Have you ever wanted to work at a company with other like-minded hard workers supporting national security issues? If you're seeking a reputable mid-size company with the pay, benefits, and energy of a Fortune 100 company, then Railhead is for you. We surround ourselves with top talent across the DoD, Intelligence Community, and commercial sector. Whether you're working on-site at one of Railhead's corporate locations around the globe, or at a customer site, we inspire a culture of fun and creativity while performing some of our Nation's most critical and impactful work.
Program Summary:
The Defense Enclave Services (DES) program supports a highly demanding mission and requires expert technical and professional management support to DISA enterprise Information Technology (IT) services. You will be working in a large and complex IT consolidation, migration and modernization effort towards a Single Server Provider model that provides sustainment, maintenance, Problem and Change management services to help ensure secure, reliable and uninterrupted availability of the Department of Defense networks and services.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Performs network monitoring, analysis and reporting in accordance with the provisions of DoD Directive 8570.01-M. These skills and their associated duties may include the following: Intrusion: Ensures the rigorous application of IA policies, principles, and practices in the delivery of all information technology (IT) and IA services.
- Leads and directs team personnel too quickly, efficiently and effectively to solve complex IA problems.
- Identifies IA requirements as part of the IT acquisition development process and assists in the formulation of IA /IT budgets.
- Plans, integrates, and schedules the installation of new or modified hardware, operating systems, and software applications.
- Supervises the assessment and implementation of identified computer and network environment fixes such as system patches and fixes associated with specific technical vulnerabilities as part of the Information Assurance Vulnerability Management program.
- Guides the implementation of appropriate operational structures and processes to ensure an effective IA security program including boundary defense, incident detection and response.
- Evaluates functional operation and performance in light of test results and make recommendations regarding C&A.
- Monitors and evaluates the effectiveness of IA security procedures and safeguards.
- Evaluates security violations to determine necessary initial and long-term corrective action.
- Assesses impact, determines probably damage and suggest methods of damage control, conducts computer forensics, and follow-on analysis to build historical and predictive capabilities for IA incidents.
- Develops IA related customer support policies, procedures, and standards.
- Designs perimeter defense systems including intrusion detection systems, firewalls, grid sensors, etc., enhances rule sets to detect or block sources of malicious traffic, and establishes a protective net of layered defenses to prevent, detect, and eradicate threats.
- Ensures that protection and detection capabilities are acquired or developed using the IS security engineering approach and are consistent with DoD Component level IA architecture.
- Has a working knowledge of DoD provided IA tools.
- Has a working knowledge of policy, guidance and evaluation criteria of the DoD Critical Infrastructure Program.
- Prepares and/or oversees the preparation of IA certification and accreditation documentation. Analyzes, develops, evaluates, and integrates IA policies.
- Assists in the gathering and preservation of evidence used in the prosecution of computer crimes.
- Identifies the IT security program implications of new technologies or technology upgrades.
- Conducts IA cost benefit, economic and risk analysis in the IT acquisition decision making process.
- Interprets security requirements relative to the capabilities of new information technologies.
- Interprets patterns of non-compliance to determine their impacts on levels of risk and/or overall effectiveness of IA programs.
- Analyzes identified security strategies and recommends the best approaches and/or practices.
- Monitors and evaluates the effectiveness of IA security procedures and safeguards to ensure they provide the intended level of protection.
Basic Qualifications:
- Possess a current Secret clearance or above
- BA/BS in a technical or managerial discipline with 10 years of experience relevant to the position responsibilities. At least one of the following certifications is required: CSSP Incident Responder, CSSP Auditor, or CSSP Manager.
About Railhead:
Railhead, Inc. is a leader in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; advanced cyber solutions; cloud and managed IT solutions; engineering, and information-based solutions for law enforcement and homeland security. We provide training and logistics in support of readiness operations; and operational support services and solutions in support of organizations not limited to DHS, DoD, and the Intelligence Community (IC). We hire mission enablers whom reflect our communities and proactively embrace diversity and inclusion, in order to advance our corporate culture, develop our family of employees into the best they can be, and in turn grow our market share throughout industry.
Railhead, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.
