• Responsible for designing and documenting security controls for client network and infrastructure elements, in order to meet federal regulatory compliance specifications.
• Individual will perform an in-depth analysis of the current infrastructure environments, risk assessments, and will document and conduct risk assessments and validate the security controls.
• Use Federal Certification and Accreditation (C&A) processes to research, verify and document information security controls in order for the "systems" to be accredited.
• Actively coordinate & support 3-4 C&A initiatives per year for ATO renewal or update for IT systems
• Develop System Security Plans and standard operating procedures for Federal Information Systems
• Understand and develop Privacy Impact Assessments
• Closely work with federal stakeholders including Information System Security Officer (ISSO) to maintain high-security posture of the IT systems
• Maintain and update System Security documentation
• Report on security status and security incidents
• Manage vulnerabilities reported by various security scanning tools.
• Experience working with multiple teams to remediate the vulnerabilities on time-based on Government policies.

Required Qualifications:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. Permanent Resident
• Eligible for U.S. Government Clearance
• Eight years of progressively responsible IT Security assessment and authorization-related responsibilities
• Eight years of experience directly performing Assessments and Authorizations, knowledge of specific NIST guidelines. The candidate will demonstrate experience analyzing IT security controls and developing solutions to security problems to meet federal security standards
• Knowledge of Federal government security guidelines:
• Federal government C&A practices and policies
• Moderate and high-impacting security control families listed in NIST Publication 800-53 Rev5
• Knowledge of security industry-standard security scanning tools for hardware, application, and static code.
• Experience in client-facing situations and dealing with security standards and protocols.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills including the ability to clearly and openly communicate with a client on a daily basis as well as the ability to create and deliver security-related deliverables.
• Understand security requirements within management, operational, and technical controls.
• Experience with Systems Security in the Federal space.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information assurance, engineering or related field

Flexible vacation policy; time is not limited, allocated, or accrued

• 16 paid holidays throughout the year
• Generous parental leave and new parent transition program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Corporate gift matching program

Base Pay Range: USD 140,000 - 160,000 (varies depending on experience)

The range shown represents a grouping of relevant ranges currently in use at Publicis Sapient. Actual range for this position may differ, depending on location and specific skillset required for the work itself.

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