INFORMATION SECURITY SYSTEMS ENGINEER-SS

Job Title

INFORMATION SECURITY SYSTEMS ENGINEER-SS

Location

Philadelphia, PA 19112 US (Primary)

Job Type / Status

Full-Time

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Clearance Level Required

Secret

Job Description

McLaughlin Research has several openings (pending award) for Information Systems Security Engineers at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division.

Position Summary

The Information System Security Engineer (ISSE) designs, develops, implements, and integrates advanced cybersecurity solutions to protect the organization's information systems and data assets. The ISSE III functions as a technical subject matter expert, applying security engineering principles across the system development lifecycle to identify vulnerabilities, mitigate risks, and maintain compliance with information assurance standards. This position often works with classified systems and complex networking environments.

Job Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Security Architecture and Design : Designing and implementing security architectures for various environments and ensuring trusted relationships between systems.
• Risk Management and Compliance : Assessing and mitigating threats, leading the creation of security artifacts like SSPs and RARs, supporting system accreditation under frameworks like RMF, and ensuring compliance with policies such as DoD and NIST SP 800-series.
• Vulnerability Management and Incident Response : Conducting vulnerability assessments and ethical hacking, performing risk assessments, leading incident response, and managing automated scanning tools like ACAS and SCAP.
• Mentorship and Team Leadership : Guiding junior engineers and analysts and leading teams to achieve security goals.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration : Representing security engineering on technical teams and interfacing with stakeholders to translate requirements.

Required Qualifications

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement :

McLaughlin Research Corporation is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. It is our policy to recruit, hire, promote, and train for all positions without regard to age, race, creed, religion, national origin, gender identity, marital status, sexual orientation, family responsibilities, pregnancy, minorities, genetic information, status as a person with a disability, amnesty or status as a protected veteran, and to base all such decisions upon the individual's qualifications and ability to perform the work assigned, consistent with contractual requirements and all federal, state and, local laws.

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