Cybersecurity Analyst - NASA NCAPS

COLSA Corporation

Full-time - Senior

Remote

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

COLSA Corporation is seeking a Cybersecurity Analyst to lead application development and support for NASA's enterprise business systems. This role involves delivering expert-level cybersecurity direction and support in a fast-paced SAFe Agile development environment, specifically for consolidating NASA's enterprise IT system. The position is remote but limited to candidates residing in Georgia.

Responsibilities

• Apply knowledge of concepts, processes, practices, and procedures on technical assignments.
• Support enterprise Cybersecurity standards.
• Develop and implement Cybersecurity standards and procedures in coordination with Government.
• Coordinate, develop, and recommend security processes for the organization.
• Recommend Cybersecurity solutions to support customers' requirements.
• Identify and report security violations.
• Recommend and satisfy Cybersecurity requirements based on analysis of CSPP, policy, regulatory, and resource demands.
• Support customers at the highest levels in developing and implementing processes and policies.
• Apply know-how to government and commercial common user systems, as well as to dedicated special purpose systems requiring specialized security features and procedures.
• Support design and development of security features for system architecture requirements.
• Analyze and make recommendations of security requirements for computer systems including mainframes, workstations, and personal computers.
• Support design, development, engineering, and implementation of solutions that meet CSPP requirements.
• Provide integration and implementation of the computer system security solution.
• Analyze general Cybersecurity-related technical problems and provide basic engineering and technical support in solving these problems.
• Support vulnerability/risk analyses of computer systems and applications during all phases of the system development life cycle.
• Perform all procedures necessary to ensure the safety of information systems data assets and to protect systems from intentional or inadvertent access, theft, or destruction.
• Ensure that all information systems are functional and secure.
• Ensure cyber monitoring is performed timely and cyber responses occur within established processes/procedures.
• Support efforts for critical processes outside of normal hours to include nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Deploy rapid response to quickly resolve cyber events.
• Communicate with senior customer stakeholders on reporting metrics (e.g., # of events, average time to respond, affected applications or platforms, etc.).
• Prepare & distribute cyber/IA required reporting.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in related field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 10 years of related experience.
• At least one of the following relevant certifications: CISSP, CISA, CISM, CRISC.
• US citizenship required; must be able to pass a NASA background investigation for a position of public trust.
• Prior experience in cyber and IA security activities on a large, complex program.
• Demonstrated knowledge of NIST Information Technology Security Special Publications (SP) 800 series.
• Proven ability in planning, implementing, upgrading, and monitoring security measures to protect computer networks and information.
• Ability to apply advanced principles, theories, and concepts, and contribute to the development of innovative IA principles and ideas.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Prior experience supporting NASA programs.
• Experience managing operations in an Agile environment.
• Experience with SecDevOps and Agile processes and/or tools.

Benefits

• Employee-centric culture
• Comprehensive benefits package