Information Security Analyst Lead

eSimplicity is a modern digital services company that partners with government clients to improve lives and protect national interests. The Information Security Analyst Lead provides security support, continuously monitors cybersecurity posture, implements and maintains security tools and controls, and supports successful Authorization to Operate efforts. The role also coordinates security inquiries, vulnerability remediation, compliance documentation, incident response, and communication among product, engineering, infrastructure, and information security stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the Product Owners, ISSOs, engineering and infrastructure staff to provide guidance on implementation if security policies, standards, and procedures
• Analyze new or updated security requirements, collaborate with stakeholders, and develop responses that are clear and accurate
• Support the review and update of ATO artifacts such as System Security Plans, Information System Contingency Plans, Configuration and Change Management Plans, Incident Response Plans, Privacy Impact Analysis, and more
• Interpret security risk assessment, review security scan results, assess security vulnerabilities and support the development and remediation of vulnerability and compliance issues via Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms)
• Support the development of implementation and design documentation relating to security feature implementation
• Work with engineering and infrastructure personnel to document remediation for vulnerabilities and non-compliance issues
• Analyze and interpret agency security requirements and provide governance communication to non-security personnel
• Collaborate with product teams, ISSOs and other stakeholders in support of continuous monitoring and ATO efforts
• Conducts vulnerability assessments and monitors systems, networks, databases and Web-based assets for potential system breaches. Recommends and takes the lead on implementing changes to enhance security systems, prevent unauthorized access, and help mitigate security vulnerabilities
• Responds to alerts from information security tools. Reports, investigates, and resolves higher level security incidents
• Responds to security tool outages, degradations in service, tune security rules and alerts, and setup/maintain security tool dashboards and reporting
• Research security trends, new methods, and techniques used in unauthorized access of data to preemptively eliminate the possibility of system breach. Ensures compliance with regulations and privacy laws. Conducts research to identify new attack vectors
• Educates and communicates security requirements and procedures to all users and new employees
• Recommend process improvements to the information system for risk mitigation
• Applies iterative security automation to all program aspects increasing overall security posture iteratively and never accepts the status quo
• Provide audit log review in Splunk, present any findings to ISSO, and plan for any investigation or remediation activities
• Periodic user and privileged access reviews

Requirements:

• Minimum of eight years of experience in cybersecurity architecture, cloud security, DevSecOps, security engineering, or a related technical field
• Must hold a current Security+ certification
• Experience designing security "baked-in" to architectures including Cloud and IaC, applications, web applications, data processing, data-centric applications, AI/ML, and CI/CD pipelines
• A proven track record
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies
• Working knowledge of AWS or Azure security tools, their functionality, and their purpose
• Ability to assist customers with defining appropriate management processes (responsible for documenting application criticality, privacy, and security impact analysis)
• Knowledge of hardening standards (DISA STIG, CIS)
• Experience with the NIST Risk Management Framework, NIST 800-53 rev5, and NIST 800-171
• Active secret clearance
• This role is primarily remote; however, the employee must be able to report on-site to Fort Meade, MD when requested due to customer or business needs
• Expected hours are 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Eastern Time unless otherwise directed by your manager
• Occasional travel for training and project meetings, estimated to be less than 5% per year
• Federal Government contracting work experience
• Experience as an ISSO for the DoD
• Highly preferred industry certifications such as CISSP, CEH, GIAC, etc
• Experience with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems (e.g., Splunk)
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field preferred but not required