• Create SSPs via collaboration with MDOT Automation Managers, System Owners, System Security Administrators, and project team for new applications in alignment with the Secure Application Development Life Cycle and Michigan Security Accreditation Process.
• Maintain SSPs for existing applications requiring ATO and those facing software and/or hardware enhancements.
• Collaborate with business representatives to establish system registration.
• Identify security testing and system scanning requirements.
• Perform risk assessments and provide responses for security controls.
• Continuously monitor plans of action and milestones and corrective action plans as they relate to the SSPs in collaboration with the MDOT Enterprise Information Management office.
• Validate respective SSPs to ensure NIST control requirements are met.
• Author recommendations associated with findings on how to improve the customer’s security posture in accordance with SOM Policies, Standards, and Procedures, and NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) controls.
• Assist team members and vendors with proper artifact collection to satisfy assessment requirements.
• Coordination of scanning activities/enterprise activities with MCS, tech leads, and business areas.
• Assist with performing system Data Classifications part of the SSP/ATO process.

Required Skills:

• 1+ Years experience in the IT industry analyzing and applying information security principles and practices
• 1+ Years experience reviewing IT systems/applications plus basic knowledge of networking components and various operating systems
• 1+ Years experience analyzing the applicable NIST Special Publications 800-37 Revision 1, 800-53 Revision 3,4 or 5, and 800-53A Revision 1.
• Experience working independently and in a team environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills including the ability to explain technical matters to a non-technical audience
• Ability to collaborate on multiple projects/efforts at a given time
• Flexibility to adjust quickly to multiple demands, shifting priorities, ambiguity, and rapid change

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Preferred/Desired Skills:

• CISSP, CISA, PMP and/or Security+ Certification.
• Experience with other Security Frameworks (ISO, NIST, COBIT, HIPAA/HITECH, etc.) and regulatory requirements (2+ Years)
• Experience working with software vendors to implement security controls

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