Senior Information Assurance/Security Specialist

Description

Salary: $140,000 - $160,000/year

Work location: Remote with possible ad hoc on site needs in Washington, DC.

Lead enterprise information-assurance and security activities supporting Federal Student Aid systems. The Specialist establishes security standards and procedures, evaluates security programs, recommends security solutions, resolves security violations, integrates security capabilities, and ensures information systems remain functional and secure.

Key Responsibilities

• Determine enterprise information-assurance and security standards and lead implementation of corresponding procedures.
• Coordinate, develop, evaluate, and improve organizational security programs.
• Recommend information-assurance and security solutions aligned with customer requirements.
• Identify, report, investigate, and coordinate resolution of security violations.
• Support senior customers in developing and implementing security doctrine and policy.
• Apply security expertise to government and commercial common-user systems and dedicated special-purpose systems requiring specialized security features and procedures.
• Lead integration and implementation of computer-system security solutions.
• Analyze information-assurance technical problems and direct engineering and technical support in resolving them.
• Evaluate information-system functionality and security and recommend corrective actions or improvements.
• Support security-control analysis, assessment and authorization, continuous monitoring, POA&M activities, audit readiness, and security documentation.
• Provide technical and management leadership, establish work plans and objectives, supervise personnel, and brief client and senior-management stakeholders.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• More than 10 years of experience in the subject area.
• Bachelor's degree.
• Senior industry professional certification such as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or equivalent.
• Demonstrated domain expertise and technical or management leadership on major tasks or technology assignments.
• Experience establishing goals and plans that meet project objectives and directing activities to ensure technical requirements are met.
• Experience interacting with clients, conducting negotiations, and interfacing with senior management.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with NIST Risk Management Framework, NIST SP 800-37, NIST SP 800-53, FISMA, FedRAMP, IRS Publication 1075, SSPs, SARs, RARs, and POA&Ms.
• Experience with governance, risk, and compliance platforms, OSCAL, Git, JSON or YAML, and automated evidence workflows.
• Experience supporting federal authorization decisions and executive risk briefings.
• Additional certifications such as CGRC, CISA, CISM, CRISC, or equivalent.

Clearance Requirement: Ability to obtain and maintain a High Risk Public Trust suitability determination.

The salary range for this position depends upon multiple factors including location, the individual's knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, and contract-specific budget constraints and organizational requirements.
Gunnison Consulting Group's total compensation package also includes bonus and profit-sharing opportunities, depending on company and employee performance. Available employee benefits include:

• 3 weeks of Personal Leave your first year
• 11 paid Holidays each year
• 5 days of Flexible Time Off each year for approved training or certifications (self-study is ineligible)
• 401(k) company match at 50% up to 10% of your salary
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Public Transportation Subsidies
• Certifications and Training Allowance - Up to $5,000/year!

Why Join Gunnison?

• Gunnison takes on ambitious projects. We target fun, challenging work that requires creative thinking and innovation.
• Quality is our top priority.
• Gunnison employee benefits meet or exceed what other companies in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area offer.
• There is a great sense of camaraderie at Gunnison. This is an atmosphere we will maintain as we continue to grow.
• We are growing rapidly and the opportunity for individual professional growth with Gunnison is outstanding.
• We hire for careers at Gunnison, not to fill a position.

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Must be eligible for employment in the United States. We are unable to sponsor candidates at this time.
In 1994 Gunnison began serving the greater Washington, D.C. metro area, focused on tackling our customers' most ambitious technology projects. By creating a culture dedicated to enabling our customers and employees to achieve more than they ever thought they could, the company has thrived for over 25 years.