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You’ll work on projects that matter, alongside industry-leading experts, in an environment that fosters innovation, driving client success, and empowering our team to make a lasting impact. As an employee-owned company, we value collaboration, inclusivity, continuous growth, and shared success.\nEmployee Ownership: Your contributions directly impact the company’s success, and you share in its achievements.\n\nContinuous Learning: Access to resources, training, and mentorship to support your professional growth.\n\nInclusive Culture: A workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone’s voice is valued.\n\nMission-Driven Work: Engage in projects that make a meaningful difference for our clients and communities.\n\nWhat are we looking for?\nAt AIS, we're looking for more than just skills - we're looking for driven individuals who are passionate about making a difference, eager to grow, and aligned with our core principles.\nWhat you will be doing?\nThis position is contingent upon contract award. We are currently pursuing a proposal and are seeking qualified candidates to include in our submission and identify candidates for future hiring needs on the program once awarded.\n\nAt AIS, we are dedicated to providing our employees with diverse opportunities to grow their careers while supporting a variety of impactful projects. For this position, we are seeking a talented individual to join AIS as a Senior Security Engineer.\nCore Knowledge & Skills: Designs secure architectures, leverages advanced threat detection, leads incident response, and implements security automation.\n\nWork & Complexity: Manages complex incidents, conducts threat analysis, leads audits, and implements process improvements.\n\nQuality & Independence: Delivers high-quality reports, aligns practices with industry standards, and operates with high autonomy.\n\nTeamwork & Communication: Leads team projects, collaborates cross-functionally, mentors juniors, and resolves conflicts.\n\nConsulting & Engagement: Provides strategic consulting, leads improvement initiatives, recommends advanced technologies, and manages vendor relationships.\n\nAs your initial project assignment, you will support the unique needs of our client as a Senior Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE).\n\nPosition Summary\nThe Senior Information Systems Security Engineer leads implementation of the Security Assessment and Authorization program and supports the end-to-end RMF lifecycle for information systems. The Senior ISSE provides security engineering leadership, technical guidance, security-control expertise, risk analysis, remediation support, continuous monitoring, and authorization support.\nWe have 2 positions in Washington, DC and 1 position in Huntsville, AL.\nPlease note that these positions are for a proposal and are contingent upon contract award.\nKey Responsibilities\n\nLead, mentor, and supervise security professionals supporting the end-to-end RMF lifecycle.\nCoordinate RMF Prepare activities and ensure roles, responsibilities, and risk-management strategies are established and maintained.\nGuide information-system categorization based on mission/business impact and regulatory requirements.\nAdvise on selection, tailoring, and documentation of security controls.\nOversee implementation of technical, operational, and management controls throughout system and application lifecycles.\nPlan, execute, and document security-control assessments.\nPrepare risk-management documentation supporting system authorization and executive decision-making.\nDirect continuous monitoring and assessment activities.\nProvide technical cybersecurity expertise supporting risk analysis, incident response, system remediation, and audit activities.\nWork closely with technical personnel to address security configurations and technical security gaps.\nTrack and communicate security-engineering status, risks, and improvement opportunities to stakeholders.\nMaintain current knowledge of RMF, NIST guidance, and security industry practices.\nRequired Qualifications\n\nMinimum 8 years of experience in the secure design, analysis, and testing of information-security systems and products.\nMinimum 8 years of experience applying methods, standards, and approaches to ensure baseline security safeguards are appropriately implemented and documented.\nMinimum 8 years of experience developing and updating security test plans used to identify and mitigate information-system risk.\nMust possess at least one of the following certifications:CCISO\nCISA\nCISM\nCISSO\nCISSP\nCISSP-ISSEP\nCPTE\nCySA+\nFITSP-A\nGCSA\nGSLC\nGSNA\n\nClearance: TS/SCI Eligible.\n\nAt AIS, we are committed to offering competitive and fair compensation that reflects the skills, experience, and contributions of each team member.\n\nThe targeted base salary range for this role is $101,000-$152,000 per year. Please note that this range is provided as a guideline and the final offer will be based on several factors, including but not limited to, skillset and competencies, level of experience, education, certifications, and location.\n\nWe value transparency in our hiring process and are happy to discuss how your unique qualifications align with our compensation structure during the interview process.\n\nApplied Information Sciences does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis. 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