IT Security Consultant

Noblis and our wholly owned subsidiaries, Noblis ESI and Noblis NSP, are solving difficult problems that help our government and our country. We bring the best of scientific thought, management, and engineering expertise with a reputation for independence and objectivity. We support a wide range of government and industry clients in the areas of national security, intelligence, transportation, healthcare, environmental sustainability, and enterprise engineering. Learn more at noblis.org/about.

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has introduced a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to centrally manage and execute most of its related IT cybersecurity services. These services consolidated under this BPA provide close to $2 billion of various labor categories & functions, products, and materials over the course of 10 years.  

The following broad areas are addressed with the acquisition:

• Policy, Planning and FISMA Support
• Cybersecurity Engineering and Project Management Support
• Security Operations Center (SOC) Support

Noblis aims to assist DOJ in the successful transition to this BPA and provide support. Join the Noblis team with our excellent reputation for helping clients solve complex cyber security and data problems. Clients depend on us to help them anticipate, conceive, architect, assess, prove, deploy, and manage mission-critical services and systems.

Position Description:

Noblis is looking for cleared candidates to fill information security positions at varying levels Individuals will contribute to a high-performance team supporting a variety of DoJ Cybersecurity Program Management tasks.

Candidates will also work with accomplished Noblis experts to provide a wide range of consulting services and expertise, including systems engineering, strategic IT infrastructure technology planning and implementation, requirements development, operations planning, along with policy and procedures development.

Candidates are to perform duties that will include:

• Applying information security and assurance and systems engineering and principles;
• Defining, reviewing, updating and maintaining information security policies and procedures;
• Develop and maintain program and project plans, standard operating procedures, contingency plans, continuity of operations, and other documentation;
• Provide subject matter expertise as an Information System Security Officer (ISSO) with the ability to execute and maintain system accreditations.
• Develop and maintain system compliance documentation, plan of actions and milestones and provide support for authorized systems.
• Ability to build, deploy, and maintain a robust cybersecurity tools portfolio;
• Assess and mitigate security risks within the organization;
• Conduct software development for various software products;
• Experience with planning, management, and technical implementations related to Identity, Credential, and Access Management;
• Provide advanced analytic techniques to detect cyber threats;
• Provide subject matter expertise with cyber threat intelligence, counter intelligence, insider threat and penetration testing;
• Experience with enterprise named or similar:
  • System Management: BigFix, SCCM;
  • SEIM: ArcSight, Splunk;
  • Vulnerability tools: Nessus, Gaurdium;
• Working independently with general instruction, adapt and apply Noblis’ principles, concepts, processes, tools and methodologies to solve real-world problems in a team environment, with special focus on the development of integrated infrastructure solutions and programs involving both network and data center (cloud) assets.

Communication and Interpersonal:

• Prepare and/or contribute to technical reports, memos, analyses and briefings. Plan and manage assigned deliverables;
• Support meetings, inter-team communication, and issue resolution with the client and internal/project stakeholder groups;
• Work closely and collaboratively with Noblis team leaders and members.

Qualifications

Please Note: There are multiple roles at varying levels.  Please consider applying to be reviewed by our team.

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a technical or business discipline such as Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, etc. is encouraged.
• Generally, 2-8+ years of relevant work experience.
• Candidates with one or more the following certifications are encouraged to apply: CISSP, CEH, CAP, GCIH, GPEN, Sec+, and/or SSCP
• Strong knowledge of one or more relevant technical subject areas, such as information security, FISMA systems compliance, malware reverse engineering, incident response, and penetration testing techniques and web-application scanning.
• Experience with DoJ Cybersecurity Assessment and Management (CSAM)
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and presentation skills. Proven results-oriented problem solving abilities. Facility with presentation graphics and/or spreadsheet tools highly desirable.
• Ability to work in a dynamic team-oriented environment, demonstrate teamwork and initiative, and function productively in the face of new assignments and the re-prioritization of existing assignments. 

Applicants selected may be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Noblis is an equal opportunity employer.