Information Assurance Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Information Assurance Engineer

The Pentagon, Washington, DC

Salary Negotiable (Depending on experience level) - Full Time with Benefits

Your work will involve ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of identified mission supporting information systems and applications, their networks, data and tools.

As the Information Assurance Engineer, you will:

• Establish and satisfy complex system-wide information security requirements based upon the analysis of user, policy, regulatory, and resource demands.

• Plan, analyze, develop, implement, maintain, and enhance the programs, policies, procedures, and tools necessary to provide information assurance in both the unclassified and classified environments, and ensure the operational availability of all systems.

• Coordinate with the Designated Approval Authority to maintain each system’s Authority to Operate (ATO) in accordance with DoD 8510.01.

• Ensure compliance with all other applicable Department of Defense (DoD), Defense Information Services Agency (DISA), U.S. Cyber Command, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and JS guidance; maintains an in depth understanding of the Risk Management Framework (RMF), Information Assurance Work Force standards (IAWF), Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG), and continuous monitoring standards from NIST SP-800.

• Document and mitigates deviations from policy.

• Develop certification and accreditation packages in accordance with RMF and Joint Staff policies.

• Complete security reviews as often as required to maintain a valid ATO for all J-8 mission supporting systems.

• Perform vulnerability/risk analyses of computer systems and applications during all phases of the system development life cycle.

• Analyze general information assurance-related technical problems and provides basic engineering and technical support in solving these problems.

• Provide support for data recovery operations.

To qualify, you will need:

• DOD Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance

• Bachelors’ degree from an accredited college or university with a curriculum or major field of study in computer science, information system, a physical science, engineering or a mathematics-intensive discipline, plus at least five (5) years of information security or information assurance experience; OR Associates’ degree from a college or university with a curriculum or major field of study in computer science, information system, a physical science, engineering or a mathematics-intensive discipline, plus ten (10) years task related experience.

•IAM Level III Certification - CISSP (or Associate) or CISM or GSLC or CCISO and active CompTIA Security+

Strategic Data Systems provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.