
Program Information Security Specialist
- Florham Park, NJ
- $86,600-181,800 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
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- Serve as the program liaison with Customer counterparts to communicate program needs, updates, and requirements. Foster a positive and open relationship with the Customer through communication and in-person visits on-site.
- Develop, implement, and maintain information security policies and procedures in coordination with the ISSM (Information Systems Security Manager).
- Conduct regular risk assessments and vulnerability scans.
- Manage and monitor access controls for all information systems.
- Implement and oversee security measures such as firewalls, encryption, and intrusion detection systems.
- Lead incident response efforts for security breaches or suspected intrusions.
- Provide security awareness training to employees at all levels of the organization.
- Collaborate with IT and other departments to integrate security measures into overall infrastructure.
- Stay current with emerging cybersecurity threats and technologies.
- Perform regular security audits and recommend improvements.
- Report on security status and metrics to program managers.
- Oversee the selection and implementation of security tools and software.
- Knowledge on COMSEC duties & responses such as implementing secure communication protocols, ensuring the security of voice, data, and other forms of electronic communication, protecting against communication vulnerabilities.
- Knowledge of Tempest certification requirements.
- Current TS/SCI clearance.
- Experience: Minimum 5 years of related work experience in Information Systems Security (ISSM or ISSO).
- Ability to work closely with internal cross-functional teams (Directors, Program Managers, Project Managers and Contracting Officers).
- Customer and team-oriented and able to function with limited supervision.
- Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Familiarity or working knowledge of Industrial Security requirements and processes for protecting classified information, controlled unclassified information, and key assets within industrial settings in relation to government contracts and national security.
- Familiarity or working knowledge of Contractor Special Programs Officer (CPSO) responsibilities such as managing Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and Special Access Programs (SAPs) in compliance with the NISPOM, DoD SAP Security Manual, JAFAN’s, DCID’s, ICD’s and other applicable government security directives associated with SCI/SAP security programs.
- Familiarity and working knowledge of Personnel Security tasks such as the personnel security clearance process with various government agencies.
- Familiarity or working knowledge of Contractor Special Security Officer (CSSO) tasks such as processing SCI clearances, performing indoctrinations, and access controls.