Information System Security Officer

Company Overview

XPECT Solutions, LLC. has built a strong reputation by supporting our clients in meeting their strategic goals and mission objectives. We provide high quality resources for a wide range of IT and security solutions at best-value pricing. Our success is built on a solid foundation of well-vetted, highly technical personnel, a disciplined project management approach, and an overarching commitment to customer service. We develop, test, deploy, and support exceptional solutions that enhance system functionality, while maximizing reliability and availability, and ensure the tightest security.

Job Overview
 

XPECT Solutions is looking for an experienced, dynamic, and established Information System Security Officer (ISSO) to support their Federal Customer's mission in Clarksburg, WV. The ISSO positions are supporting the establishment, implementation, and maintenance of a life-cycle security model. The ISSO will coordinate with system owners to ensure systems are operated and maintained in accordance with security policies and practices and reports all information system security incidents through the appropriate customer channels.

The ISSO office develops, maintains, and dispositions our customer information systems, services, and data, and safeguards their confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Core Responebilties (to include but not limited to):

• Designing and implementing solutions for protecting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of sensitive information
• Technical support in the areas of vulnerability assessment, risk assessment, network security, product evaluation, and security implementation.
• Preparing contingency plans for system software, hardware, and applications for the organization.
• Implements procedures to ensure business applications continue to function through disruptive incidents within an organization
• Develop and maintain various security controls to protect technology assets from internal or inadvertent modification, disclosure or destruction.
• Participate in design of information system contingency plans that maintain appropriate levels of protection and meet time requirements for minimizing operations impact to customer organization
• Conduct security product evaluations, and recommends products, technologies and upgrades to improve client security posture.
• Conduct testing and audit log reviews to evaluate the effectiveness of current security measures.
• Provide reports regarding effectiveness of IT security and makes recommendations for the adoption of new procedures
• Responsible for day-to-day security administration of systems and networks including systems access administration

Requirements:

• Active Top-Secret Clearance
• Bachelor's Degree in Physics, Mathematics, Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, or related discipline
• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in cybersecurity, information assurance, or related technical roles.
• Experience with cybersecurity frameworks and standards including:
  • NIST 800-53
  • OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project)
  • SANS Institue Best Practices
• Experience working in Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) development environments.
• Knowledge and experience of information security practices within federal and/or state government environments.
• Excellent written and oral skills 

• CompTIA Security+ or equivalent certification
• Experience with:
  • Virtualization Technologies
  • Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines
  • Software Defined Infrastructure
  • Cloud Platforms (i.e. AWS, Azure)

Benefits

Xpect Solutions, Inc. is a one-of-a-kind employer with a talented team that is cleared at various levels and is certified in dozens of industry-recognized certifications. Our talented staff are the key to our success. They bring the knowledge, experience and technical skills to deliver the best solutions to our customers.

We support our team by providing open communication, win-win partnerships with clients and vendors, a team-oriented culture that supports an employee focus on professional development and growth for a long-lasting and happy career.

We offer a benefits package that is designed to keep our most important assets – our employees – healthy, happy, energized and moving forward. Our philosophy is simple – empower our employees with the benefits, resources and the financial incentives they need to be successful.

Benefits and Perks:

• A competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision plan
• Retirement Savings Plan
• Life Insurance
• AD&D Insurance
• Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance
• 3 weeks of annual PTO
• 11 days of Holiday PTO
• Performance Awards
• Referral Bonus Plan (of up to $2,500/year)
• Education Reimbursement/Training (of up to $2,500/year)