District of Columbia, United States · Hybrid
About Coalfire Coalfire Federal is a market leading cybersecurity consultancy firm that provides independent and tailored advice, assessments, technical testing and a full suite of cyber engineering services to Federal a…
Skills: Risk Management Framework, Security Assessment and Authorization, NIST Publications, Cloud Security, Continuous Monitoring
Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom · On-site
Overview At MasTec Communications Group we build for the future. Yours and ours. As a Fiber Splicer, you will develop new skills, work in a safety-minded environment, and join us in expanding technology for a better comm…
Skills: Fiber Splicing, Troubleshooting, OTDR Testing, Fusion Splicing, Fiber Design
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · On-site
$191k–$253k/yr
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century…
Skills: CI/CD, GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Python
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · On-site
Company Overview Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial r…
Skills: Infrastructure Planning, Logistics Management, Vendor Management, Supply Chain Operations, Budget Management
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · On-site
Procon is a top-ranked construction management and technology consulting firm with 25 years of experience delivering high‑impact projects across the U.S. and worldwide. An ENR Top 100 CM/PM firm for five consecutive year…
Skills: Construction Management, Quality Assurance, Project Controls, Design/Build, CPM Scheduling
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · Hybrid
$169k–$253k/yr
Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. Thi…
Skills: Agentic Security, Product Strategy, AI Agent Orchestration, OWASP Top 10 for Agentic AI, Identity and Access Management
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · Remote OK
$100k–$170k/yr
9th Way Insignia is a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business bringing transformative technology to our government customers so they can achieve their missions. Our specialties include cybersecurity, cloud moderni…
Skills: Cloud Architecture, Oracle Federal Cloud, Oracle Database Migration, FedRAMP Compliance, ETL Operations
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · On-site
$150k–$173k/yr
The Nuclear Company is the fastest growing AI tech-enabled startup in the nuclear and energy space, pioneering a fleet-scale approach to building the next generation of nuclear reactors. Through our design-once, build-ma…
Skills: Software Architecture, Technical Leadership, System Integration, Software Quality Assurance, Performance Optimization
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · On-site
$150k–$173k/yr
The Nuclear Company is the fastest growing AI tech-enabled startup in the nuclear and energy space, pioneering a fleet-scale approach to building the next generation of nuclear reactors. Through our design-once, build-ma…
Skills: AWS Security, Terraform, IAM, Network Security, Infrastructure as Code
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · On-site
$150k–$173k/yr
The Nuclear Company is the fastest growing AI tech-enabled startup in the nuclear and energy space, pioneering a fleet-scale approach to building the next generation of nuclear reactors. Through our design-once, build-ma…
Skills: Application Security, Threat Modeling, Secure SDLC, DevSecOps, AWS Security
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · On-site
$150k–$173k/yr
The Nuclear Company is the fastest growing AI tech-enabled startup in the nuclear and energy space, pioneering a fleet-scale approach to building the next generation of nuclear reactors. Through our design-once, build-ma…
Skills: Reinforcement Learning, Python, PyTorch, Simulation Engineering, Combinatorial Optimization
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · On-site
$198k–$228k/yr
The Nuclear Company is the fastest growing AI tech-enabled startup in the nuclear and energy space, pioneering a fleet-scale approach to building the next generation of nuclear reactors. Through our design-once, build-ma…
Skills: Product Management, Software Engineering Leadership, Product Roadmap Development, Safety-Critical Development, Cross-Functional Orchestration
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · On-site
$80k–$150k/yr
The Nuclear Company is the fastest growing AI tech-enabled startup in the nuclear and energy space, pioneering a fleet-scale approach to building the next generation of nuclear reactors. Through our design-once, build-ma…
Skills: Python, TypeScript, CI/CD, REST APIs, Palantir Foundry
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · On-site
$80k–$150k/yr
The Nuclear Company is the fastest growing AI tech-enabled startup in the nuclear and energy space, pioneering a fleet-scale approach to building the next generation of nuclear reactors. Through our design-once, build-ma…
Skills: Test Automation, AI-Assisted Testing, NQA-1 Compliance, Python, TypeScript
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · Hybrid
$147k–$202k/yr
Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. Thi…
Skills: Observability, SRE, DevOps, Datadog, Terraform
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · On-site
Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. Thi…
Skills: Identity Federation, OAuth, OpenID Connect, SAML 2.0, WS-Federation
Los Angeles, California, United States · Remote OK
$200k–$308k/yr
Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. Thi…
Skills: Identity And Access Management, Solution Design, Technical Architecture, Cloud Computing, SAML
San Francisco, California, United States · Hybrid
$182k–$281k/yr
Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. Thi…
Skills: Salesforce Service Cloud, Salesforce Experience Cloud, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Salesforce Communities, Agile Methodology
San Francisco, California, United States · Remote OK
$160k–$246k/yr
Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. Thi…
Skills: React.js, Node.js, AWS Serverless, Lambda, DynamoDB
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · Hybrid
$174k–$239k/yr
Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. Thi…
Skills: Cloud Security, Kubernetes, IAM, Network Architecture, PKI
District of Columbia, United States • Hybrid
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The ISSO serves as the principal security advisor for assigned information systems, ensuring operational cybersecurity posture and confidentiality. Responsibilities include maintaining security documentation, managing the RMF process, and conducting continuous monitoring and self-assessments.
