Are you looking for a unique opportunity to be a part of something great? Want to join a 17,000-member team that works on the technology that powers the world around us? Looking for an atmosphere of trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, and communication? How about an opportunity to own a piece of a multi-billion dollar (with a B!) global organization? We offer all that and more at Microchip Technology Inc.
People come to work at Microchip because we help design the technology that runs the world. They stay because our culture supports their growth and stability. They are challenged and driven by an incredible array of products and solutions with unlimited career potential.
Microchip's nationally-recognized Leadership Passage Programs support career growth where we proudly enroll over a thousand people annually. We take pride in our commitment to employee development, values-based decision making, and strong sense of community, driven by our Vision, Mission, and 11 Guiding Values; we affectionately refer to it as the Aggregate System and it's won us countless awards for diversity and workplace excellence.
Our company is built by dedicated team players who love to challenge the status quo; we did not achieve record revenue and over 30 years of quarterly profitability without a great team dedicated to empowering innovation. People like you.
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Job Description
Microchip's Frequency and Timing Division is a world leader in precise time solutions and sets the worlds standard for time. The division generates, distributes and applies precise time for the aerospace/defense, communications, IT infrastructure, and metrology industries.
Microchips customers, from communications service providers and network equipment manufacturers to governments and their suppliers worldwide, are able to build more reliable networks and systems by using the companys advanced timing technologies, atomic clocks, services, and solutions.
Microchip products support todays precise timing standards, including GPS-based timing, IEEE 1588 (PTP), Network Time Protocol (NTP), and Synchronous Ethernet.
Information System Security Manager (ISSM) Position Overview
Our Government Systems group in Boulder, CO is seeking an Information System Security Manager (ISSM) to provide leadership and management of our Information Assurance team.
The ISSM, along with the other I/A team members, provide technical support of the design, implementation, and sustainment of cybersecurity capabilities across complex enterprise and mission systems. They work to obtain and maintain government Authority to Operate (ATO) by ensuring compliance with governing standards and frameworks, including NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF), NIST SP 800-53, ICD 503, CNSSI 1253, CMMC, NIST 800-171, and DISA STIGs.
Key Responsibilities
Team Leadership and Management: • Manage a small team of Information System Security Engineers (ISSEs), including hiring, performance reviews, performance management, and resource assignments and advocacy. • Provide direction to your team on near-term priorities while supporting ongoing longer-term objective and career development. • Maintain and organize group approaches, best practices, implementation and sustainment plans. • Represent the team during internal and customer reviews, presenting team status, risks, and technical findings with clarity and accuracy. • Build productive relationships with customer leads and mission partners.
Security Engineering & Architecture: • Engineer and integrate security controls into system and network architectures, including virtualized platforms, shared storage, and mission networks. • Translate NIST and CNSS security controls into technical designs and secure implementations. • Perform in a mixture of ISSM/ISSE/ISSO roles for multiple classified system, ensuring compliance with DoD and federal cybersecurity standards and frameworks. • Prepare and maintain security documentation including ATO packages, System Security Plans (SSP), Risk Assessments, and POA&Ms. • Collaborate with internal and external teams to maintain necessary security postures. • Provide advanced troubleshooting for Linux and Windows servers (configuration, patching, service integrity). • Collaborate with administrators and engineers to resolve technical issues while maintaining compliance.
Continuous Monitoring: • Implement and sustain continuous monitoring for CONMON and system-specific controls, including automated vulnerability scanning, patch compliance, and SIEM log analysis. • Correlate monitoring results across systems, assess control effectiveness, and recommend remediation strategies. • Conduct technical security assessments using Tenable, DISA STIGs, CSO Benchmarks, and related NIST guidelines. • Analyze results, prioritize risk, and lead remediation with system and network teams.
Requirements/Qualifications
Benefits
U.S. Export Controls Requirements
This job requires access to technology, materials, software or hardware that is controlled by the export laws of the United States. Candidates are required to provide proof of either US citizenship, Permanent US residency or classification as a protected individual as defined in 8 USC 1324b (a) (3).
Travel Time
0% - 25%
Physical Attributes
Physical Requirements
Pay Range
We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive base pay, restricted stock units, and quarterly bonus payments. In addition to these components, our package includes health benefits that begin day one, retirement savings plans, and an industry leading ESPP program with a 2 year look back feature. Find more information about all our benefits at the link below:
Benefits of working at Microchip
The annual base salary range for this position, which could be performed in the US, is $91,000 - $247,000. Range is dependent on numerous factors including job location, skills and experience.
Application Window
Application window will remain open until qualified candidates have been identified.
Microchip Technology Inc is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
For more information on applicable equal employment regulations, please refer to the Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal Poster.
To all recruitment agencies: Microchip Technology Inc. does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our recruiting team or other Microchip employees. Microchip is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
Microchip Technology Inc. is a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, providing low-risk product development, lower total system cost and faster time to market for thousands of diverse customer applications worldwide. Headquartered in Chandler, Arizona, Microchip offers outstanding technical support along with dependable delivery and quality.