Information Systems Security Engineer
El Segundo, CA

Job Description

Job DescriptionDo you have experience in the information security field? If you want to take the next step in your career by joining a team of talented security engineers working for a company that is making a difference in the world, Parsons has an opportunity for you! We are currently seeking a senior information system security specialist to help us deliver best-in-class services to our federal government clients. The ideal candidate will become an integral part of a team that ensures appropriate security principles, concepts, methods, and practices are applied during the system life cycle to achieve stakeholder objectives for the protection of assets-across all forms of adversity characterized as disruptions, hazards, and threats. The system security engineer provides a sufficient base of evidence that supports claims that the desired level of trustworthiness has been achieved and a level of trustworthiness that the protection needs of stakeholders can be adequately satisfied on a continuous basis. Responsibilities: • Define and/or review stakeholder security objectives, protection needs and concerns, security requirements, and associated validation methods, including RMF accreditation documentation. • Define and/or review system security requirements and associated verification methods. • Develop and/or review security views and viewpoints of the system architecture and design. • Identify and/or assess vulnerabilities and susceptibility to life cycle disruptions, hazards, and threats. • Design and/or review proactive and reactive security functions encompassed within a balanced strategy to control asset loss and associated loss consequences. • Provide security considerations to inform systems engineering efforts with the objective to reduce errors, flaws, and weakness that may constitute security vulnerability leading to unacceptable asset loss and consequences. • Identify, quantify, and evaluate the costs/benefits of security functions and considerations to inform analysis of alternatives, engineering trade-offs, and risk treatment decisions. • Perform system security analyses in support of decision making, risk management, and engineering trades. • Demonstrate through evidence-based reasoning, that security claims for the system have been satisfied. • Provide evidence to substantiate claims for the trustworthiness of the system. • Leverage multiple security and other specialties to address all feasible solutions so as to deliver a trustworthy secure system. Required Skills• 5+ years of system engineering and/or system security engineering experience. • Hosted payload and satellite integration experience, including ground-system security architecture preferred. • Direct experience developing RMF accreditation documentation. • Experience working with eMASS is desired. • Familiarity with Systems Security Engineering (SSE) documentation (e.g. Program Protection Plans (PPPs) • Anti-Tamper Plans, Counterintelligence Support Plans, Integrated Threat Assessment Reports, Operations Security Plans, Continuous Monitoring Plans, Defensive Cyberspace Operations Plans, IT/Cybersecurity Strategies, Information Support Plans, Enterprise Architecture Views) and related documentation IAW DoDI 5000.02, DoDI 5200.39, DODI 5200.44, DODD 5200.47E, DoDI 8500.01, DoDI 8510.01, and NIST SP 800-160. • High School Diploma required / Bachelors' Degree preferred. • Must currently hold an approved DoDI 8570.01M IASAE Level II certification - CISSP; IASAE Level III certification is highly-desired. • Active security clearance with SCI access required Desired SkillsEducation: Bachelor's degree in engineering or related scientific discipline. Applicable work experience may be considered in lieu of a bachelor's degree. An advanced degree is preferred. Physical Demands and Working Conditions: Normal office setting, therefore the noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Work is generally sedentary in nature, but may require standing and walking. Use of hands to operate computer equipment. Frequent near vision use for reading and computer use. EOE M/F/D/V Polaris Alpha is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.