Senior Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) - Cloud

Why AIS?

When you join AIS, you're joining a mission-driven team that's passionate about making a difference. You'll work on projects that matter, alongside industry-leading experts, in an environment that fosters innovation, driving client success, and empowering our team to make a lasting impact. As an employee-owned company, we value collaboration, inclusivity, continuous growth, and shared success.

• Employee Ownership: Your contributions directly impact the company's success, and you share in its achievements.
• Continuous Learning: Access to resources, training, and mentorship to support your professional growth.
• Inclusive Culture: A workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone's voice is valued.
• Mission-Driven Work: Engage in projects that make a meaningful difference for our clients and communities.

What are we looking for?

At AIS, we're looking for more than just skills - we're looking for driven individuals who are passionate about making a difference, eager to grow, and aligned with our core principles.

What you will be doing?

• This position is contingent upon contract award. We are currently pursuing a proposal and are seeking qualified candidates to include in our submission and identify candidates for future hiring needs on the program once awarded.
• At AIS, we are dedicated to providing our employees with diverse opportunities to grow their careers while supporting a variety of impactful projects. For this position, we are seeking a talented individual to join AIS as a Senior Security Engineer.

• Core Knowledge & Skills: Designs secure architectures, leverages advanced threat detection, leads incident response, and implements security automation.
• Work & Complexity: Manages complex incidents, conducts threat analysis, leads audits, and implements process improvements.
• Quality & Independence: Delivers high-quality reports, aligns practices with industry standards, and operates with high autonomy.
• Teamwork & Communication: Leads team projects, collaborates cross-functionally, mentors juniors, and resolves conflicts.
• Consulting & Engagement: Provides strategic consulting, leads improvement initiatives, recommends advanced technologies, and manages vendor relationships.

Additional information

As your initial project assignment, you will support the unique needs of our client as a Senior Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) - Cloud.

Position Summary

The Senior ISSO - Cloud provides security and authorization support for cloud-hosted information systems and serves as a project lead for systems requiring specialized cloud expertise. The position supports system owners throughout the security lifecycle and ensures ISSO responsibilities are covered for cloud-hosted systems.

Please note that this position is for a proposal and is contingent upon contract award.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as Project Lead for systems requiring specialized cloud-security expertise.
• Perform ISSO responsibilities for cloud-hosted information systems as needed.
• Support documentation, testing, and ongoing assessment of system security controls.
• Ensure cloud systems are appropriately scoped and technology components are accurately inventoried.
• Document implementation of required security controls.
• Support RMF and SAA activities throughout the system lifecycle.
• Support development and maintenance of ATO packages and authorization documentation.
• Maintain continuous monitoring activities and support vulnerability and patch management.
• Maintain required RMF artifacts, POA&Ms, system boundary documentation, diagrams, and inventories.
• Coordinate with system owners and technical teams to address security risks and maintain compliant system authorization.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of experience as an ISSO at a cleared facility.
• Minimum 9 years of work experience in a computer science or cybersecurity-related field.
• Familiarity with Tenable Nessus/Security Center, Splunk, IBM Guardium, HP WebInspect, NMAP, or similar security applications.
• Must possess at least one of the following certifications:
• CISM
• CISSO
• CISSP
• CISSP-ISSMP
• FITSP-M
• GCIA
• GCIH
• GCSA
• GICSP
• GSLC
• Must hold at least one cloud/security certification from the following RFQ-approved list:
• AWS Certified Security - Specialty
• (ISC)² Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)
• Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer
• Bachelor's and/or advanced degree in Computer Science, Business Management, IT, or a related discipline preferred.

Clearance: Top Secret; specific assignments may require TS/SCI eligibility and a polygraph.

Pay and benefits

At AIS, we are committed to offering competitive and fair compensation that reflects the skills, experience, and contributions of each team member. The targeted base salary range for this role is $101,000-$152,000 per year.

Please note that this range is provided as a guideline and the final offer will be based on several factors, including but not limited to, skillset and competencies, level of experience, education, certifications, and location. We value transparency in our hiring process and are happy to discuss how your unique qualifications align with our compensation structure during the interview process.