Senior Specialist, Cyber Intelligence - TS/SCI with Poly

About the job

Job Title: Senior Specialist, Cyber Intelligence

Job Code: 45634

Job Location: Palm Bay, FL

Job Schedule:  9/80 Reg: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked, and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

Join the frontline of cyber defense supporting classified government networks as an Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO). In this role, you will help safeguard mission-critical systems by supporting Assessment & Authorization activities, continuous monitoring, system hardening, configuration management, and security compliance under RMF, ICD 503, and NISPOM guidance. You will also investigate security incidents, identify and remediate control gaps, maintain a strong security posture across assigned systems, and deliver security training that strengthens awareness and resilience across the organization. This role is a senior level ISSO who will provide mentorship and assistance to their more junior counterparts.

Essential Functions:

• Maintain Assessment & Authorization (A&A) documentation of assigned systems

• Perform security control assessments and execute Continuous Monitoring Plans

• Work with IT and system administration organizations to develop device and system hardening guides following DISA and NIST guidelines

• Responsible for the tracking and resolution of POA&Ms

• Manage the incident response process for areas of responsibility

• Develop new concepts, standards, and training material which make significant and impactful improvements to processes, systems, solutions, or products

• Lead inventory and asset management discovery and tracking activities

• Work with site leadership to improve the security posture of systems and the facility

• Mentor junior ISSOs in execution of tasks

• Travel up to 10%

****Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.

• Active Top Secret/SCI with CI Polygraph

• Willingness to submit to a full scope polygraph investigation

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Active full scope polygraph

• DoD 8140.03 certification

• Prior relevant experience to include experience with networking equipment; experience interpreting vulnerability scanning results; experience reviewing workstation, server, firewall, & IPS logs; experience with SIEM tools

• Experience as an ISSO managing cybersecurity on classified systems under multiple agencies’ JSIG, NISPOM Ch8, ICD 503, and/or NIST 800-53 implementations

• Experience developing, managing, and providing evidence to close POA&Ms associated with the A&A and project management processes

• Experience with workstation and server operating systems, including but not limited to Microsoft and Linux offerings

• Flexibility to adjust to changing requirements, schedules, and priorities

• Able to socialize ideas, make recommendations, and gain team consensus

• Excellent time management and task prioritization skills

• Exceptional verbal, written, interpersonal and presentation skills, customer relationship building skills, analytical skills and ability to lead/mentor teammates.

• High level of personal motivation and initiative to learn and acquire new skills

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