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Information Security Specialist - Associate

Orchard

Job Description

Posted on: 
February 18, 2025

Summary and company overview

Information Security Specialist - Associate

Location: Fort Knox KY or Remote

Clearance Required: Active Secret Clearance

@Orchard is supporting a growing Federal contractor with a need for an Information Security Specialist. The individual in this position will assist in developing and maintaining a knowledgebase on changing regulatory, threat, and technology landscapes to continually develop or maintain security policies and standards and ensure compliance throughout the organization.

Established in 2010, @Orchard has an exceptional reputation, providing staffing solutions to time-sensitive, talent scarcity issues to deliver better talent management ROI. Our specialty lies in the critical area of program talent acquisition and resource management, not in one narrow skillset, but across many areas of technical and functional delivery. To learn more about our other exciting opportunities, visit our Jobs Page at www.atorchard.com.

Responsibilities

  • Conducts and supports Traditional Security Reviews (assessments, evaluations, audits) as required and determined by Cybersecurity.
  • Identifies and makes on-the-spot corrections to deficiencies and educates the user on current security standards/requirements IAW current cyber guidelines and DoD compliance standards.
  • Provides surge support, technical guidance, and expertise in the areas of Cybersecurity to support Customer, Mission Partners, IMOs, ISSOs, IS Owners, Software Developers, Network System, and Database Administrators IAW all related cyber regulations and directives; provide results in reports, briefs, and deliverables as required to the appropriate Government representative.
  • Provide Cybersecurity surge support in the event of real world or additional requirements in support of RMF compliance checks and documentation review across authorization boundaries, including, but not limited to:
  • Perform security review preparation for all security controls associated with RMF applicable to an assigned authorization boundary based upon the Confidentiality, Integrity, or Availability designation.
  • Perform on site or off-site reviews of all information systems to audit and validate compliance with associated security controls.
  • Perform as reviewers of audit teams during inspections, assessments, evaluations, audits, etc.
  • Provide reports to the assigned Government representative as required.
  • Provide reviews, validation, and deliverable efforts in support of compliance or non-compliance IAW CCI, STIGs and SRGs for each finding or vulnerability IAW RMF.
  • Provide embedded Cybersecurity support across Customer or other supported organizations as required.

Job Requirements

Required Qualifications:

  • Active Secret clearance
  • Relevant experience with information security

Preferred Qualifications:

  • BA/BS preferred
  • IAT Level I (Security+, CND, CCNA-Security, OR SSCP recommended)

Additional commentary

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Summary and company overview

Information Security Specialist - Associate

Location: Fort Knox KY or Remote

Clearance Required: Active Secret Clearance

@Orchard is supporting a growing Federal contractor with a need for an Information Security Specialist. The individual in this position will assist in developing and maintaining a knowledgebase on changing regulatory, threat, and technology landscapes to continually develop or maintain security policies and standards and ensure compliance throughout the organization.

Established in 2010, @Orchard has an exceptional reputation, providing staffing solutions to time-sensitive, talent scarcity issues to deliver better talent management ROI. Our specialty lies in the critical area of program talent acquisition and resource management, not in one narrow skillset, but across many areas of technical and functional delivery. To learn more about our other exciting opportunities, visit our Jobs Page at www.atorchard.com.

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