Cyber Security Engineer - Expert

Assured Consulting • Springfield, VA

7h • $180,000 - $195,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Assured Consulting Solutions provides strategic and innovative solutions for customer needs across the business, technology, and organizational spectrum. As a member of our team, you will have the chance to work with customers that are both Government and industry leaders and technology innovators. We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated Cyber Security Engineer to lead the integration of robust security practices into the design and development of complex information systems. This role is critical in ensuring that cybersecurity requirements are effectively captured, refined, and implemented into IT components and enterprise systems. As part of our cybersecurity team, you’ll play a key role in designing, implementing, and refining enterprise-wide security services. You’ll help define both the current (“As-Is”) and future (“To-Be”) security architecture across a wide range of areas, including: Identity and Credential Management, Cross-Domain Technologies, Cloud Security, Microservices Baseline Definition, Zero Trust Architecture, Enterprise Audit and Data Integrity, Secure Data Access, Integration, Upgrades, and System Replacements. You’ll also provide technical guidance to help programs develop secure systems and applications—accelerating delivery by ensuring alignment with ICD-503 controls and future cybersecurity directives.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program OR 18 years of experience as a Cyber Security Engineer in lieu of degree.
• 18 years of working experience in government or industry leading enterprise-level cyber security efforts involving architecting, designing, development, and configuration of cloud and on premise-based systems and software.
• Experience engineering Cyber Security solutions using Cloud Based Technology such as: Service Orientated Architecture (SOA), On-demand self-service, Broad network access, Resource pooling, Rapid elasticity, Measured Service, Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).
• DoD 8570 Level II (IASAE) certification compliance
• Must be a U.S. Citizen and possess a current and active TS/SCI clearance granted by the Department of Defense or an Intelligence Community agency.
• Must be able to pass a Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph.

Nice To Haves

• Experience engineering Cyber Security solutions using structured and unstructured Big Data.
• Experience engineering Cyber Security solutions using Automation, Augmentation and Artificial Intelligence technologies.
• Experience establishing a mature Zero Trust framework in one or more of the seven DoD ZT pillars: user, device, data, application/workload, network/environment, visibility and analytics, and automation and orchestration.

Responsibilities

• Provide cybersecurity engineering support to teams developing new systems or upgrading legacy ones.
• Conduct independent product research and Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) to identify optimal security solutions.
• Lead and contribute to system concept development and early lifecycle phases, translating requirements and regulations into secure system designs.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects to develop and document Security Architectures, Roadmaps, and investment strategies.
• Advise programs on technical solutions and policy improvements to meet Zero Trust compliance goals.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior