Momentum Engineering, Inc. fosters an employee-centric culture. Our strength lies in our people. With a high percentage of employees holding advanced degrees in engineering, computer science, and related disciplines, we bring deep technical expertise to every mission. Our team includes professionals with security clearances and full-scope polygraphs, ensuring trusted, secure support for the most sensitive national security initiatives. Additionally, our workforce is equipped with industry-leading certifications, demonstrating a commitment to continuous learning and excellence. Most importantly, our exceptional employee retention rate reflects a culture of professional growth, mission focus, and dedication—ensuring long-term stability and expertise for our customers’ critical needs.
Job Summary
- Seeking a Cyber Systems Engineer - ISSO to play a key role in securing complex systems, ensuring compliance with federal cybersecurity frameworks, and protecting sensitive information
Primary Responsibilities
- Serving as the Information Systems Security Approval Authority for systems under your control
- Providing technical and compliance support for the organization’s Information Assurance (IA) program
- Planning, coordinating, and enforcing IT security programs across various systems and projects
- Maintaining the operational security posture for mission-critical information systems
- Developing and enforcing information system security policies, standards, and methodologies
- Supporting day-to-day security operations, including system monitoring and incident response
- Conducting vulnerability and risk assessments to support system certification and accreditation (C&A)
- Evaluating security solutions to ensure they meet requirements for handling classified data
- Managing system configuration, changes, and security impact assessments
- Preparing and reviewing key documentation including:
- System Security Plans (SSPs)
- Risk Assessment Reports
- Certification & Accreditation (C&A) packages
- System Requirements Traceability Matrices (SRTMs)
Required Qualifications
- Must have active Top Secret/SCI clearance with NSA Full Scope Polygraph
- 17+ years as a Systems Engineer on projects of similar scope, type, and complexity
- Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field
- An additional 5 years of SE experience may be substituted for the degree
- DoD 8570 IAM Level I or higher required
Desired Qualifications
- No desired qualification listed at this time
Exempt hourly position. 11 paid holidays, minimum of 3 weeks PTO, company sponsored group medical plan, company paid dental, vision, life insurance, and STD/LTD plans. Salary is dependent upon the candidate’s experience and qualifications.
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What We Do
Momentum Engineering understands that our customer's unique missions require innovative software solutions and data-driven engineering methodologies. These approaches leverage DevOps principles and cloud-based automation ensuring that applications and systems can be characterized and reliably measured. Our specialists, working as trusted partners to our customers, have been developing, integrating and maintaining data-centric solutions since our founding in February 2015. Momentum Engineering provides highly-skilled System Engineers, Software Engineers, and formally trained Department of Defense Test and Evaluation Subject Matter Experts to our customers to help them move their missions forward.
