Senior Systems Engineer – Cyber Security Engineer

Senior Systems Engineer – Cyber Security Engineer

Requirements

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and 5 years of prior relevant experience
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued Secret security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
• Experience in Cybersecurity Engineering
• Experience with NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF)

Responsibilities

• Implement proper cybersecurity controls
• Interact with customer to define SSE requirements, solutions, trades, costs, implementation, system impacts, and effectiveness
• Maintain a Risk Management Framework Authorization to Operate for the system
• Support developing plans and estimates, task execution, project tracking, reporting, and risk identification and mitigation plans
• Plan and guide SSE implementations in customer systems
• Consult and assist program line management with SSE architectures and issues
• Define security development and test efforts implementation of security controls of networking devices, databases, operating systems, and hardware and software component
• Integrate cybersecurity development activities
• Developing top-level system requirements, and flowing down requirements and implementation concepts to subsystem
• Understanding, and compliance with, DoD technology release and export licensing policies

Preferred Qualifications

• Usage of information security toolsets including anti-virus, Vulnerability Assessment, HIDS/ NIDS, host-based or endpoint security solutions, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), and Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM) and centralized auditing tools familiarity with splunk is preferred
• Linux Bash scripting and Python scripting experience
• Security systems engineering involving various computer hardware and software S/W operating system and application solutions in both a stand-alone and in LAN/WAN configurations
• DoDI 8570.01-M IAT Level-II Compliant Certification (e.g. Security+, CISSP, or equivalent)
• Security features and/or vulnerability analysis of various operating systems as defined by Intelligence agencies
• Experience with IT and/or network and system security administration, including operating system security configuration and account management best practices for UNIX, MS Windows, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and CISCO systems
• Understanding of Systems Engineering requirements, specifications, and Experience implementing DoD and Federal IA Certification and Accreditation Processes, IA controls and developing and maintaining associated certification and accreditation documentation
• Familiar with NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF), as described in NIST Special Publication 800-37
• Familiar with Program Protection Plan (PPP) required by DoDI 5000.02 and DoDI 5200.39
• Experience working on U.S. Government contract proposals as an Information Assurance Engineer subject matter expert