Job Description

System Security Administrator

About the role
In this role you will serve as the System Security Administrator for key cybersecurity systems supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). This role is ideal for someone with deep "hands on" technical engineering skills, cloud and DevSecOps experience, and the ability to fulfill ISSE duties to obtain and maintain system’s authority to operate (ATO).

Specifically targeting the following initiatives:
 Enhance accessibility for veterans navigating VA services
 Streamline digital processes and reduce complexity for end users
 Incorporate innovative technologies that improve the overall performance of VA’s systems

What you'll do
• Analyze, recommend and implement system security architectures, vulnerability mitigation, policy-driven compliance implementation, and full-lifecycle support for the Department of Veteran’s Affairs systems
• Lead teams to assess, develop and implement technical solutions to remediate vulnerabilities and other complex cybersecurity challenges
• Facilitate working sessions and distill complex concepts into non-technical/common language
• Assess complex technical findings and determine necessary resources needed to solve problem-sets across multiple cybersecurity and technical domains
• Partner with technical teams to develop and implement technical solutions
• Design, build, and deploy secure cloud-native architectures and infrastructure components for VA information systems
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines with integrated security scanning, policy enforcement, and remediation tools
• Implement secure infrastructure as code/policy as code using tools such as Terraform/CloudFormation, including writing and implementing PaC scripts
• Align security architectures with Federal Zero Trust strategy, VA directives, and OMB policies
• Enable automation of system telemetry and analytics pipelines for cyber situational awareness

Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent experience)
• 0-2 years acting as an ISSE or performing ISSE-related responsibilities for federal systems
• Five (5) years minimum of security engineering, DevSecOps, or cloud architecture experience
• U.S. Citizenship and must be able to obtain a Public Trust security clearance from the U.S. Government

Specific Skills:
o Expertise in securing platforms hosted in AWS GovCloud and Azure Government
o Strong experience with most of NIST RMF, FISMA, FedRAMP, and Zero Trust architecture implementation
o Hands-on skills in IaC tools like Terraform and CI/CD tools such as GitLab/Jenkins, with ability to adopt new technologies if procured by the agency
o Experience with network isolation tools such as Palo Alto Next Generation Firewalls (NGFW) and Juniper Mist Network Access Control (NAC) solutions or comparable
o Demonstrated experience securing modern applications, APIs, and automated infrastructure
o Excellent written and oral communication skills; ability to explain complex, technical information in easily understood terms; ability to brief Senior VA leadership regularly
o Prior VA experience supporting VA OIS or major cybersecurity initiatives
o Experience authoring and maintaining ATO documentation in VA or HHS environments
o Experience with IoT/IoMT security solutions is a plus