Information Assurance Specialist - Clearance Required
LMI Consulting · Remote, UNAVAILABLE, US
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## Information Assurance Specialist - Clearance Required ### Overview LMI is seeking an **Information Assurance Specialist** to support **Army Acquisition, Training, and Readiness (AT&R)** in the sustainment and enhancement of the **Army Contract Writing System (ACWS)**, built on the **Appian Platform**. This role supports **cybersecurity, compliance, risk management, and system authorization** to help ensure ACWS meets applicable **Army and DoD security requirements**. ### Responsibilities - Work with system administrators, engineers, developers, DevSecOps personnel, program managers, and security stakeholders to maintain a strong security posture for a mission-critical enterprise application environment. - Support information assurance and cybersecurity activities for **ACWS** and associated enterprise environments. - Implement and maintain security controls in accordance with **NIST, RMF, STIG**, and applicable **DoD** requirements. - Support **system security authorization**, assessment, accreditation, and **Authority to Operate (ATO)** activities. - Conduct security assessments, vulnerability reviews, compliance evaluations, and security control reviews. - Monitor security findings and coordinate remediation with system, application, infrastructure, and DevSecOps teams. - Develop and maintain security documentation, including **SSPs, POA&Ms, policies, procedures, assessment artifacts, and continuous monitoring documentation**. - Support continuous monitoring activities, security metrics, status reporting, and cybersecurity reporting requirements. - Support security audits, inspections, customer assessments, and responses to identified findings. - Evaluate system and application changes to ensure continued compliance with established security requirements. - Identify cybersecurity risks and support practical mitigation strategies. - Support incident response and security investigations as needed; participate in root cause and remediation activities. - Stay current on evolving cybersecurity threats, regulations, security controls, and federal best practices relevant to ACWS. ### Qualifications **Minimum Qualifications** - Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, IT, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field (equivalent experience may be considered). - **5–10+ years** supporting Information Assurance, cybersecurity, information security, or cyber risk management programs. - Knowledge of **NIST cybersecurity frameworks** and **Risk Management Framework (RMF)** processes. - Experience developing and maintaining security documentation and compliance artifacts. - Experience supporting vulnerability management, security assessments, and compliance activities. - Understanding of security controls, risk management, secure configuration, and cybersecurity best practices. - Strong analytical, organizational, writing, and communication skills. - **Active Secret clearance** (or ability to obtain and maintain one). - **U.S. citizenship required**. **Desired Skills** - Active Secret clearance. - Active **DoD 8140-aligned** cybersecurity certification (e.g., **CISSP, CISM, Security+**). - Security certifications such as **Security+, CISSP, CAP, CISM, CASP+**. - Experience supporting Army or DoD programs and security requirements. - Demonstrated experience leading/coordinating **cybersecurity, RMF, ATO, or compliance** activities for federal/DoD systems. - Experience with **eMASS, ACAS, SCAP, STIGs**, or related too
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