Security Analyst

Philadelphia, PA, us on site Until 8/21/2026 H-1B sponsor history First posted February 23, 2026 Last posted February 23, 2026
Job description

Established in 1991, Collabera has been a leader in IT staffing for over 22 years and is one of the largest diversity IT staffing firms in the industry. As a half a billion dollar IT company, with more than 9,000 professionals across 30+ offices, Collabera offers comprehensive, cost-effective IT staffing & IT Services. We provide services to Fortune 500 and mid-size companies to meet their talent needs with high quality IT resources through Staff Augmentation, Global Talent Management, Value Added Services through CLASS (Competency Leveraged Advanced Staffing & Solutions) Permanent Placement Services and Vendor Management Programs. 


Collabera recognizes true potential of human capital and provides people the right opportunities for growth and professional excellence. Collabera offers a full range of benefits to its employees including paid vacations, holidays, personal days, Medical, Dental and Vision insurance, 401K retirement savings plan, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance.


Job Details:

Title: Security Specialist

Location: Philadelphia, PA

Duration: 3 month (may extend)

Division: Intellectual Property and Science


Required Skills:

• Active Secret clearance (Public Trust) required. 

• Provide security technical advisory and directions to technical and research teams 

• Maintain operational security posture for the program to ensure government information security requirements and information systems security policies, standards, and procedures are established and followed. 

• Assist with the management of security aspects of the information system and performs day-to-day security operations of the system. 

• Evaluate security solutions to ensure they meet security requirements for processing classified information. 

• Prepare Standard Operating Procedures that meet the security requirements for the business’ clients

• Perform vulnerability/risk assessment analysis to support certification and accreditation.

• Provides configuration management (CM) for information system security software, hardware, and firmware. 

• Manage changes to system and assesses the security impact of those changes.

• Experience and familiarity with securing Windows Environments, MS SQL Servers, Web Servers, Encryption, and Access Control. 

• Prepare and review documentation to include System Security Plans (SSPs), Risk Assessment Reports, Certification and Accreditation (C&A) packages, etc. 

• Experience and/or familiarity with Certification and Accreditation (C&A).

• Experience and/or familiarity with the following network protection devices: Firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDS/IPS), log analysis, malware analysis, network traffic flow and packet analysis

• Experience and/or familiarity with NIST Guidelines, FIPS 140-2, FIPS 190 , FedRAMP, Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) and other tools using industry best practices.


To know more on this position or to schedule an interview please contact;

Monil Narayan
973-929-3861

About this role

Summary

Manage security operations, evaluate solutions, prepare documentation, and ensure compliance with security standards.

Job title

Security Specialist

Experience level

not specified

Industry

it staffing

Location requirements

Philadelphia, PA, on-site; remote not specified

Salary

Not specified

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

active secret clearancesecurity advisorysecurity operationsvulnerability assessmentconfiguration managementwindows securitysql serversweb serversencryptionaccess controlsystem security plansrisk assessmentcertification and accreditationfirewallsids/ipslog analysismalware analysisnetwork traffic analysisnist guidelinesfips 140-2fips 190fedrampfisma

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

securityrisk assessmentnetwork securityencryptioncertification and accreditation
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Philadelphia, PA, USA

On-site City