ACAS Systems Engineer

ZP Group • Fort Shafter, HI

74d • $130,000 - $165,000

About The Position

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking an ACAS Systems Engineer/Architect Senior to support a federal project at Fort Shafter, HI. This role requires active Top-Secret clearance. The position involves monitoring the performance and integrity of the ACAS solution, making necessary changes to improve performance, and ensuring operational status is restored within 2 hours of any failure. The engineer will also maintain ACAS Security Centers and Scanners, interact with clients to resolve scanning issues, and operate the Nessus Agent and Nessus Manager subcomponents of ACAS. Additionally, the role includes developing deployment plans for Nessus Network Monitor, assessing compliance management capabilities, consolidating vulnerability data, and creating disaster recovery plans. The engineer will also provide ACAS software for imaging and baseline builds, support PM/POR systems, and create TTPs and SOPs to enhance cybersecurity personnel's effectiveness.

Requirements

• IAT II Baseline Certification (Security+ or equivalent) with appropriate Computing Environment (CE) Certification.
• Bachelor's Degree in a technology-related field.
• 7+ years of ACAS experience.

Responsibilities

• Continuously monitor the performance and integrity of the ACAS solution, assess scan times, and make changes to improve performance.
• Perform corrective actions to restore ACAS to its normal operational status within 2 hours from the time of operational failure occurrence/notification.
• Update, integrate, and migrate the ACAS architecture to authorized operating systems and interdependent services as required to meet OPORDS throughout the period of performance.
• Maintain and Sustain ACAS Security Centers and Scanners.
• Interact with clients to receive requests, request clarifications, triage, troubleshoot, and resolve ACAS scanning issues.
• Operate and maintain the Nessus Agent and Nessus Manager subcomponent of ACAS as defined by DoD and IC Standards.
• Develop a deployment plan for the Nessus Network Monitor (NNM) subcomponent of ACAS, obtain approval to deploy through the Enterprise Change Control Board, and deploy to all core JWICS Nodes globally.
• Continuously assess ACAS's capability to perform compliance management.
• Ensure that all ACAS vulnerability data is consolidated into a single Enterprise Security Center.
• Develop dashboards and reports that automate FISMA, Cyber Scorecard, and applicable DoD/Intelligence Community-defined reporting standards.
• Develop a Disaster Recovery plan and ensure the Enterprise ACAS capability can be restored with all configurations intact.
• Provide ACAS software and plugins to the SCA team for laptop imaging and baseline builds.
• Provide ACAS scanning capability and related support for PM/POR systems (300-600 systems with over 4000 virtual servers) on Customer networks.
• Assist in building scans for PM/POR support personnel and assist in troubleshooting scan results.
• Create ACAS TTPs, SOPs, and capture lessons learned to improve the performance, efficiency, and effectiveness of Cybersecurity personnel using the ACAS tool.
• Correct misconfigurations by ACAS users and conduct ad hoc training of Customer best business practices and TTP.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• 401k
• PTO

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees