Position: Certifications Analyst
Location: Fair Lakes, VA
Job Type: Entry-level, Full-time, Hybrid
About Corsec
The Certifications Analyst manages and supports IT security certification projects, ensuring compliance with Common Criteria standards throughout the evaluation lifecycle. This role includes evaluating IT systems against Common Criteria requirements to identify compliance gaps, analyze product architectures, and develop the technical documentation required for certification.
The analyst also configures products according to certification-specific deployment guidance and conducts functional testing to support evaluation activities. In addition, the role involves collaborating with customers, internal teams, testing laboratories, and certification bodies to address findings, respond to feedback, and ensure project milestones and certification objectives are met across multiple engagements.
Corsec is the benchmark for efficient, accurate security certification processes, helping organizations achieve compliance “Done Once, Done Right!”
The Certifications Analyst manages and supports IT security certification projects, ensuring compliance with Common Criteria standards throughout the evaluation lifecycle. This role involves examining and product architectures and supporting materials, and producing the technical documentation required for certification.
The analyst configures IT products according to certification-specific deployment guidance, conducts functional testing to generate evaluation and testing reports, and authors documentation for submission to testing laboratories and certifying authorities. Success in this role requires effective collaboration with customers, cross-functional teams, testing facilities, and international certification bodies to resolve compliance gaps, address testing and documentation feedback, and ensure project milestones and certification objectives are achieved across multiple complex engagements.
Responsibilities:
Required Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, cyber security, computer engineering, or a related technical field.
-U.S. citizenship or permanent residency required
- Knowledge of at least two of the following IT concepts: networking, cryptography, operating systems, communication protocols, cybersecurity, information assurance, or risk management.
- Strong analytical and technical skills - Ability to assess IT products and components with great attention to detail
- Strong oral presentation skills - Ability to articulate in technical and non-technical terms to customers, peers, and management
- Strong critical thinking skills
- Time management skills
Desired Skills and Experience
- Ability to install, configure, and troubleshoot IT products such as firewalls, ethernet switches, routers, IDS/IPS, SIEM, cyber security tools, etc.
- Working knowledge of commonly deployed enterprise IT solutions such as authentication servers, NTP servers, syslog servers, virtualization, and container solutions, etc.
- Experience with the Common Criteria standard and related Protection Profiles.
- Experience with ISO or other standards and able to interpret their requirements.
For over 25 years Corsec has assisted companies through the IT security certification process for FIPS 140-2/FIPS 140-3, Common Criteria (CC), CSfC, and the DoD’s APL. We are a privately owned company focused on partnering with organizations worldwide to assist with the process of security certifications and validations.
Our certification methodology helps open doors to new markets and increase revenue for clients with products ranging from mobile phones to satellites. Our broad knowledge safeguards against common pitfalls and thwarts delays, translating to a swift and seamless path to certification. Corsec has created the benchmark for providing business leaders with fast, flexible access to industry knowledge on security certifications and validations.
Security Certifications: Done Once, Done Right!
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