Senior Assessment and Authorization Specialist with Security Clearance - Fairfax, VA, United States - ManTech International

Description

Secure our Nation, Ignite your Future Become an integral part of a diverse team while working at an Industry Leading Organization, where our employees come first
At ManTech International, you'll help protect our national security while working on innovative projects that offer opportunities for advancement
Currently, ManTech is seeking a motivated, career and customer-oriented Senior Assessment and Authorization Specialist to join our team in the Herndon, VA

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Advise and assist the Sponsors customers with the Lifecycle Assessment and Authorization (A&A) process
• Advise and assist the Sponsors customers with development of a System Security Plan
• Utilize COTS/GOTS and custom tools and process/procedures in order to scan, identify, contain, mitigate and remediate vulnerabilities, and intrusions
• Monitor, track, and update status of systems in the assessment queue
• Coordinate technical security assessments of computing environments and systems to identify points of vulnerability, non-compliance with established Information Assurance (IA) standards and regulations, and recommend mitigation strategies
• Assist architect and services developers in the identification and implementation of appropriate information security controls and potential security functionality to ensure uniform application of security policy and enterprise solutions
• Create and review A&A Body of Evidence (BOE) documentation, providing succinct assessment on compliance of its content for Sponsors use for A&A adjudication
• Design and implement trusted interfaces among external systems and architectures
• Validate and verify system security requirements definitions and analysis and establishes system security design for controls
• Design, develop, and implement, and/or integrate IA and security systems and system components including those for networking, computing, virtualization, cloud, and enclave environments to include those with multiple enclaves and with differing data protection/classification requirements
• Build IA into systems and services deploying into operational environments at multiple classifications levels
• Recognize potential, successful, and unsuccessful intrusion attempts and compromises thorough review and analyses of relevant event detail and summary information
• Assess and mitigate system security threats/risks throughout the program life cycle
• Contribute to the security planning, assessment, risk analysis, risk management, certification and awareness activities for system and networking operations Basic Qualifications: • Must have a minimum of (10) ten years of related experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• A bachelors degree

A bachelors degree can substitute (4) four years of experience

• Related certifications Clearance Requirements:
• Must be a U.S

citizen

• Must hold a TS/SCI clearance
• Must hold a polygraph Physical Requirements: • Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50%
• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine and computer printer
• The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc

For all positions requiring access to technology/software source code that is subject to export control laws, employment with the company is contingent on either verifying U.S.-person status or obtaining any necessary license.

The applicant will be required to answer certain questions for export control purposes, and that information will be reviewed by compliance personnel to ensure compliance with federal law
ManTech may choose not to apply for a license for such individuals whose access to export-controlled technology or software source code may require authorization and may decline to proceed with an applicant on that basis alone
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