Process Improvement Engineer

Company: ArdentMC
Location: Reston
Posted on: October 14, 2020

Job Description:

ArdentMC is a software development firm, focused on high-value high-technology solutions for government and invites you to join our dynamic organization. ArdentMC offers competitive salaries, 401K matching, paid time off, tuition reimbursement and host of other benefits, creating a rewarding and fast-paced work environment. We are looking for a Process Improvement Engineer who should be familiar with the Agile methodology. Responsibilities and Duties Tools resource, heavy analytics, good fundamentals, ability to write, agile Leverage the Agile methodology and Jira. Perform risk analyses to determine cost-effective and essential safeguards. Provide support to plan, coordinate, and implement the organizationrsquos information security. Oversee the efforts of security staff to design, develop, engineer, and implement solutions for security requirements. Create Plan of Action and Milestones (POAM) for any security risk identified, and provide mitigating solutions and timetables to closeout POAMs. Developing and updating security authorization packages in accordance with the clientrsquos requirement and compliant with FISMA. Core documents that the candidate will be responsible for are the System Security Plan, Risk Assessment Report, Security Assessment Plan and Report, Contingency Plan, Incident Response Plan, Standard Operating Procedures, Plan of Actions and Milestones, Remediation Plans, Configuration Management Plan, etc. Qualifications Education level ndash Minimum of an IT related Bachelorrsquos degree Clearance level ndash Ability to obtain a Customs Border Protection (CBP) Background Investigation (BI) Experience ndash 3 years of experience in IT Specific skills Proficiency in writing technical analysis reports. Strong written and oral communication skills. Critical thinking Strategy development Balancing security requirements with mission needs Good judgment and business acumen Relationship management Project management (ability to track detailed tasks and ensure timely delivery) Ability to work quickly, efficiently and accurately in a dynamic and fluid environment Certifications Agile certificate is required Additionally, the individuals must demonstrate familiarity in the following areas Manage the generation and secure distribution of the approximate 2500 PKI certificates. Coordinate the development, renewal, and signature of 140 Internal Security Audits (ISAs). Back up the assigned ISSO. Perform all security actions to ensure IT applications are compliant with all DHS and CBP Information Audit (IA) policies. Execute cyber monitoring, toolset security, and subscription and system alerting. Conduct Enterprise Security Scans that monitor and log security related incidents, and analyze the results. Develop and maintain the Plan of Action and Milestones and support remediation activities. Validate that protective measures for physical security are in place to support the systems security requirements. Maintain an inventory of hardware and software for the information system. Develop, coordinate, test and train on Contingency Plans and Incident Response Plans. Support Incident Response and Contingency activities. Able to perform security control assessment in using NIST guidance. Conduct Independent scans of the application, network and database (where required). Provide continuous monitoring to enforce client security policy and procedures and create processes that will provide oversight into the following activities for the system owner. Ensure Security plans are current in the Information Assurance Compliance System (IACS). Applicants selected for this position will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. For this position, ArdentMC will consider only applicants with security clearances or applicants who are eligible for security clearances.

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