Take your career to new heights. Come join us at MORI Associates and help us support the most exciting projects at NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. As an ISSO supporting Special Projects work you will be part of a dedicated team of diverse professionals creating and supporting cutting edge solutions for our client’s critical missions.

MORI is a mid-sized nationwide company founded in 1997 with the ideals that creating an agile organization full of innovative and passionate people will progress science and technology for all life on earth. We focus on offering a complete range of services from strategic consulting to the development of Information Systems and providing advanced engineering solutions. Now, let’s see if this opportunity is the right challenge for you.

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  Provide technical leadership and operational expertise for the design, deployment, operations and monitoring of classified information systems.
• Report to the cognizant Information Systems Security Manager (ISSM) within the Information Technology Service Directorate and closely coordinate with system owners and information technology experts to assess and verify security control baselines and ensure their technical implementations meet applicable standards; sustain Continuous Monitoring reporting.
• Maintain and configure Security Event and Incident Monitoring (SEIM) tools and endpoint protection applications; identify anomalies and lead incident response, mitigation, and reporting.
• Maintain vulnerability management process to include information system scan configurations, scan analysis, and vulnerability prioritization and mitigation efforts to reduce system risk to acceptable levels.
• Interface with other cybersecurity and information technology staff to coordinate Assessment and Authorization activities to include developing and maintaining System Security Plans (SSP), Security Controls Traceability Matrix (SCTM), and Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) with supporting Bodies of Evidence and other artifacts.
• Conduct data transfers between information systems of varying security levels in accordance with the applicable standards and processes.
• Apply cybersecurity and IT knowledge to develop, execute, and monitor plans for zero-day vulnerabilities, emergent requirements, and other short-notice taskings as directed by the ISSM.

Mandatory Qualifications:

• You must be a U.S. citizen with an active Top Secret SSBI clearance and Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) eligible.
• You must have an active Counter Intelligence Polygraph.
• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 5+ years of related cybersecurity experience; Master’s degree with a minimum of 3+ years of related experience; or additional related experience in lieu of BS/MS degree. Possess at least one of the Department of Defense (DoD) 8570/8140 IAT Level II workforce certifications.
• Experience with system hardening, configuration testing, continuous monitoring, and scanning using any of the following tools or related tools and applications to include their configuration and tuning to achieve optimal results: Nessus, Splunk, and McAfee.
• Experience working across operating systems to include Windows and Linux environments.
• Working knowledge of system functions, security policies, technical security safeguards, and operational protective measures.
• Experience implementing Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 503 and Risk Management Framework (RMF) principles, system Assessment and Authorization, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publications including 800-53 and Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publications 199 and 200.
• Knowledge of security concepts and best practices such as defense in-depth, least privilege, need-to-know, separation of duties, access controls, and encryption.

Additional Desired Qualifications:

• DoD 8570/8140 IAT II Compliant: CompTIA, ISACA, (ISC)2, or GIAC certification.
• Experience with Government, Risk and Compliance (GRC) tools such as ServiceNow’s GRC module and eMASS.
• Familiarity with secure coding practices and coding languages to include C++, Python, and MATLAB.
• Advanced expertise configuring and tuning vulnerability scanning, SEIM, and endpoint protection applications such as Nessus, Splunk, and McAfee.

The typical full time equivalent annual hiring rate for this job in Pasadena, California.

$119K to $150K

MORI Associates offers comprehensive benefits (medical/dental/vision care) including matching funds for 401K plan. Most employees working at JPL are given choice to work 9-80 schedule, including getting every other Friday off work!

MORI Associates is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender identity/expression, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, genetics, veteran status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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