Cybersecurity Program Manager Jobs in Santa Fe, NM

Job Summary:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is a multidisciplinary research institution engaged in strategic science on behalf of national security. They are seeking an Information System Security Officer (ISSO) to support a highly technical Windows/Linux accredited environment and services within Amazon Web Services (AWS). The ISSO will work with interdisciplinary teams to design secure computing solutions and contribute to national security scientific research.
Responsibilities:
• Assisting the ISSM in development, implementation, and evaluation of the cybersecurity program for classified computing systems within the LANL Field Intelligence Element (FIE).
• Participating in or leading projects that address significant and/or complex cyber issues, working with multi-disciplinary teams to analyze and interpret national cybersecurity requirements in support of scientific research.
• Identifying, developing, and implementing solutions to address cyber threats and vulnerabilities.
• Evaluating and recommending new tools to strengthen the FIE's cybersecurity posture.
• Contributing to security reviews, assessments, security plan development, and related documentation for classified systems.
• Serving as primary or alternate ISSO for the Department of Energy's Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (DOE-IN) for Strategic Partner information systems.
• Implementing the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Risk Management Framework (RMF), in accordance with Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 503, the Committee for National Security Systems publications, and NIST Special Publications (SP) 800 series.
• Performing continuous monitoring activities in support of ongoing authorizations and maintaining effective monitoring of security controls. This includes risk assessments, self-assessments, account management, configuration management, vulnerability management, and auditing of information systems.
• Developing and maintaining authorization packages, including System Security Plans (SSPs), Plans of Actions and Milestones (POA&Ms), and Security Assessment Reports (SARs).
• Supporting secure system deployment and operations in AWS Classified Regions (Secret and Top Secret).
Qualifications:
Required:
• Proficiency in the implementation of the NIST RMF for national security systems in accordance with all applicable NIST publications, DOE orders, DOE-IN policies, ICDs, and other government agency governing requirements.
• Hands-on experience with AWS Commercial Cloud Enterprise (C2E) environments and AWS security services such as IAM, GuardDuty, CloudTrail, and KMS. Candidates must have prior cyber-related work experience within AWS environments.
• Understanding of distributed systems, architectures, and network protocols.
• Experience developing and maintaining comprehensive authorization packages.
• Strong technical writing abilities and effective stakeholder communication skills.
• Position requires a Bachelor's degree in a technical field and a minimum of 5 years' related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• At this level post graduate work may be expected.
• Position requires a Bachelor's Degree in a technical field and a minimum of 8 years related experience; or, an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation.
• At this level post graduate work may be expected.
Preferred:
• Master's Degree in cybersecurity, information assurance, or related technical field.
• Active Q or Top-Secret clearance.
• Active Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access (or ability to obtain).
• DoDD 8570 IAM Level 1, or equivalent certification. Cloud+ preferred.
• Experience in SCI or Special Access Program (SAP) environments.
• Knowledge of DOE/DoD cybersecurity policies.
Company:
Los Alamos National Laboratory, a multidisciplinary research institution engaged in strategic science on behalf of national security, is Founded in 1943, the company is headquartered in Los Alamos, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.