Overview
Company Overview: Motorola Solutions emphasizes people, global presence, and technologies for safer communities. Department Overview: A FedRAMP-accredited 3PAO with experience across IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS clouds, helping organizations meet FedRAMP requirements.
Job Description
Join our team as a Cybersecurity Analyst, where you'll assess and analyze cybersecurity documentation for client information systems. You will apply scripting skills to develop automations that streamline assessment processes. Your work will align with FISMA, NIST RMF for Federal Civilian Agencies, RMF for DoD IT, FedRAMP, and departmental standards, with a primary focus on FedRAMP.
Key Responsibilities
- Engage directly with clients through verbal communication to perform interviews for assessments, understand their needs, and provide effective solutions.
- Conduct comprehensive assessments by analyzing cybersecurity documentation and performing evidence collection, interviews, and tests to evaluate compliance with relevant standards such as FISMA, NIST RMF, and FedRAMP.
- Create scripts and utilize scripting skills to automate repetitive tasks and improve the efficiency of security assessments, reporting, and evidence collection.
- Conduct system and network vulnerability scanning and analysis using tools such as Nessus/ACAS, SCC, and DISA STIGs/STIG Viewer.
- Prepare clear and accurate reports and documentation, with an emphasis on creating scripts to automate analysis and report generation.
- Work independently or as part of a client delivery team in a fast-paced, deadline-driven, remote environment.
- Travel up to 25% for client engagements as required.
Required Skills and Qualifications
- Strong verbal communication skills with the ability to articulate ideas clearly and confidently in face-to-face and phone interactions with clients.
- Basic knowledge of Cloud Computing, FedRAMP, FISMA, NIST/DoD RMF, and NIST SP 800-series publications.
- Demonstrable scripting skills in at least one language (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Bash) for task automation.
- Beginner knowledge of testing tools such as Nessus/ACAS, SCC, DISA STIGs/STIG Viewer.
- Strong organizational, planning, and attention to detail skills.
- Self-motivated with a strong technical aptitude.
- Must obtain a FedRAMP required (A2LA R311) industry certification within 3 months.
Preferred Qualifications
- 1+ years of experience in performing or participating in FISMA-based security Assessment and Authorization (A&A) activities.
- Experience in creating and maintaining scripts for cybersecurity tools and processes, such as vulnerability scanning or compliance checks.
- Proficiency in performing technical assessments using standard industry tools such as Nessus, DB Protect, Acunetix, and ACAS (for DoD).
- Ability to identify and mitigate cyber security risks through formal assessment activities.
- Experience and technical knowledge in security engineering, secure architecture development, system and network security, authentication and security protocols, applied cryptography, and application security.
Additional Information
This position is subject to working in high security areas governed by the US Department of Justice's Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Security Policy and requires successfully passing a more stringent fingerprint background check administered by Motorola Solutions Inc. customers.
Target Base Salary Range: $95,000 - $105,000
Pay transparency: Pay within this range varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate.
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Basic Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree or higher.
- Must be able to obtain background clearance as required by government customer
- Must be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain necessary security clearance as required by government contract.
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely is required. Employer work permit sponsorship is not available for this position.
Travel Requirements
10-25%
Relocation Provided
None
Position Type
Experienced
Referral Payment Plan
Yes
EEO Statement
Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.
We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture. If you feel you don't meet all preferred skills, we still welcome your application. We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience for candidates with disabilities or other health conditions. To request an accommodation, please complete this Reasonable Accommodations Form.
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