Senior Information System Security Officer

Job ID: 2616149

Location: Pensacola, FL, US

Date Posted: 2026-09-09

Category: Cyber

Subcategory: Cybersecurity Spec

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: No

Minimum Clearance Required: TS.SCI

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: TS/SCI with Poly

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE

Description
SAIC is hiring a Senior Information System Security Officer (ISSO) to be located in Pensacola, FL. The successful candidate will be the primary technical resource for Information Assurance (IA) and Cybersecurity.
The Senior ISSO will:

• Lead and manage a small team of ISSOs supporting the Navy's Center for Information Warfare Training.
• Ensure cybersecurity readiness for operational readiness assessments.
• Manage NIST/RMF system accreditation for multiple training networks of various classifications.
• Perform vulnerability management and tracking via VRAM and other government vulnerability management solutions.
• Complete vulnerability scanning using ACAS/Nessus.
• Perform audit log review.
• Oversee incident management response and tracking for cybersecurity events and spillages.
• Verify system configuration compliance with DISA STIG checklists using automated tools such as eMASSter and SCAP.
• Manage incidents and requests assigned via Service Now.
• Perform a variety of routine and non-routine tasks associated with Cyber/Information Security (INFOSEC) and Information Assurance (IA) support in accordance with National and Department of Defense (DoD) standards to include the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and Zero Trust.
• Conduct systems analysis and development to keep systems current with changing technologies, security needs, and user functional requirements.
• Collaborate with other team leads and government IT & IA personnel.

Qualifications
Required experience and education:

• Bachelor's Degree or an Associate's degree and five(5) years of experience; years of experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree. Minimum of five years of experience in Information Technology (IT) with at least three (3) years of experience in cybersecurity / IA.

Certifications:

• Must have an active CASP+ CE / SecurityX CE (CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner) or CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) certification. CISSP is preferred.

Clearance required:

• Must possess a TS/SCI security clearance. CI polygraph is required after onboarding.

SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC's approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see .