Information Systems Security Engineer

Job Description

Description

SAIC, a leading provider of systems development & deployment, targeting & intelligence analysis, systems engineering & integration, and training capabilities and solutions for the Intelligence Community, is seeking mission-first professionals to fulfill their career goals and objectives while delivering day-to-day excellence on programs of national importance. Join our team today and help us #BringOnTomorrow!

We are currently seeking talented Information Systems Security Engineers (ISSEs) to leverage their technical and information assurance (IA) expertise to identify and mitigate potential vulnerabilities within existing and newly designed and developed networks, applications, and computing systems and environments. You will have the opportunity to work with multi-disciplined engineering teams and organizations to architect, design, and implement IA policies, procedures, and solutions to assess, analyze, manage, and mitigate security risks for mission-critical, operational environments. Your talents, perspectives, and efforts will contribute directly to the safeguarding of valuable intelligence systems and data, ensuring positive mission outcomes.

Responsibilities include:

• Supports the architecture, design, implementation, and sustainment of IA and information security functionality to facilitate the design, prototype, and development of unique analytical tools to enable the manipulation of extremely large data sets and real-time systems
• Conducts assessments of security threats and risks within the systems development lifecycle and computing systems and environments to recommend, implement, and evaluate mitigation strategies.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplined engineering teams as the primary security engineering representative for the architecture, design, and implementation of networks, applications, and computing systems and environments

Qualifications

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or similar discipline. Four years of relevant experience may be acceptable in lieu of a degree if the experience includes IA and security accreditation experience pertaining to computer or information systems design, development, and deployment.
• 5+ years of ISSE experience
• CISSP certification
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph

 Desired qualifications: 

• Completion of military training in one or more of the following: Joint Cyber Analysis Course (JCAC), Network Warfare Bridge Course (NWBC), Intermediate Network Warfare Training (INWT)
• Experience with DoD and NIST Risk Management Frameworks (RMFs) and processes

Overview

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® technology integrator driving our nation's technology transformation. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian, and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in engineering, digital, artificial intelligence and mission solutions. Using our expertise and understanding of existing and emerging technologies, we integrate the best components from our own portfolio and our partner ecosystem to deliver innovative, effective and efficient solutions that are critical to achieving our customers' missions.

We are approximately 24,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion, which is core to our values and important to attract and retain exceptional talent. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.9 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.