Cyber Security Analyst

Location

Remote (U.S.)

Other Considerations: U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident required with the ability to obtain a Public Trust

About the Role

LTS is seeking a Cyber Security Analyst to support the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Portfolio.

The Health PMO support contract provides IT program management, project management, technical management, financial management, functional planning, and documentation analysis in support of the Enterprise Program Management Office (EPMO) Enterprise Program Management Division (EPMD) Health Portfolio

The VA Health Portfolio is focused on development and execution of quality IT projects that address the needs of Veterans and health care providers through management of health care information and sustainment of production software to keep the mission going.

What You'll Do

• Support cybersecurity efforts across multiple projects within a portfolio setting and proactively monitor upcoming cyber priorities across the VA Health portfolio.
• Communicate and provide consultative support on the VA on matters related to system security certification & accreditation and Authority to Operate (ATO).
• Coordinate and lead security and privacy activities within project teams and develop security and privacy related artifacts.
• Review and identified system/applications security controls in accordance with NIST SP-800 53 Rev 4 guidance and VA Handbook 6500.
• Responsible for on time deliverables of assigned and related security and privacy artifacts.
• Must be able to identify and mitigate risks to the program.
• Demonstrated experience in a remote work environment.
• Ability to proactively communicate and coordinate with various internal and external project stakeholders, depending on needs.
• Identifying and communicate symptoms for process improvement.
• Ability to work independently with minimal guidance and supervision
• Support a team of other cyber security professionals
• Support Application development/maintenance and IT operations with Agile practices
• Build and develop cyber security related artifacts
• Resolve requests for assistance in troubleshooting issues
• Participate in new and existing IT modernization, expansion, and improvement of security architecture and engineering projects support enterprise operations
• Support ATO, and the VA ISO/ISSO in support of ATOs, ServiceNow CAM tool and other security tracking systems
• Typical tasks for this role include but are not limited to:
  • Authority-to-Operate (ATO) & Authority to Connect (ATC) remediation efforts
  • System scans and audit preparation
  • ServiceNOW updates, and reporting
  • SOP Creation and Updating
  • Artifact Research
  • PIA (Privacy Impact Analysis) and PTA (Privacy Threshold Analysis) Documentation
  • Program and administrative support (meeting notes, reports, org/role documentation, etc.)
  • Ad hoc remediation response support
  • Communications support

What We're Looking For

• Business Administration, Business Management, Computer Science, Information Systems, Operations Research, or related fields, plus 15 years of experience