Lead Analyst

General information Job Posting Title Lead Analyst - Info Sec Date Monday, October 27, 2025 City Remote Country United States Working time Full-time Description & Requirements The Maximus DoD Cloud Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) will work directly with the Maximus Federal Business Information Security Officer (BISO) to identify and manage implementation of security policies, standards, and procedures that support federal customers with federal requirements to include FISMA, applicable FAR and DFAR Clauses, Executive Orders, and OMB’s applicable to IL5 Cloud Environments. The primary role of the ISSO will be the creation, management, and administration of a System Security Plan (SSP) to include all required artifacts needed to obtain a DISA IL5 certification and to maintain compliance with NIST 800-53 and associated NIST 800 series publications. The ISSO will be responsible for all continuous monitoring of the IL5 environment supporting federal customers and will be the SME for control management and the establishment of Inheritance which will be used to support future DoD projects Essential Duties and Responsibilities:- Performs application vulnerability assessments to identify application vulnerabilities.- Performs network vulnerability assessments to identify host vulnerabilities.- Identifies, analyzes, and prioritizes vulnerability findings.- Analyzes system configurations to identify possible security gaps and\or compliance violations.- Establishes collaborative working relationships with internal resources to provide security assessments, reports, and recommendations.- Performs other related duties as assigned. Additional Duties and Responsibilities:- Create and manage System Security Plan and creation and or validation of all associated artifacts required to obtain DISA IL5 certification as well as NIST 800-53 compliance to include but not limited to a System Level Continuous Monitoring (SLCM) Strategy, HW/SW lists, Information Flow Diagrams, System Categorization Forms, System Topologies, Configuration Management Plan, Configuration Control Board (CCB) Charter, System and Services Acquisition Plan, System and Information Integrity Plan, System and Communication Protection Plan, Security Assessment and Authorization Plan, Risk Assessment Plan, Program Management Plan, Security Planning, Physical and Environmental Protection Plan, Personnel Security Plan, Media Protection Plan, Identification and Authentication Plan, Contingency Plan, Audit and Accountability Plan, Security Awareness and Training Plan, Incident Response Plan, Access Control Plan, Risk Assessment Review (RAR) and Plan of Action and Milestone (POA&M).- Liaison with Maximus Federal business units, Maximus Corporate business units, and external stakeholders to ensure all legal and contractual requirements pertaining to cybersecurity, physical security, and Information Assurance are being met.- Communicate federal requirements to Maximus Information Security Office (ISO) and advise implementation of applicable security controls and hardening standards to governance and technical teams.- Assist the BISO and ISO Team in the identification and assignment of control owners throughout the organization and continually review controls on organizationally defined periodicities.- Actively collaborate with Maximus Threat and Vulnerability Management (TVM) Team to ensure applicable technologies are compliant with defined remediation timelines and hardening standards via enterprise vulnerability management tools. Minimum Requirements - Please refer to the additional information section of the job requisition for this opening to determine clearance eligibility required.- Bachelor's Degree- 7-10 years of security or technology related experience- Professional certifications, such as Security+, CEH, or CISSP, desirable • Knowledge of IPv4 network architecture and core services- Knowledge of web application development and architecture- Knowledge of network security controls- Knowledge of vulnerability management- Experience with dynamic application security testing (DAST) tools- Experience with vulnerability management (VM) tools- Familiarity with OWASP Top 10- Familiarity with WASC Threat Classification • Familiarity with CVE- Familiarity with NIST SP 800-53- Experience with automated service ticketing systems- Excellent analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills- Ability to communicate technical information in understandable business terms- Excellent interpersonal skills, presentation skills, and verbal / written communication skills- Strong customer service abilities required.- Ability to work collaboratively with a broad range of staff. Skilled in Microsoft Office software including Word, Excel, Visio, MS Project, and PowerPoint- Ability to perform comfortably in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented work environment- Ability to execute many complex tasks simultaneously, and work as a team member as well as independently Additional Minimal Requirements:- Have a DoD secret clearance status or eligible to obtain secret clearance status.- DISA IL5 Certification Experience- Strong understanding of federal and DoD requirements to include but not limited to applicable Executive Orders, FISMA, FIPS, CMMC, NIST 800-171, NIST 800-60, NIST 800-65, SCRM, FedRAMP, DODI 8500s, 8500.2s, and 8510s.- Experience with GRC tools (eMASS, CFACTS, CSAM).- Experience developing SSP’s and applicable artifacts required for A&A activities.- Experience with STIG compliance.- Experience with vulnerability management and assessment via Qualys and Tenable.- Works on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in depth evaluation of variable- Exercises judgement in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.- Networks with key contacts outside own area of expertise.- Develops solutions to a variety of complex problems.- Work requires considerable judgment and initiative.#c0rejobs #HotJobs1111LI #HotJobs1111FB #HotJobs1111X #HotJobs1111TH #TrendingJobs