Client is a growing woman-owned Cyber & Physical Security Contractor located in Columbia, Maryland.  Client strives to make every employee belong, be heard and be successful in their career.  This includes listening to your needs, providing rewarding and challenging opportunities, and offering tools to succeed in your current role while preparing you for advancement.  We are looking for ambitious folks to join our team and who want to help our customers meet their mission needs. 

The Challenge:
Are you looking to transform enterprise cybersecurity solutions to enable a secure, mission critical, global IT operational environment?  Are you motivated by solving some of the worlds greatest problems while working hand in hand with experts across the technical spectrum?  At Helm Point Solutions, we will provide the challenge and you will be the differentiator in what can be accomplished.   

What you will be doing?
As an ISSE you will be participating as a lead Security Engineering Representative in the design, development, implementation and integration of tools in a secure networking environment.  Understanding system architecture, components and environments will be key to your success.  Using your knowledge of Information Assurance policies to implement and enforce secure environments will be critical.  Applying your experience with Risk Management Frameworks is essential.

• Provide information and system security engineering, life cycle solutions, and system security testing
• Application and employment of cybersecurity expertise to systems and projects, to ensure that the appropriate security features and safeguards are designed, integrated, and implemented by all information systems throughout the system development life cycle
• Assessing security needs, implementing security solutions and determining potential risk by evaluating cybersecurity compliance protocols
• Understanding Security Categorization and Control standard
• Understanding of the Risk Management Framework

Requirements:

• TS/SCI w/ polygraph
• Multiple levels of seniority are available. Must have 6+ years of cybersecurity/information assurance IA System Architect and Engineer experience
• Must have recent experience using technology to support access/control, authorization, identification and authentication, PKI, network, and enterprise security architectures.
• Ability to demonstrate experience applying security risk assessment methodologies to systems in the development, modeling, and assessment processes.
• Master’s degree in Computer Science preferred, may be substituted for additional experience (6 years)
• Knowledge of IC Security regulations
• CISSP – ISSEP or CISSP – ISSAP required- Helm Point will sponsor**

Any extras that you may have to offer?

• Leadership skills
• Additional certifications
• Experience analyzing requirements
• Direct Mission experience

What we offer?

• In addition to a rewarding career and an active leadership team, we offer a full suite of benefits including: CareFirst Gold Medical Insurance, 401K match, Profit Sharing, a leave buy-back program and $5K toward education and training. 

The advertised position may be used to fill multiple positions, if you have any interest in similar types of positions please be sure to mention in your application.

Helm Point Solutions, Inc. does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.