Computer Systems Security Manager - Fort Meade, United States - National Security Agency

National Security Agency

Verified Company

Fort Meade, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

The need to maintain our core Computer Science group is vital to provide the technical capabilities necessary to successfully execute NSA's mission.

The increased complexity of supporting NSA's mission requires world class researchers, programmers, and developers who operate in teams in areas such as software engineering, information technology infrastructure, high performance computing, data science, architectures, computer security, and networking in order to design and develop advanced tools, techniques, and systems.

Computer Systems Security Managers (CSSMs) at the NSA play a vital role in maintaining the confidentiality, availability, and integrity of the Agency computing infrastructure.

As a CSSM at the NSA, your responsibilities may include:

Supporting a program, organization, system, or enclave
Reviewing investigative processing of security incidents
Developing or interpreting computer security policies
Overseeing, evaluating and supporting the security authorization process
Providing leadership, management and direction of cybersecurity activities
Advising senior leadership (e.g., Chief Information Security Officer [CISO], Authorizing Official [AO]) on risk levels, and changes affecting the organization's cybersecurity posture
Advising senior leadership of information security programs, policies, processes, systems, and mission elements

Job Summary

Qualifications:

The qualifications listed are the minimum acceptable to be considered for the position. Degree must be in Computer Science (CS) or related field (e.g., Engineering, Mathematics).

Degrees in Information Technology, Information Systems, Information Security, Networking (Systems Administration), and Cybersecurity may be considered relevant if the programs contain, at minimum, a concentration of courses in the following foundational CS areas:
algorithms; computer architecture (not network architecture); programming methodologies and languages; data structures; logic and computation; and upper-level mathematics.

Relevant experience must be in one or more of the following:

design/development of computer or information systems to include engineering hardware and/or software over their lifecycle (i.e., requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing, integration, deployment/installation, and maintenance), programming, computer systems research, reverse engineering, or computer/network security.

Completion of military training in a relevant area such as JCAC (Joint Cyber Analysis course) will be considered towards the relevant experience requirement (i.e., 24-week JCAC course will count as 6 months of experience).

Cybersecurity Certifications (e.g., NET+, Security+, Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP), and Certification Accreditation Professional (CAP)) may count as a total of 1 year of experience.

FULL PERFORMANCE Entry is with a Bachelor's degree plus 3 years of relevant experience or a Master's degree plus 1 year of relevant experience or a Doctoral degree and no experience.

An Associate's degree plus 5 years of relevant experience may be considered for individuals with in-depth experience that is clearly related to the position.

SENIOR Entry is with a Bachelor's degree plus 6 years of relevant experience or a Master's degree plus 4 years of relevant experience or a Doctoral degree plus 2 years of relevant experience.

An Associate's degree plus 8 years of relevant experience may be considered for individuals with in-depth experience that is clearly related to the position.

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