Secret Cleared ISSE

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or a related STEM field
• 10+ years of relevant IT and cybersecurity experience
• Recent, hands-on cybersecurity experience
• Working knowledge of RMF, security controls, assessments, and ATO preparation
• Hands-on experience with Splunk and ACAS tools
• Ability to communicate with technical teams, nontechnical stakeholders, AOs, and senior customer leadership
• Ability to work fully onsite
• Active Secret clearance with ability to obtain Top Secret and SAP access
• CompTIA Security+ certification
• Ability to obtain an applicable IAM Level III certification within first six months (CISSP, CISM, GSLC, CCISO)
• DoD or federal government experience

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Experience creating or modifying Splunk queries, dashboards, and reports
• Log analysis, anomaly detection, and security-event investigation
• Hands-on ACAS vulnerability assessment experience
• Experience incorporating cybersecurity controls into development or acquisition lifecycles
• Security reviews of infrastructure, servers, routers, network appliances, software, or system changes
• Jira and Confluence experience, including ticket management and basic dashboard creation
• Experience developing standards, improving processes, or mentoring junior cybersecurity professionals
• Master’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or a related STEM field

Job Description

Insight Global is hiring for a Secret Cleared Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE) for one of our clients in the aerospace and defense industry. This individual will support RMF, ATO readiness, security engineering, and vulnerability management throughout the system lifecycle.

Your responsibilities will include:

Support RMF activities and ATO preparation, including security controls, assessments, and documentation Develop and review cybersecurity artifacts, including SSPs, policies, plans, and procedures Identify security gaps and recommend technical or process improvements to mitigate risk Use Splunk and ACAS to monitor controls, analyze logs, identify vulnerabilities, and support remediation Create and refine Splunk queries, dashboards, and reports. Evaluate new systems, infrastructure changes, and architectures for security and compliance Partner with engineering, program leadership, ISSMs, assessors, and customers to ensure cybersecurity requirements are implemented throughout the system lifecycle Communicate cybersecurity risks and recommendations to technical teams and leadership