Junior & Mid-level ISSE

Dark Wolf Solutions is seeking a motivated and experienced ISSE to join our collaborative team. In this role, you will be instrumental in planning, implementing, managing, monitoring, and upgrading our information system cybersecurity posture in accordance with industry-leading standards. You will play a critical part in ensuring our organization's data, infrastructure, and processes are protected by enabling appropriate security controls.

Responsibilities:

• Work collaboratively to plan, implement, manage, monitor, and upgrade information system cybersecurity posture in accordance with NIST 800-53, NIST 800-160 v1 & v2, and NIST 800-207.
• Ensure the organization’s data, infrastructure, and processes are protected by enabling appropriate security controls.
• Configure and manage compliance scanning and vulnerability tools to perform regular assessments and generate reports.
• Research and document network and system vulnerabilities, providing clear and actionable recommendations.
• Participate in security incident response activities, providing technical expertise and support.
• Contribute to the DevSecOps cycle and change management process, ensuring security is integrated throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Effectively communicate security requirements, best practices, and remediation strategies to stakeholders across the organization.

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Junior Level: Minimum of 2 years of experience in cybersecurity.
• Mid-level: 3-5 years of relevant experience in cybersecurity. 
• Experience working with cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) including cloud security control mechanisms (AWS IAM, Azure AD).
• Experience working with Commercial and Open-Source security tools, methods, and techniques.
• Experience with DevSecOps, continuous monitoring strategies, and knowledge of Risk Management Framework.
• Demonstrated experience researching, analyzing, and applying cybersecurity mitigation strategies to address vulnerabilities.
• Security+ and/or DoD 8570 IAT II-level certification or ability to attain within 6 months of hire.
• Experience working with Department of Defense security standards and tools (e.g., STIGs, SRGs, SCC, CIS).

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience implementing and using vulnerability scanning tools (e.g. Nessus, Tenable.sc, AWS Inspector, etc.).
• Experience implementing and using SIEM tools (e.g., Splunk, Elastic, etc.).
• Experience with various compliance tools, frameworks, and standards used in the DoD (e.g., NIST 800-53 Rev. 4/5, FedRAMP).
• Ability to identify basic coding flaws and apply secure code documentation.
• Knowledge of Software Development models including quality assurance processes.