IT SME

M9 Solutions is seeking an IT SME to work remotely in support of a government contract for a client located in Washington, DC. An active Top Secret clearance is required.

Responsibilities

• Reads, understands, and interprets Federal Government policy, law, directives, executive orders, and CNSS instructions and other requirements into actionable items.
• Supports network modernization efforts, specifically focusing on National Security Systems (NSS).
• Works with required stakeholders both internal and external to the organization to get requirements to fulfill the technical specifications met or exceeded within the required timeframe.
• Assists in leveraging resources throughout the organization to fulfill operational mission requirements in a timely fashion, with little to no disruption.
• Establishes relationships with internal and external stakeholders within the federal mission space to deliver the requirements set forth within the policy and directives to allow for an effective and efficient use of resources.
• Interprets, adapts, and overcomes obstacles while thinking innovatively for solutions to solve the requirement while enlisting the knowledge of others throughout the organization.
• Engages technical personnel with management to design and implement solutions that adhere to USG security protocols and requirements.
• Ensures that all Federal government security requirements, policy, guides, standards, and other requirements are met or exceeded during design and implementation of systems.
• Designs solutions based on requirements provided during discussions with internal and external stakeholders.
• Works with internal and external stakeholders to optimize current solutions to provide a more secure, optimized, and cost-effective solution for their system.
• Performs complex and advanced security architecture work in design, evaluation, planning, testing, and operation in support of system development, engineering, analysis, and research.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Top Secret security clearance.
• 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrates the ability to translate requirements from non-technical to technical, and vice versa.
• Demonstrates the ability to communicate requirements to both technical and non-technical personnel in verbal and non-verbal communication ways.
• Demonstrates the ability to interpret, understand, find, or provide a solution to a given problem.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

• Experience including network architecture, segmentation, and data encryption.

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