Job Description
Description:
Job Title: Information System Security Officer (ISSO)
Job Code: SAS20202805-46010
Job Location: Palm Bay, FL
Job Description: ISSO provides protection and safeguarding of information systems under the guidance of the Information System Security Manager (ISSM) and work closely with the Information System Owner on assigned government-authorized systems. Additionally, the ISSO have the detailed knowledge and expertise required to manage the security aspects of an information system and is assigned responsibility for the day-to-day security operations of a system. Candidate is knowledgeable in information technology and information system security best practices.
Essential Functions:
- Authoring and maintaining Body of Evidence (BOE) artifacts in support of Assessment & Authorization (A&A) of assigned systems in accordance with Risk Management Framework (RMF).
- Performing security control assessments.
- Overseeing configuration management of assigned systems.
- Working with IT organization to develop device and system hardening guides following DISA and NIST guidelines.
- Auditing systems to ensure security posture integrity.
- Conducting periodic hardware/software inventory assessments.
- Conducting continuous monitoring activities on assigned information systems.
- Remediating control deficiencies.
- Investigating security incidents such as data spills and malicious events compromising information.
- Assisting the ISSM in meeting their duties and responsibilities. The ISSO shall assume ISSM responsibilities in the absence of the ISSM.