- Tribalco
- Austin, TX
- Full-Time
- 5 days ago
Tribalco
Information Assurance Engineer II: our view in 3 lines...
- The Role: Provides information assurance and RMF-focused security services to support DoD systems and ensure compliance with military accreditation and certification standards.
- The Person: Work with system owners to manage POA&Ms, perform risk assessments, run incident response and forensic analysis, maintain PKI and COMSEC tasks, and validate system security plans and accreditation activities.
- Requirements: Requires experience with RMF IT security controls and policies, IT-I level certification IAW AR 25-2, IAT-II (Security+), Computing Environment Certifications, and an active SECRET clearance.
Job Description
Position Title:Â
Information Assurance Engineer IIÂ
Location:Â
Transformation and Training Command (T2COM) Austin, TexasÂ
Status:Â
Full-TimeÂ
FLSA Category:Â
ExemptÂ
Tribalco is actively seeking an experienced and highly motivated Information Assurance Engineer to join our team in Austin, TX supporting the US Army Transformation and Training Command (T2COM). Performs under general direction, uses current information security technology disciplines and practices to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of Government information assets IAW established standards and procedures. Develops and maintains knowledgebase on changing regulatory, threat, and technology landscapes to continually develop or maintain security policies and standards and ensures compliance throughout the organization. Provides RMF, circuit/system accreditation and certification policy services. Participate in the development or modification of the computer environment IA security program plans and requirements. Develop procedures to ensure system users are aware of their IA responsibilities before granting access to DoD information systems. Recognize a possible security violation and take appropriate action to report the incident, as required. Ensure that IA requirements are integrated into the COOP for that system or DoD Component. Ensure that IA security requirements are appropriately identified in computer environment operation procedures. Collect and maintain data needed to meet system IA reporting requirements. Focuses on maintaining, retrieving and analyzing system IA logs and reporting findings.  Â
Key Responsibilities
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and ability required:Â
- Work with system owners to close IAVMs/ICVMs and open Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms) in a rapid fashion, in accordance with DoD instructions/directives. Review all POA&MS with the Program Manager on at least a quarterly basis and update the POA&Ms accordingly.
- Account Management of clients/users/customers with a 4-star command
- Create SOPs and verify the training of users to approve their SAAR as an ISSO.
- Provide Defense in Depth principles and technology in security engineering designs and implementation
- Analyze existing and future systems, reviewing security architectures, and developing engineering solutions that integrate information security requirements to proactively manage information protection
- Apply security risk assessment methodology to system development, including assessing and auditing network penetration testing, antivirus deployment, risk analysis
- Conduct Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT) activities, including forensic analysis
- Plan, implement, and manage a Defense In Depth for the total network and/or enclaves within the network to include such items as: scanning, remediation, host and network intrusion detection/prevention, firewalls, proxy servers, web cache, virus programs, vulnerability scanning, content filtering, remote dial in protection, Host Based Security Services, Directory Services, and Certification and Accreditation, DoD Instruction 5200.40, accreditation guidance and advice IAW AR 25-2 and IA Best Business Practices (BBPs). Plan, respond, investigate, and report undisclosed classified incident remediation.
- Assess and mitigate system security threats/risks throughout the program life cycle
- Validate system security requirements definition and analysis and review/approve System Security Plans for enterprise-wide architectures
- Maintain Agency public key infrastructure system Implement security designs in hardware, software, data and procedures
- Provide support for the Department of Defense (DoD) Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) service.
- Responsible for requesting, receiving, installation, and accountability of system (server) PKI certificates and providing technical support for PKI.
- Provide communications security (COMSEC) rekeying support within normal business hours or on-call, as required. Prepare and maintain secure communications devices and crypto keys. Provide Certification and Accreditation, as well as provide Automated Information System Accreditation support
- Provide Security Risk Assessment.
- Perform risk analysis of resources, controls, vulnerabilities, impact of losing systems’ capabilities and threats to the mission objective; provide analysis to facilitate decisions to implement security countermeasures or mitigate risk; implement countermeasures; periodically review program.
- Recognize possible threats and review evaluations for compliance and non-compliance.
Desired Skills
- Ability to organize, prioritize and meet deadlines
- Capable of conveying complex information in a simplistic manner
- Strong critical thinking and problem- solving skills
- Strong self-starter requiring minimal supervision
- Able to take proactive measures to prevent problems rather than reactive by nature
- Strong verbal and written communication to effectively express concepts, plans, and proposals
- Must be a U.S. Citizen
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Cybersecurity, Computer Engineering, or related discipline.
- Comparable experience in lieu of degree may be considered.
- 3+ years of experience performing Information Assurance functions and using RMF IT security controls and policies
- Must possess and maintain an IT-I level certification IAW AR 25-2 and an IAT-II (Security +) or higher
- Must possess and maintain Computing Environment Certifications
ClearanceÂ
- This position requires an active SECRET clearance
Compensation
- Compensation will be hourly and is commensurate with experience.Â
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex or national origin.Â
- Tribalco is an equal opportunity employer.Â
About Our Company:
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Tribalco is a global systems integrator providing C5ISR and tactical survival, rescue, and safety systems to military, federal civilian, and commercial customers around the world. Since 2004, Tribalco has delivered and supported innovative technologies that protect our nation from evolving cyber threats and improve the safety and survivability of our armed forces and critical infrastructure.
Tribalco is a CMMI Level 3 appraised organization and ISO 9001:2015 certified enterprise. As a named NSA CSfC Trusted Integrator, Tribalco is at the forefront of technology advancement in engineering and deploying NSA compliant solutions that enable customers to securely access and share classified data across commercial networks, often in extremely challenging environments.
Tribalco is headquartered in Maryland and maintains offices, warehouse operations, and points of presence in Florida, Nevada, South Korea, Germany, the Middle East, and Africa. For additional information, please visit tribalco.com.
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