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Cognosante Junior Security Officer in McLean, Virginia
Security Clearance required:
Able to obtain Public Trust
Do you want to make a difference?
Cognosante employees are passionate about improving people’s lives. With an innovative mindset and an unwavering commitment to those we serve, we partner with healthcare, civilian and defense agencies to deliver exceptional public services and programs. Our multi-faceted technology and customer experience (CX) solutions achieve program outcomes, solve critical challenges and create meaningful change. Whether we are helping Veterans access healthcare faster, ensuring that members of the military complete their missions safely, or helping people obtain health insurance, our work touches millions of people. Are you ready to make a difference?
Come Join Our Team
Cognosante is on a mission to transform our country’s healthcare and safety systems. With our health and security-focused solutions, we help public sector organizations achieve the important task of providing the best possible public services to American Citizens. From Enterprise IT, Data Science, and Security Services, to full-scale Consumer Engagement and Interoperability solutions, we are moving government services forward with transformation and innovation. Learn how we are making a difference in people’s lives today
What is the position?
The Security Analyst is responsible for all activities related to designing, selecting, implementing, and maintaining security controls for major information systems supporting federal government contracts, including achieving and sustaining authorization to operate (ATO) following NIST Risk Management Framework procedures and guidance mandated under FISMA.
What will I get to do?
Provides content to and collaboration with training staff on training stakeholders on triaging transactions and the reconciliation process. This includes the continuous process improvement of the reconciliation process.
Analyze systems, data, and operating environments to determine appropriate security controls.
Work closely with project team members to make sure that applicable security requirements are incorporated in systems and solutions deployed for the project
Participate in business, technical, and security reviews of the solution to explain selected security and privacy controls.
Perform initial and ongoing risk assessments of the system.
What qualifications do I need?
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent OR 4 years’ relevant experience in lieu of degree.
Must be a US Citizen or Authorized to work in the US (if not a citizen) and a resident of the US for at least 3 years within the last 5 years.
Must be proficient in word processing, spreadsheet, email, database, contact management, internet, and project management software (such as MS Office and Visio)
Must have familiarity with project management tools and methodologies.
Excellent communication skills
Excellent problem-solving skills
Excellent customer service skills
What additional characteristics will help me thrive?
Experience analyzing data and presenting to stakeholders.
Formal education or professional experience in information assurance, information security management
Ability to perform comfortably in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented work environment.
Ability to successfully execute many complex tasks simultaneously.
Information security certifications such as: Security +, CASP, CISA, CISM, CISSP
What We Offer
Our mission is to provide comprehensive and competitive pay, benefits, services, and programs to eligible employees and their dependents that:
Ensure optimal health and productivity of our employees
Support employee retention and attraction
Provide work/life balance to ensure our employees succeed inside and outside of the office
Compensation
$74,436.56 - $119,096.32
The pay range for this job is determined by various factors, including but not necessarily limited to location, responsibilities of the job, and alignment with market data. When determining a salary for this role, the following factors may be taken into consideration - contract-specific affordability, education, knowledge, skills, competencies and experience. The estimate displayed represents the salary range for this position and is just one component of Cognosante’s total compensation package for employees. It is not necessarily reflective of actual compensation that may be earned, nor a promise of any specific pay for any specific employee.
Cognosante will not provide sponsorship for employment-based immigration benefits for this position.
What We Promise
Cognosante employees are inspired by our bold mission to improve lives. To achieve this mission, we put our people first. No matter where they're located around the nation, our innovative workplaces enable individuals to apply their skills and experience to work toward a greater good.
We foster a winning culture of solution creators built on innovation, collaboration, flexibility, and work-life balance. And we invest in the next generation of diverse talent to foster an inclusive, progressive, adaptable workplace that prioritizes advancement for all. As an affirmative action employer, we are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.
Your safety during your job search is important. Recruiting communications will always be sent through one of the following corporate domain emails (@cognosante.com or @accurate.com).
We will never send communications through any other domain, including @cognosantecareers.com, @gmail.com or @yahoo.com). We will never request payment from you, nor will we send payment to you, prior to your start date. If you have been asked to send or receive any payment, or if you have any doubt about whether you have been contacted by a Cognosante employee, please contact us at jobs@cognosante.com
At Cognosante, we innovate with purpose. Each day, we create meaningful change by delivering mission-driven solutions for healthcare, civilian, and defense government agencies. When you work at Cognosante, you’ll apply your talents and grow your career with an organization that believes in the missions of our customers – and the right every employee has to an inclusive, flexible, and collaborative workplace. Work with us, and you’ll be challenged and supported—and have the platform to elevate your career to wherever your professional aspirations lead.
Get to know Cognosante employees
We’re driven by our customers’ missions, and measure success by how we improve lives.
We believe innovative solutions start with an innovative culture.
We believe customer understanding is the key to creating innovative solutions.
We know we are stronger together, and we value the diversity of our people.
We believe growth should be a core job benefit.
Like many other companies, Cognosante has been targeted by scammers making fraudulent job offers to potential candidates. As shared on our company website (https://cognosante.com/careers/) , communications from Cognosante recruiting are only sent with an official corporate domain email (e.g., @cognosante.com) and not a commercial domain e-mail (e.g., @gmail.com or @yahoo.com)). We will never request payment from an applicant, nor will we send payment to an applicant, prior to that individual’s start date.
We want to recommend a couple of ways that you can report this incident and take action against these scams:
-The FBI: File a Complaint (https://www.ic3.gov/Home/FileComplaint)
-The FTC: Report Fraud (https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/#/)
Also, if you're not sure where to report the scam, you can find some guidance here: Where to report scams | USAGov (https://www.usa.gov/where-report-scams) .