Sr. System Security Analyst

Description & Requirements

We are seeking a Sr Systems Security Analyst to join our team supporting our Internal Revenue Service (IRS) client.

Location of work is remote in the U.S.

Employment is contingent upon successful completion of the IRS-required Moderate Risk Background Investigation (MBI).

The MBI requires the selected candidate be a U.S.

Citizenship or Permanent Resident (Green card) status for at least 3 years.

The MBI certification process will take 4 to 5+ months, unless the candidate already holds an active MBI, which may shorten the timeline.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Lead the design, development, engineering, and implementation of application solutions that meet security requirements.
- Lead the collaboration with cybersecurity contacts and/or clients to triage, document, and address application security vulnerabilities.
- Design and implement role-based access control architecture and Segregation of Duties (SOD) protocol.
- Communicate solutions and updates to senior leadership, which may include clients.
- May support Authority-to-Operate (ATO) process.

Job-Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Develop specifications for extremely complex computer network security/protection technologies for IRS information and network systems/applications.

- Develop security solutions for the IRS's networks and virtual private networks, application systems, key public infrastructures, authentication and directory services to ensure the security of network and taxpayer information.

- Perform patch/release management and ensure all packages are deployed efficiently and as transparently as possible.

Interface with the program team to ensure appropriate resolution of issues.

- Identify emergent vulnerabilities, evaluate associated risks and threats, and design network vulnerability scans to identify security vulnerabilities and provide remediation alternatives to the customer.

- Provide system support on security tools and surrounding interconnectivity with external and internal system segments.

- Provide technical expertise on the integration of IT systems.

- Develop system requirements, specification preparation, test plans, deployment and upgrade plans.

- Conduct Operations and Maintenance support to identify severity of problems, determines corrective action, resolves technical problems, and performs fault isolation and implements solutions.

- Carry out procedures to address Information Assurance (IA) and security requirements based upon the analysis of user, policy, regulatory, and resource demands.

- Advise information system owners on client/project security policies and requirements for systems.

- Provide support for design, architecture, development, unit test, deployment, installation, configuration, integration, operation, and maintenance.

- Develop cyber security documentation and artifacts to support system authorization, including System Security Plan, Security Control Assessment, Authori...