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Automation and Control Strategies Group, INC. dba ACS Professional Staffing Information Systems Security Engineer 2 in Vancouver, Washington
Location: Vancouver, Washington * Type: Contract * Job #8380 Overview: ACS Professional Staffing is looking for an employee to work on-site with our client. This Information Systems Security Engineer 2 will provide technical leadership for securing control center and field infrastructure systems, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards such as FISMA, NERC CIP, and NIST. The role serves as a security architect and subject matter expert, leading security design, risk assessments, testing, and continuous monitoring for complex operational technology environments. This position partners closely with engineering and operations teams to develop, implement, and validate cybersecurity architectures, controls, and mitigation strategies. Qualified candidates bring hands on security engineering experience, deep knowledge of OT systems, and demonstrated expertise in security frameworks, compliance requirements, and industry best practices. This full-time position is located in Vancouver, WA. Pay Rate: $54.28 - $77.55 Benefits: * Paid holidays: 11 * PTO: Starting at 10 days * Sick Leave: Up to 56 hours per year (prorated based on start date) * EAP: Employee Assistance Program * Benefit Options Available: Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, DCA, LPFSA, HSA, Group Life/AD&D, Voluntary Life/AD&D, Voluntary Short-Term Disability, Voluntary Long-Term Disability, Voluntary Critical Illness, Voluntary Accident, Hospital Indemnity, 401k (immediately eligible for employee and employer contributions - employer match up to 4%) * Other benefits include the following: Calm App, LifeBalance Discount Program Responsibilities: * Provide technical expertise on control center and field infrastructure security architecture and management for control center and field infrastructure systems and related matters. * Applies a broad knowledge of power system operations and associated control center and field systems including knowledge of security and regulatory (i.e. FISMA and NERC CIP) as it pertains to compliance computer networks, user interfaces, system software, data acquisition, telecommunications, substation field equipment, and related computer hardware areas. * Provide Information System Security Officer support and technical expert for the control center and field General Support Systems and programs by providing expert technical advice, guidance, and recommendations to management and other technical and security specialists on critical operational issues relating to control center control and field infrastructure and data systems including the upgrade and enhancement of all systems in the two critical control centers and field locations. * Recommend security strategies in the development of system, software and hardware architectures, technical plans and specifications, system designs, software designs, integration plans, test plans, and project plans. * Advises other OT experts and security practitioners throughout the control centers and field on a variety of situations and issues that involve applying or adapting new security technology theories, concepts, applications, standards, and/or practices. * As the control center and field infrastructure security architect and expert, serve as the project security/compliance lead, on assigned projects, for an interdisciplinary project team of electrical engineering and operational technology staff assigned to execute on the most complex control center and field system projects. * Verifies that the project plans conform to applicable organizational, agency and external security and compliance standards, policies and guidelines. * Provide technical expertise and assistance with the recommendation, development and implementation of management-approved operational cyber security and compliance stra To view the full job description,