Cyber Security Engineer

KACE • Ashburn, VA

7d • Onsite

About The Position

This role specializes in cyber security standards and coordination of system accreditation. Provide vulnerability analysis and reporting on accredited information systems. Provide support to Sponsor’s Information Technologies systems and provide operations and maintenance (O&M), system engineering and application development for Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) and newly developed or customized applications for Sponsor systems. Provide support for system maintenance and troubleshooting for software and hardware components to maintain sustainability and reliability of the Sponsor’s systems and applications and ensure that all development and modifications to existing Sponsor applications comply with Sponsor’s security and architectural policies and regulations. Document all vulnerabilities, identify mitigations and proposed schedule to mitigating vulnerabilities. Develop documentation that meets Sponsor Authorization and Accreditation requirements; and continuously evaluate program risks and recommend solutions to improve systems security.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Computer science or related field.
• Experience and knowledge of Information Security (INFOSEC) policies.
• Experience understanding and evaluating security risks of systems and networks.
• Experience working independently with little or no day-to-day direction, in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience evaluating security risks of systems and networks.
• Experience working a variety of tasks simultaneously, establishing priorities, and making sound and timely decisions.
• Experience notifying customers, supervisors, and team members of relevant information and its impact on systems or programs.
• Expertise in monitoring systems, mitigating risks, managing and implementing security best practices.
• Experience with architecture design, system and network analysis, vulnerability and risk assessments, and security assessment of hardware and software.
• Strong understanding of cloud environments and assessing systems within cloud environments focusing on security posture.
• Experience with continuous monitoring and plans of actions and milestones (POA&Ms).
• Understanding of NIST 800-53, 800-137 and Risk Management Framework (RMF).
• Knowledge of DoD Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs).
• Demonstrated experience with cyber security concepts to include encryption services, access control, information protection, network security.
• Experience with AWS and Azure cloud security compliance
• Must be a U.S Citizen or Legal Permanent Resident.
• Favorable credit check for all cleared positions
• Successfully passing a background investigation including drug screening.

Responsibilities

• Monitoring systems, mitigating risks, managing and implementing security best practices.
• Provide support to Sponsor’s Information Technologies systems and provide operations and maintenance (O&M), system engineering and application development for Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) and newly developed or customized applications for Sponsor systems.
• Provide support for system maintenance and troubleshooting for software and hardware components to maintain sustainability and reliability of the Sponsor’s systems and applications and ensure that all development and modifications to existing Sponsor applications comply with Sponsor’s security and architectural policies and regulations.
• Document all vulnerabilities, identify mitigations and proposed schedule to mitigating vulnerabilities.
• Develop documentation that meets Sponsor Authorization and Accreditation requirements; and continuously evaluate program risks and recommend solutions to improve systems security.
• Perform some manual data aggregation and normalization tasks until automated solutions are developed.

What This Job Offers

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