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HII · 14 hours ago

IT Security Specialist (Computer Sys Security Anlyst 4)

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$109K/yr - $160K/yr

9+ years exp

HII's Mission Technologies division is seeking an IT Security Specialist to support the United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General. The IT Security Specialist will be responsible for application security and information technology security engineering, serving as a technical expert authority to safeguard sensitive information resources.

Health CarePublic Safety

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Solve significant problems complicated by interfaces and inter-relationships between and among programs, systems, functions, applications, and numerous critical issues for agency-wide information technology solutions, operations, and maintenance supporting the security of agency infrastructure, systems, and information

Manages and administers a wide range of security systems and tools: Administers cloud-based security tools such as, Azure Security Center (Sentinel, Log Analytics, Azure WAF, Defender for Identity, Privileged Identity Manager); Microsoft 365 Security Suite (Defender, Advanced Threat Protection, Cloud Application Security, Protection Portal); Microsoft Security and Compliance Center; Microsoft Endpoint Manager (Intune); multi-factor authentication (MFA); web content filtering; and secure document sharing and collaboration solutions. Responsible for primary or alternate management of all IT Security systems including patch management, upgrades, integration engineering, and reporting

Executes security related operational activities: Manages security incident detection, response, remediation. Conducts cyber threat and vulnerability analysis and remediation. Develops security metrics and manages reporting and compliance. Serves as Incident Response Team member. Supports operational implementation of FISMA/NIST standards and industry best practices. Operates cloud-based security tools such as, Azure Security Center (Sentinel, Log Analytics, Azure WAF, Defender for Identity, Privileged Identity Manager); Microsoft 365 Security Suite (Defender, Advanced Threat Protection, Cloud Application Security, Protection Portal); Microsoft Security and Compliance Center; Microsoft Endpoint Manager (Intune); multi-factor authentication (MFA); web content filtering; and secure document sharing and collaboration solutions. Manages IT Security awareness training program in coordination with the Learning Management team, to including developing and delivering IT Security awareness training modules. Manages Password Management system in coordination with Service Desk. Responds to IT Security trouble tickets generated by customers and IT staff. Identifies solutions, works with customer and OCIO team to execute solutions, and manages ticket input, updates, and resolution in the OCIO ticketing system to maintain service level agreements

Supports Security Operations and Engineering by providing technical solution support and expertise: Identifies security risks and recommends risk mitigation strategies. Reviews new and existing systems to ensure baseline security requirements are met and to recommend security enhancements. Develops security architecture and technical solutions for security products. Collaborates with staff from OCIO and other business components to develop security controls and solutions for complex business systems and applications. Develops and executes project plans to engineer, construct, deploy, and monitor/manage IT Security infrastructure solutions. Demonstrates in-depth understanding of security requirements associated with cloud-hosted environments, services, and solutions. Evaluates, recommends, and implements security controls associated with cloud-hosted environments, services, and solutions. Evaluates, recommends, and implements security controls for mobile device solutions

Qualification

CybersecurityApplication SecurityCloud SecuritySecurity CertificationsStatic/Dynamic TestingSecure SDLCVulnerability AssessmentCoding LanguagesIncident ResponseSecurity Awareness TrainingProject ManagementTeam Collaboration

Required

9 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 7 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; 4 years relevant experience with PhD or Juris Doctorate in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 13 years relevant experience

Client requirements: Bachelor's Degree in Cybersecurity/Information Technology Security or related field of study from an accredited college or university with at least 5 years of specialized experience with hands-on skills in performing application security assessments and specialized experience in secure SDLC and source code analysis (manual & tools) on Web-based Applications

Must have a current industry certification in one or more of the following (or equivalent): Certified Secure Software Lifecyle Professional (CSSLP), Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP), EC-Council Certified Application Security Engineer (CASE), GIAC Certified Web Application Defender (GWEB), Azure Developer Associate

Must have one of the following Microsoft certifications: Microsoft 365 Certified Security Administrator Associate or Microsoft Certified Azure Security Engineer Associate

Must have hands-on experience with Static and Dynamic Application Security Testing using tools like HP Fortify, HP WebInspect, HCL Appscan, Snyk, Checkmarx, Synopsys, or Veracode

Must have specialized experience in Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) practices

Must have specialized experience in manual code review with the ability to identify potential vulnerabilities and best coding practices

Must have specialized experience in application vulnerability and security assessments using various tools like Burp Suite Pro, OWASP Zap Proxy, DirBuster, Kali Linux, Metasploit Pro, Accunetix, Insight AppSec, GitLab, Coverity, Fortify, or GitHub Enterprise

Must have specialized experience in assessing application vulnerabilities and bugs in various applications

Must have specialized experience creating security testing pipelines and test plans

Must have specialized experience in implementing and deploying an organization-wide Application Security program at the enterprise level to identify, report and remediate security vulnerabilities in development and production environments

Must have knowledge of coding languages such as Java, .NET, Python, PHP, C++, C#

Must have extensive experience in preparing test Plans, writing test Cases, test Execution and follow up remediation efforts

Ability to plan, organize and manage tasks on time with minimal supervision

Ability to handle multiple tasks and work independently as well as in a team

Must be able to obtain and maintain a USPS Sensitive Clearance

Must be a U.S. Citizen

The selected candidate will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation and drug screening per HII and/or client requirements