Data / Configuration Management Specialist

  • Full-time

Company Description

A3T, a fast growing ISO 27001, 9001, and 20000 certified company, specializes in Defensive Cyber Security Services and Solutions, driven by our customer's mission, and delivering excellent 'A' level talented personnel and an unparalleled customer satisfaction experience.

Join A3T and watch your career soar! A3T is an agile and mature company looking for incredible talent to support the U.S/ Government in many important national security roles.  A3T is looking to bring on an experienced, Secret cleared, Data/Configuration Management Specialist with “Next-Level Thinking” who is ready to take their career to a new level with A3T

Job Description

The successful candidate shall be a part of a team that provides cybersecurity analysis and expertise to support sustainment of DoD cybersecurity and RMF requirements.  The successful Data/Configuration Management Specialist will provide configuration management planning, describe provisions for configuration identification, change control, configuration status accounting, and configuration audits. This includes regulating the change process so that only approved and validated changes are incorporated into product documents and related software. 

Duties/Responsibilities:

  • Develop Secured Configuration Management Processes and Guidance.

  • Evaluate and identify gaps with current project in-use technologies, processes and resources.

  • Ensure thorough identification of best business practices, sound and secure configuration management methods and processes, testing/verification methods and continuous monitoring.

  • Document results in an actionable whitepaper.

  • Support senior ISSM in developing plan of actions and milestones.

  • Develop senior level briefing material articulating needs, deficiencies, risks and benefits.

  • Draft enterprise level guidance, documentation and procedures, ensuring thorough identification of best business practices, sound and secure configuration management methods and processes, testing/verification methods and continuous monitoring.

  • All should encompass project specific technologies such as mainframes and mid-tiers.

  • Draft configuration process flows to include testing and verification, identify technology needs, gaps, roles and responsibilities, end to end.

  • MUST include configuration management technology, process recommendations, where possible to allow daily, etc. configuration processes within a tool, aligned with applicable DoD and RMF requirements. Goal is to allow robust identification, conduct and tracking of system’s daily, monthly, etc. software assurance activities, versus external security control testing only. 

  • Guidance, processes and recommendations must facilitate robust implementation of applicable DoD, NIST and Federal Information System Controls Audit Manual (FISCAM) standards.

Qualifications

Security Clearance:  Secret (Active)

Education / Certifications:  

  • Information Assurance Management (IAM) level III.  Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or other Equivalent (e.g. CISM or GLSC) DoD 8570.01-M

Experience:

  • Must have minimum 10 years of experience in cybersecurity.  This includes documentation and system authorization artifacts (System Security Plan, Continuous monitoring plan, Security Assessment Report, Plan of Action and Milestones, Interconnection Security Agreement, Risk Assessment, etc.).

  • Must have extensive working knowledge in DoD and NIST for configuration management.

  • Must have strong technical writing skills.

  • Must have strong critical thinking/analytical skills, creativity, a proven drive for quality, and excellent oral and written communication skills.

  • Able to work under only general direction and be able to independently determine and develop an approach to information system security solutions, only needing review upon completion for adequacy in meeting objectives.

  • Strong organizational skills and an ability to stay focused while managing multiple tasks concurrently.

Additional Information

We offer a competitive benefits package to include: paid holidays, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, company paid long and short term disability and life insurance, referral bonuses, certification reimbursement program, 401K matching, etc.

It is the policy of A3T to provide equal opportunity in recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting individuals in all job categories without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected class or category as may be defined by federal, state, or local laws or regulations.

We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing to include background checks  and eVerify validation.