Northramp is seeking a System Security Specialist with 5+ years of experience to provide technical leadership across a variety of IT and digital enablement projects within the client CIO’s portfolio. The candidate will support numerous IT projects throughout the year by providing consultation and delivery of technical artifacts in support of Information System Owners (SO) or Business Process Owners on all matters, technical and otherwise, involving the security and operation of an information system and working with stakeholders across the agency to meet the requirements of CIO’s security program. These activities may include crafting System Security Plans (SSPs), driving the Security Assessment & Authorization (SA&A) process, maintaining FISMA and FITARA compliance through smart Information Security Continuous Monitoring (ISCM) strategy, experience with CRM/SaaS platforms, remediating POA&Ms, implementing NIST Risk Management Framework controls, and more.

This is a highly client-facing role where you’ll be communicating frequently with stakeholders within and external to the CISO's office. The ideal candidate must work effectively in teams, be sharp, creative, well written, and articulate when speaking with senior client leadership.

We are currently looking for a System Security Specialist who will:

  • Lead Information System Security Officer (ISSO) support activities for enterprise information systems in the different stages of the SDLC/RMF framework
  • Educate various IT customers on agency platforms and services so they may understand the capabilities and functionality of various enterprise solutions and services
  • Leverage available tools to automate security processes and monitoring wherever possible to advise on evolving threats, vulnerabilities, countermeasures and industry trends along with their impact on specific business processes or needs
  • Create and develop relevant security artifacts required for existing or new system assessments in support System and Business Process Owners
  • Perform SecOps indicator reporting, metric benchmarking and trend analysis
  • Liaison with clients and delivery teams to proactively identify challenges, recommend solutions, and manage expectations across different stakeholder groups

 

Required Qualifications

      • 5+ years experience in federal government IT consulting
      • Comfortable working with senior executive leadership and managing stakeholder engagement for high-visibility projects
      • Strong knowledge of the SDLC, both Agile and Waterfall, and NIST’s Risk Management Framework
      • Active Secret Clearance (or ability to obtain Secret Clearance), U.S. Citizenship required (NO EXCEPTIONS)


      Clearance

      A DoD Secret clearance is required. Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

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      About Northramp

      At Northramp, our passion, our true north, is to help our clients cut through the fog and obtain technical and operational clarity to help them make the most significant impact possible.  Focused like a laser on driving value for our clients, Northramp specializes in helping public and private sector clients streamline their IT operations, improve their technical services, and drive greater returns from IT investments.

       

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