Cyber Security Project Engineer

Vt Group • Chantilly, VA

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About The Position

VTG is seeking a talented and experienced Cyber Security Project Engineer to join our dynamic and innovative team in Chantilly, VA. The Sponsor's Cyber Security Team is responsible for managing the Sponsors office's system assessment and authorization processes as well as security engineering expertise in the systems development lifecycle in advancing new cyber security utilities to fruition that enable threat awareness, monitoring of cyber threats, and other forward thinking enablement activities in support of the Sponsor's strategic goals. The Cyber Security Team is responsible for providing cyber security expertise across numerous systems and working closely with stakeholders and external partners to facilitate activities and perform tasks in support of successful system authorizations consistent with the Sponsor's formalized processes. The Sponsor is responsible for coordination activities and brokering proactive communications with technical and non-technical expertise in support of the Sponsor's cyber mission and provide the expert level support in cyber risk management, vulnerability assessment and applicable mitigations, as well as Cloud and On-Premises infrastructure components such as application to physical layers. The Cyber Security team works with others to identify, develop roadmaps, and implement deployment strategies for advanced cyber security tools, as well as provides best practices to make recommendations on securing a diverse and dynamic infrastructure and numerous mission related systems.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph required.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• Experience in cyber security, InfoSec, security engineering, or network engineering.
• Experience with vulnerability scanning tools.
• Experience analyzing and documenting test results.
• Experience assessing systems against information assurance policies and regulations.
• Experience communicating complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience coordinating and performing security testing.
• Experience developing risk assessment and certification reports.
• Experience leading security accreditation efforts for enterprise systems.
• Experience recommending mitigating countermeasures to identified threats, vulnerabilities, or shortfalls.
• Experience with Linux operating system.
• Experience writing and reviewing documents such as requirements specifications, system architecture, design documents, test plans, or security plans.
• Experience decomposing functional requirements into technical requirements.
• Experience analyzing existing systems and identifying necessary corrective actions and improvements.
• Experience preparing program documentation.

Responsibilities

• Manage system assessment and authorization processes.
• Provide security engineering expertise in the systems development lifecycle.
• Facilitate activities and perform tasks in support of successful system authorizations.
• Coordinate proactive communications with technical and non-technical expertise.
• Support cyber risk management and vulnerability assessment.
• Identify, develop roadmaps, and implement deployment strategies for advanced cyber security tools.
• Make recommendations on securing diverse and dynamic infrastructure.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree