Principal Information Systems Security Engineer
Company: Fuse Engineering
Location: Annapolis Junction
Posted on: April 2, 2026
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Job Description:
The Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE) shall perform,
or review, technical security assessments of computing environments
to identify points of vulnerability, non-compliance with
established Information Assurance (IA) standards and regulations,
and recommend mitigation strategies. Validates and verifies system
security requirements definitions and analysis and establishes
system security designs. Designs, develops, implements and/or
integrates IA and security systems and system components including
those for networking, computing, and enclave environments to
include those with multiple enclaves and with differing data
protection/classification requirements. Builds IA into systems
deployed to operational environments. Assists architects and
systems developers in the identification and implementation of
appropriate information security functionality to ensure uniform
application of Agency security policy and enterprise solutions.
Supports the building of security architectures. Enforce the design
and implementation of trusted relations among external systems and
architectures. Assesses and mitigates system security threats/risks
throughout the program life cycle. Contributes to the security
planning, assessment, risk analysis, risk management, certification
and awareness activities for system and networking operations.
Reviews certification and accreditation (C&A) documentation,
providing feedback on completeness and compliance of its content.
Applies system security engineering expertise in one or more of the
following to : system security design process; engineering life
cycle; information domain; cross domain solutions; commercial off
the-shelf and government off-the-shelf cryptography;
identification; authentication; and authorization; system
integration; risk management; intrusion detection; contingency
planning; incident handling; configuration control; change
management; auditing; certification and accreditation process;
principles of IA (confidentiality, integrity, non-repudiation,
availability, and access control); and security testing. Support
security authorization activities in compliance with NSA/CSS
Information System Certification and Accreditation Process (NISCAP)
and DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF), the NIST Risk Management
Framework (RMF) process, and prescribed NSA/CSS business processes
for security engineering. Requirements TS/SCI w/ Polygraph
Clearance Required ?Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science,
Information Assurance, Information Security System Engineering, or
related discipline from an accredited college or university is
required. Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information
Assurance, Information Security System Engineering, or related
discipline may be substituted for two (2) years of experience,
reducing the requirement to eighteen (18) years of experience. Four
(4) years of additional ISSE experience may be substituted for a
bachelor's degree. Compliance with DoD 8570; IASAE Level 3; CISSP
is required Information Systems Security Engineering Professional
(ISSEP) Certification is required.
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