Information Systems Security Engineer

Knight Federal Solutions is a trusted provider to industry leading prime contractors, the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community.  We have established a company culture that supports our employees, their families and the communities in which they live and work. When you join our team you belong to a group of people that work hard, strive for greatness and care about people.

Our hard work is evident in everything we do.  Whether it be supporting large government programs in the areas of Simulation and Training, Information Technology, Intelligence or Engineering we always strive to be the best.  It is for this reason that we have been recognized as a World Class Team Supplier by Northrop Grumman and were also named one of Florida’s fastest growing companies by Inc. Magazine. 

As Knight Federal Solutions continues to grow, we look forward to hiring the best and the brightest to join us in our success!

Responsibilities:

• Collaborates with system owners and lead developers to implement security best practices, address risks, and provide mitigation recommendations.
• Conducts assessments of existing IT architecture for compliance with security requirements from application security frameworks.
• Validates and verifies system security requirements definitions and analyzes and establishes system security designs.
• Performs and reviews technical security assessments of environments to identify points of vulnerability, and non-compliance with established information assurance standards and regulations, and recommends mitigation strategies.
• Continuously monitors the performance and integrity of the ACAS solution, assesses scan times, and makes changes to improve performance.
• Establish and maintain the process of safe and practical identity management in support of the customer.
• Run scans with the HP (now OpenText) Fortify (or any Gov. approved Static/Dynamic code analysis too) on COTS software to check for vulnerabilities.
• Generate and maintain the complete security Body of Evidence (BoE) while leading the A&A activities according to the Risk Management Framework (RMF) processes (ICD 503, CNSSI-1253, NIST 800-37, NIST 800-53, etc.) for all multiple information systems.
• Design and implement safety measures and controls. Monitor network activity to identify vulnerable points. Address privacy breaches and malware threats.

Knight Federal Solutions provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other protected classification.