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McLaughlin Research has several openings (pending award) for Information Systems Security Engineers at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division. Position Summary The Information System Security Engineer (ISSE) designs, develops, implements, and integrates advanced cybersecurity solutions to protect the organization's information systems and data assets. The ISSE III functions as a technical subject matter expert, applying security engineering principles across the system development lifecycle to identify vulnerabilities, mitigate risks, and maintain compliance with information assurance standards. This position often works with classified systems and complex networking environments. Key Responsibilities Security Architecture and Design: Designing and implementing security architectures for various environments and ensuring trusted relationships between systems. Risk Management and Compliance: Assessing and mitigating threats, leading the creation of security artifacts like SSPs and RARs, supporting system accreditation under frameworks like RMF, and ensuring compliance with policies such as DoD and NIST SP 800-series. Vulnerability Management and Incident Response: Conducting vulnerability assessments and ethical hacking, performing risk assessments, leading incident response, and managing automated scanning tools like ACAS and SCAP. Mentorship and Team Leadership: Guiding junior engineers and analysts and leading teams to achieve security goals. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Representing security engineering on technical teams and interfacing with stakeholders to translate requirements. Required Qualifications Education: BS in Computer Science or relevant field. Experience: 3-10 years in information security engineering, with specific experience potentially needed for DoD or SAP environments. Certifications: Must meet DoD 8570/8140 compliance (IASAE Level III, IAT Level III, or IAM Level III) and hold certifications such as CISSP, CASP, CISM, CSSLP, or CISSP-ISSEP. Technical Skills: Expertise in RMF, NIST SP 800-53, DISA STIGs/SRGs, experience with security tools (e.g., eMASS, ACAS, Splunk), and knowledge of operating systems and networks (Windows, Linux, Cisco). Scripting proficiency is beneficial. Security Clearance: U.S. citizenship and eligibility to obtain an active security clearance.bfb3568a-762b-4989-884b-a9682aa104ca

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