FAA Information Security Professionals - Multiple Levels

GDIT builds and maintains the systems that keep our domestic airspace safe. For over 50 years, GDIT has provided solutions to some of the FAA’s biggest challenges. Please take this opportunity to join the GDIT Team FAA Enterprise Network Services (FENS) Program in providing highly available and secure communications, information services, and networking capabilities required to support National Airspace System (NAS) operations and agency administration functions. Your direct contribution will help to ensure more than a billion annual U.S. passengers are connected at every step of their journeys.

GDIT is your place. You make it your own by bringing your passion for Network Communications, Information Technology, and Cyber Security. By owning your opportunity at GDIT, you are helping to deliver critical communications for one of the Governments largest critical infrastructure assets. Our work depends on you joining our team to support FAA activities from our Falls Church, VA or Bossier City, LA office, and the opportunity for virtual work from home 50% of the time. At GDIT, people are our differentiator.

We are currently recruiting multiple levels of Information Security Analysts, Managers and Architects. In these roles you will:

• Monitors and analyzes Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) to identify security issues for remediation

• Recognizes potential, successful, and unsuccessful intrusion attempts and compromises thorough reviews and analyses of relevant event detail and summary information

• Evaluates firewall change requests and assesses organizational risk

• Communicates alerts to agencies regarding intrusions and compromises to their network infrastructure, applications, and operating systems

• Assists with implementation of countermeasures or mitigating controls

• Conducts regular audits to ensure that systems are being operated securely, and information systems security policies and procedures are being implemented as defined in security plans

• Develops, tests, and operates firewalls, intrusion detection systems, enterprise antivirus systems and software deployment tools

• Safeguards the network against unauthorized infiltration, modification, destruction, or disclosure

• Researches, evaluates, tests, and implements new security software or devices

• Conducts investigations of information systems security violations and incidents, reporting as necessary to management

• Implements, enforces, communicates, and develops security policies or plans for data, software applications, hardware, telecommunications, and information systems security education/awareness programs

• Performs periodic and on-demand system audits and vulnerability assessments, including user accounts, application access, file system and external Web integrity scans to determine compliance

• Provides information to management regarding the negative impact on the business caused by theft, destruction, alteration or denial of access to information

• Provides information assurance project management, technical security staff oversight, and development of mission-critical technical documents

• Ensure compliance with regulations and privacy laws

• Develops materials for computer security education/awareness programs

• Responds to queries and requests for computer security information and reports

• May coach and provide guidance to less-experienced professionals

• May serve as a team or task lead

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: BA/BS or equivalent, 5+ years of applicable experience as outlined above.

When it comes to safe skies and the 1 billion-plus U.S. passengers who fly every year, GDIT is committed, from the ground to 60,000 feet. Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, Advancing All Phases of Flight. Opportunity Owned.