• Location: Tysons, Virginia
  • Type: Contract
  • Job #3378
Customer Labor Category: Security Control Assessor – – –
       
Position Description: Security Control Accessor 
Location: Tysons
Core Hours: 9 am – 3 pm
Performs all procedures necessary to ensure the safety of information systems assets and to protect systems from intentional or inadvertent access or destruction.
Evaluates the security controls within network systems to identify vulnerabilities and recommend actions to correct problems working either alone or as part of a team. Ensures integrity of IT systems by identifying and mitigating potential avenues of exploitation including system level attacks and user level attacks.
o Applies experience with RMF, CNSSI 1253, NIST SP 800-53, and NISPOM
o Applies experience with Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) and Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) Compliance Checker (SCC)
o Demonstrated experience conducting hands on security testing, analyzing results, documenting risks, and recommending countermeasures
o Demonstrated experience developing risk assessment reports based on review of security plans and interviews with developer/customer assess systems against information assurance policies, regulations and instructions
o Demonstrated experience providing threat analysis based on identified security vulnerabilities
o Develops and documents security evaluation test plans and procedures
o Demonstrated experience testing security architectures of cloud-based systems and applications, identifying vulnerabilities and providing security remediation
2+ years of technical related experience
Required Skills:
Compliance and vulnerability scanning tools (XACTA, RedSeal, Nessus, Splunk, McAfee ePO, and/or other vulnerability scanners)
Strong understanding of the Assessment and Authorization (A&A) process
Excellent oral and technical writing skills
Desired Certifications: CASP, CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP, GCED, or GCIH

Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government.  Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission.  Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems.  If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

Benefits Overview:
Cornerstone Defense offers a very comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to: Medical, Dental and Vision Plans * Generous PTO Policy * 401(k) * HSA and FSA options * Life and Disability Insurance * Tuition Reimbursement and Training * Perks at Work Discount Program * Referral Program * Leads Generation Program * CollegeAmerica 529 * Fitness Reimbursement Program * Travel Assistance * Norton Lifelock Benefit Solutions * Life Planning Financial & Legal Services *
 

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