Link Solutions, Inc. delivers reliable and effective Information Technology services to government clients in support of critical mission needs. Delivering a broad range of Infrastructure Operations, Application Development, Cybersecurity, Virtualization, Cloud, and Mobility services.

Link is quality and compliance-focused, under our guiding philosophy “Mission First, Customer Always”. If you’re looking for a technology company that values innovation, with a vision toward the future of the technology landscape, look no further than Link Solutions.

We are ISO 9001:2008, ISO 20000-1:2018, ISO 27001:2013 certified and appraised for CMMI ML3 for Services and Development.

Link Solutions is seeking a Security Control Assessor to join our team at Shaw AFB in Sumter, South Carolina. You will be providing critical mission support for the United States Air Forces Central Command (AFCENT).

• Must be a US Citizen

**Non-remote: (A sign-on relocation bonus is available.)

Job Summary:

Provide Cybersecurity support for Information Systems (IS) within the AFCENT Authorizing Official (AO) using Department of Defense (DoD) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Risk Management Framework guidelines to determine the condition of the management, operational, and technical security controls to determine the overall effectiveness of the controls.

The current cybersecurity footprint includes classified and unclassified computers, various platform information technology systems and networks across the AFCENT Area of Operations.

Responsibilities:

• Perform initial and continual security control assessment and validation for AFCENT networks, systems, and software applications.
• Adhere to DOD and USAF laws, standards, policies and procedures.
• Utilize DOD-approved tools such as, but not limited to - Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS), Nessus, Host Based Security Systems (HBSS), Continuous Monitoring Risk Scoring (CMRS), Online Compliance Reporting System (OCRS), and SolarWinds - to generate initial and continuous monitoring reports.
• Complete reports to support risk decisions.
• Provide expertise to execute vulnerability assessments on Platform IT systems.
• Evaluate threats and vulnerabilities to information systems or software applications to ascertain the need for additional safeguards.
• Ensure security control assessments for information systems and software applications to ensure controls are working as intended and these controls protect the confidentiality of IT resources.
• Ensure a Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M).
• Evaluate security control assessment documentation and provide written recommendations.
• Assess changes to information systems or software applications, their environment of operation, and mission needs to determine if they are security-relevant and could therefore affect system authorization.
• Utilize the RMF methodology to successfully implement an information technology process.
• Utilize assessment results to identify trends and to improve IA training, policies, and processes.
• Develop reports and trend analyses to support risk assessment decisions.

Additional Duties:

• Assist with preparing the final Security Assessment Report (SAR) containing the results and findings from the assessment at the conclusion of each security control assessment activity.
• Assist in creating, reviewing, and approving the information system or software application security assessment plan, which is comprised of the SSP, the Security Controls Traceability Matrix (SCTM), and the Security Control Assessment Procedure.
• Assist with assembling and submitting the security authorization artifacts to the AO (consisting of, at a minimum, the SSP, the SAR, the POA&M, and a Risk Assessment Report (RAR).
• Advise the Information System Owner (ISO) concerning the impact values for confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the information on a system or software application.
• Perform DoD/NIST RMF Operations Support.
• Provide meeting/briefing support.

Work schedule: CONUS Schedule is day shift Monday – Friday. May be requested to work evenings and weekends to meet program and contract needs. OCONUS Workweeks are typically 60 hours (e.g., six, 10-hour days).

• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.

• US CItizen
• Bachelor's Degree in a related field with 5 years of relevant IT experience OR 7 years of relevant IT experience.
• IAT-III or IAM-III Certification (CASP+ CE, CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP, CISM, etc.)
• Must have a current secret DoD clearance.

Preferred:

• MA/MS in a related field with 3 or more years of relevant IT experience.

**This opportunity is contingent upon successful award and contract negotiation.

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