CLEARANCE REQUIRED: 

• Top Secret Clearance or higher required
• U.S. Citizenship required

OVERVIEW:

The Information Assurance Program Manager will lead the program supporting the Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute (FSI) Office of Management Information Systems with strong attention to strategy, implementation, and delegation. You will be the principal point of contact between the Contract Officer Representative (COR) and senior management, attend required meetings, responsible for presenting regular concise program status updates, reports, and ensuring timely resolution of critical program issues. You will be responsible for all education and skills-based training necessary to ensure that all staff assigned to the project are qualified to perform the work. Develop or provide training classes for the staff that covers process procedures, duties, responsibilities, security guidelines, policies, etc.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage the responsibility of quality and efficiency of the contract to include both technical issues and business processes, be responsible for assisting in task assignments, ongoing supervision of technical efforts, and overall performance management of the program.
• Conduct vulnerability assessments of the assigned FSI infrastructure, vulnerability mitigation recommendations, risk assessment and security architecture reviews.
• Research, develop, test, implement, and document all approved changes in accordance with the priorities established by the task manager.
• Evaluate the existing centralized logging network capabilities; forensic procedures, as well as, certification and accreditation procedures. Activities must be documented with results, products and processes in high quality reports and sent to the COR for review. Abide by all deadlines determined by the COR.
• Research and analyze technology problems, issues, and program requirements in accordance with Department of State Diplomatic Security Configuration Standards. Any deviation from these standards must be approved by the COR in writing.
• Scan and monitor assigned systems on a daily basis using Tripwire, tenable and web inspect.
• Develop reports using the raw data collected and present findings at the weekly Information Assurance Meeting. Reports shall follow FSI required formats, contain only necessary data and take into account non-human errors produced by the software scanning packages (i.e. web sites being browsed for 12 hours during an 8 hour shift).
• Report security violations to the FSI ISSO or FSI AISSO as soon as they are discovered. The FSI ISSO or FSI AISSO shall decide on appropriate course of action and inform the contractor of their decision. Adhere to FSI internal processes for security violations and not attempt to circumvent these processes by raising issues to a higher authority without written approval from the COR and the FSI ISSO.
• Produce program specific documentation and user guides.
• Utilize proper judgement and provide a high level of customer support in a professional manner.
• Conduct in a professional manner in all personal interactions with customers and with the team.
• Information Assurance Specialists may be designated by FSI/EX/OMIS and approved by the CSB Cryptographic to Access Program to be responsible for assisting in maintaining equipment and accounts on the Department of State’s Classified Network at FSI managed sites under the direction of the FSI IMO and Division Director.

EDUCATION AND REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum of 10+ years of experience in a program management role.
• Minimum 5+ years of experience as an Information Assurance Specialist.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• PMP certification required.
• Must have an active CompTIA Sec+ certification.
• CISSP or Information Assurance certifications preferred.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFYING FACTORS:

Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance. In addition, a satisfactory background screening, negative drug test, positive references and proof of identity and legal authorization to work in the United States and for TTC are required. May require occasional travel.

The Tatitlek Corporation gives hiring, promotion, training and retention preference to Tatitlek shareholders, shareholder descendants and shareholder spouses who meet the minimum qualifications for the job.

As an equal opportunity employer, The Tatitlek Corporation recognizes that our strength lies in our people. Discrimination and all unlawful harassment, including sexual harassment, in employment is not tolerated. We encourage success based on our individual merits and abilities without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected Veteran’s status or employment.