Systems Security Analyst-nga/nce - Springfield, United States - Quantum Research Int'l

Quantum Research Int'l
Quantum Research Int'l
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Springfield, United States

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Job Description:


Overview:


Quantum Research International, Inc. (Quantum) is a certified DoD Contractor providing services and products to US/Allied
governments and industry in the following main areas: (1) Cybersecurity, High Performance Computing Systems, Cloud Services and Systems; (2) Space and Ground Support Systems; (3) Aviation Systems; (4) Missile Systems; (5) Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning Systems and Experimentation/Training; and (6) Audio Visual Systems and Services. Quantum's Corporate Office is in Huntsville, AL, but Quantum actively hires for positions nationwide and internationally. We pride ourselves on providing high quality support to the U.S. Government and our Nation's Warfighters. In addition to our corporate office, we have physical locations in Aberdeen; MD; Colorado Springs, CO; Orlando, FL; Crestview, FL; and Tupelo, MS.


Mission:


As a member of the DEFENDER Cross Domain Governance team, the contractor supports the Cross Domain Support Office (CDSO) which governs delivery of cross domain capabilities at mission speed, defends NGA's classified networks, enables federated cross domain services, and develops cross domain expertise throughout NGA.

The Contractor shall support the development and maintenance of a Government approved NGA Cross Domain Strategic Plan that includes an Enterprise Cross Domain Service (ECDS)

Provider Roadmap, NGA Cross Domain Consolidation Plan, and CDSO Communications Plan. The Contractor shall support the development, maintenance, and implementation of a Government approved Cross Domain Support Office Governance Concept of Operations (CONOPS) with a common, reusable framework for governing all Cross Domain systems in NGA, to include, but not limited to:
Standardized Rule Sets for Cross Domain Data Flows and a Cross Domain Filter Policy Catalog and Repository.

The contractor helps to analyze and develop the integration, testing, operations, and maintenance of systems security support to NGA IT systems.

The Contractor shall perform architectural and engineering analyses of existing and proposed Cross Domain requirements and systems to determine their feasibility, impacts to the NGA risk posture, benefits to the NGA mission, and adherence to NGA's ECDS Provider Roadmap and NGA Cross Domain Consolidation Plan.

This position is available immediately and supports the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) offsite in a contractor facility in the National Capitol Region (NCR) near NGA headquarters in Springfield, VA.


Responsibilities:


Specific responsibilities include:


  • Ensure all systems security operations and maintenance activities are properly documented and updated as necessary.
  • Ensure that cybersecurityenabled products or other compensating security control technologies reduce identified risk to an acceptable level.
  • Integrate automated capabilities for updating or patching system software where practical and develop processes and procedures for manual updating and patching of system software based on current and projected patch timeline requirements for the operational environment of the system.
  • Provide input to the Risk Management Framework process activities and related documentation (e.g., system lifecycle support plans, concept of operations, operational procedures, and maintenance training materials).
  • Assess all the configuration management (change configuration/release management) processes.
  • Develop procedures and test failover for system operations transfer to an alternate site based on system availability requirements.

Requirements:


  • Bachelor's degree desired in an accredited Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or Computer Engineering; or a degree in a Mathematics or Engineering field.
In lieu of degree, CISSP-ISSEP or GSNA may be accepted

  • Knowledge of computer networking concepts and protocols, network security methodologies, and risk management processes (e.g., methods for assessing and mitigating risk).
  • Experience with laws, regulations, policies, and ethics as they relate to cybersecurity and privacy.
  • Expertise with assessing the impact of cyber threats and vulnerabilities and the potential impacts of cybersecurity lapses.
  • Expertise with computer algorithms, encryption algorithms, cryptography and cryptographic key management concepts, database systems, and humancomputer interaction principles.
  • Knowledge of mathematics (e.g., logarithms, trigonometry, linear algebra, calculus, statistics, and operational analysis).
  • Experience with network access, identity, and access management (e.g., public key infrastructure, Oauth, OpenID, SAML, SPML), operating systems, and how traffic flows across the network (e.g., Transmission Control Protocol [TCP] and Internet Protocol [IP], Open System Interconnection Model [OSI], Information Technology Infrastructure Library, current version [ITIL]).
  • Knowledge of pa
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