Cybersecurity Risk Analyst

NikSoft Systems Corporation is a recognized Information Technology solutions provider. Founded in 1998 and based in Reston, Virginia, NikSoft is a CMMI Level 3 Certified company with an established reputation for excellence and on-time delivery with a consistently high customer satisfaction rating from its Federal Government and private consulting contracts.

NikSoft is currently conducting a search for a Risk Analyst to support the Cybersecurity program at the United States Postal Service. The candidate will support the Risk Management, System Certification & Accreditation (C&A) processes; Information Assurance (IA) processes; system ATOs, and continuous monitoring of enterprise applications. The successful candidate will experience an unparalleled large-scale enterprise environment with over 800 Information Technology systems, processing billions of dollars in annual revenue and supporting a diverse user base spread across the entire US. Join the NikSoft team to scale your career to the next level.

Responsibilities:

• The candidate will Support the execution of product cybersecurity elements across global programs and services.
• Will work with multiple security, IT and engineering leadership/stakeholders and a variety of security, IT and engineering technical resources to identify and plan physical and cybersecurity work to meet/exceed corporate initiatives
• support the mission of the Cybersecurity Risk Management by organizing and preparing for stakeholder meetings, support team members in preparing timely deliverable and tracking action items.
• The candidate will support cyber risk management planning including reporting and tracking.
• The candidate will define clear tasks, communicate topics to leadership through concise and succinct presentations, and organize meeting preparation materials.
• The candidate will support the review and certification of information technology systems following the USPS CISO policies and procedures (modeled based on NIST RMF).
• Providing input to and develop, write, edit and submit documentation in support of the project deliverables.
• Work closely with the system teams and program/project managers as well as interfacing with CISO and CIO stakeholders as needed.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or a relevant Cybersecurity field, and 2-4 years of overall experience.
• 1 years of experience working as a Risk, Information Assurance, or Information Systems Security Analyst.
• Knowledge of the NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF) and security controls is required.
• This candidate must understand the risk management process, risk mitigation, and risk tracking.
• Experience creating ATO packages, and continuous monitoring compliance in a large-scale enterprise environment is highly desired.
• Must have strong communication skills, both oral and written, with excellent interpersonal, team and organization skills.
• Must have strong knowledge of MS Office products to include PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• A self-starter with proven abilities to collaborate and gather information from multiple teams.

****Candidates must be able to obtain a Postal Sensitive Clearance (US Citizenship or Green Card required). Additionally, candidates must not have traveled outside of the USA for a combined period not to exceed 6 months within the last 5 years.***

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