Information Technology Security Analyst Job at Connexions Federal Services, Herndon, VA

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  • Connexions Federal Services
  • Herndon, VA

Job Description

Job Description

IT Security Analyst

Location: Herndon, VA

Duration: 12 Months

Summary : Security Analyst (SA) will work as a member of the client cyber team. The SA will assist with the creation, update, and maintenance of FedRAMP required security documentation, associated artifacts, and Continuous Monitoring (CONMON) requirements such as the Plan of Action and Milestones (POAM) and assisting the Cloud Operations team with the identification and corrective actions associated with known vulnerabilities. Additionally, the SA provides advisement to stakeholders on changing regulatory, government and Cloud / FedRAMP policies, procedures, agreements, etc., including risk assessment, business impact analysis, system categorization, security authorization and accreditation/certification activities (A&A), security control inheritance from various providers, and other artifacts needed to validate client control compliance.

Required Skills

• Understand/document information system specifications and security controls, including logical and physical diagrams, connectivity, communication, and data flow diagrams, both internal and external to the system

• Advise stakeholders on multiple courses of action in an environment with changing unconfirmed policy, e.g., NIST RMF and DISA SRG

• Document multiple courses of action and identify risk mitigation recommendations in accordance with FedRAMP requirements, SAP NS2 policy, procedures, and best practices, with associated benefits/drawbacks to each

• Apply enterprise security frameworks and capabilities, such as FISMA, NIST SP 800, etc. towards existing initiatives such as cloud environments

• Develop/update policies and procedures to implement FedRAMP compliance as well as compliant with NIST 800-171 security requirements and other DFAR clauses

• Understand enterprise operating environments, including security posture, application environment, and associated security controls

• Demonstrate familiarity with current FedRAMP, DOD and NIST Security controls and technologies, including vulnerability management capabilities

• Identify and assess Cloud System state, including vulnerabilities, RMF package status/accreditation model, PPS compliance, and patching/CSVA mechanisms

Required Experience

• Demonstrated knowledge and the ability to analyze systems for Cybersecurity compliance

• Ability to work in fast-paced, team-oriented environment

• Knowledge of various security scanning tools (Such as NESSUS, Splunk or Application scanning)

• Knowledge of Federal and DoD policies and risk assessment methodologies, including FedRAMP

• Experience in writing or executing system security documentation, authorization to operate packages, POA&Ms, and policies

• Experience in reviewing/editing/writing technical documents

• Presentation and public speaking skills required

• Knowledge of DISA STIGs and SRGs, Committee for National Security Systems Instructions and NIST Risk Management Framework

• Knowledge and understanding of systems and networking technologies and concepts

• Ability to interpret and assess network diagrams and drawings using Visio

• Familiarity with Testing, Development, Staging, and pre-production environment requiring cyber security support

• Knowledge of Privacy Act

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