• Minimum of 3‑years IC (SCI) RMF Assessment and Authorization (A&A) experience and the ability to describe the differences between collateral and SCI authorization requirements as they apply to DoD and IC instructions and guidelines
• Ability to speak to the intent of all NIST 800‑53 security controls
• Minimum 1‑year hands on experience with the Xacta application
• Excellent oral and technical writing skills
• Ability to work both independently and as a member of a team

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