Requires a Bachelor's degree in an IT-related field and at least 5 years of hands-on experience in ISSO duties. Preferred certifications include CRISC, CISM, or CISSP, and the ability to obtain a security clearance or Public Trust.
Coalfire Federal is a market leading cybersecurity consultancy firm that provides independent and tailored advice, assessments, technical testing and a full suite of cyber engineering services to Federal agency customers. Coalfire Federal along with its parent company, Coalfire, has an unparalleled client list with deep customer relationships with leading cloud and technology providers including Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, Google and Oracle and Federal agencies. Coalfire has been a cybersecurity thought leader for over 20 years and has offices throughout the United States and Europe and is committed to making the world a safer place by solving our clients’ toughest security challenges.
But that’s not who we are – that’s just what we do.
We are thought leaders, consultants, and cybersecurity experts, but above all else, we are a team of passionate problem-solvers who are hungry to learn, grow, and make a difference.
As an ISSO you'll be supporting as the principal advisor to the information system owner (SO), ISSM, CISO on all matters (technical and otherwise) involving the security of assigned information systems (on prem, vendor, and cloud-based).
Strong working knowledge and familiarity with NIST publications and privacy frameworks.
Education Completed Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in an IT related field.
Clearance / Suitability
Ability to obtain a clearance or a Public Trust is preferred, however all clearance levels and non-cleared applicants will also be considered.
Certifications
One or more of the following certifications: CRISC, CISM, or CISSP is strongly preferred
Years of Experience
At minimum 5+ years of hands-on work experience with ISSO duties; performing systems security assessments, preparing system security documentation, and/or performing security upgrades for live networks, desktop systems, servers, and enterprise data bases leading to successful security authorization of such systems.
Our people make Coalfire Federal great. We work together on interesting things and achieve exceptional results. We act as trusted advisors to our customers and are committed to client-focused innovation as well as innovation in the industries that we serve.
Coalfire offers our people the chance to grow professionally with colleagues they like and respect while tackling challenges that stretch their minds and expand their skill sets. Regardless of location, you’ll experience a company that prioritizes connection and wellbeing and be part of a team where people care about each other and our communities. You’ll have opportunities to join employee resource groups, participate in in-person and virtual events, and more.
You’ll enjoy competitive perks and benefits to support you and your family, like paid parental leave, flexible time off, certification and training reimbursement, digital mental health and wellbeing support memberships, and comprehensive insurance options.
Coalfire is an EEO employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Protect the Mission
Coalfire Federal continues to grow as an industry-leading, award-winning company providing cybersecurity services to the largest Fortune 500 corporations and government agencies. As the leading FedRAMP Third Party Assessment Organization (3PAO), we’ve performed more cloud security assessments than all other 3PAO companies combined. We are also among the first to be certified as a Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Third Party Assessment Organization (C3PAO) and Registered Provider Organization (RPO) authorized by the CMMC Accreditation Body. We offer a suite of CMMC advisory and assessment services to help DIB organizations prepare for and achieve their desired CMMC maturity level. Our clients trust us to achieve high performance results and solutions. We believe the best way to position our customers to handle rapidly shifting cyber complexities and threats is to provide a calculated balance of technical and analytical expertise. Learn about our Career Opportunities at www.coalfire.com/careers.
Offices: Chantilly, Virginia 20153, US
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