Cyber Systems Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton • Chantilly, VA

1d • $99,000 - $225,000

About The Position

Cyber Systems Engineer The Opportunity: Do you enjoy working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment where you can see the impact of your hard work by working directly with the customer and stakeholders? What if you could combine your hands-on technical experience, systems engineering background, and cybersecurity knowledge to design and build secure systems for the customer? We’re looking for an engineer who can create solutions for our customer that will stand up to even the most advanced cyber threats. As a Cyber Engineer on our project, you’ll provide cybersecurity engineering services to support the client's mission. You’ll coordinate work with teams to identify the right mix of tools and techniques to translate your customer’s needs and future goals into a plan that will enable secure and effective solutions. We need to come up with the best solution, so you’ll investigate new techniques, break free from the legacy model, and go where the industry is going. You’ll help lead the team through a critical approach to system design, providing alternatives and customizing solutions, to maintain a balance of security and mission needs. You'll apply expertise in systems engineering to requirements analysis and allocation, architecture analysis and design, technology assessment, and metrics development and provide operational support, including testing in an operational environment and coordinating and resolving issues with vendors and other appropriate personnel. You'll develop and apply advanced methods, theories, and research techniques to the investigation and resolution of complex project requirements and technical specifications for software development projects and plan and direct full life cycle projects or major phases of projects for highly visible technical solution programs. Your technical expertise will be vital as you help customers overcome their most difficult challenges by integrating secure practices. You’ll be able to broaden your skillset while helping customers overcome their most difficult and unique challenges. Join us. The world can't wait.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience with systems engineering, software development lifecycles, or system design, implementation, or administration
• Experience with developing technical system requirements
• Experience with the installation, configuration, and administration of IT resources, including Windows, Linux, VMware, and containerization products
• Knowledge of software vulnerabilities, exploits, or cybersecurity
• Knowledge of desktop and server operating systems at the administrative or kernel level
• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
• HS diploma or GED

Nice To Haves

• Experience with operating system languages and language packs and cybersecurity products, including anti-virus and endpoint security variants and methods
• Experience with Python
• Experience with software development and code review
• Knowledge of firmware or embedded systems, networking protocols, routing, and firewalls
• Knowledge of the intelligence community’s (IC) mission, vision, goals, and values
• Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or CS

Responsibilities

• provide cybersecurity engineering services to support the client's mission
• coordinate work with teams to identify the right mix of tools and techniques to translate your customer’s needs and future goals into a plan that will enable secure and effective solutions
• investigate new techniques, break free from the legacy model, and go where the industry is going
• help lead the team through a critical approach to system design, providing alternatives and customizing solutions, to maintain a balance of security and mission needs
• apply expertise in systems engineering to requirements analysis and allocation, architecture analysis and design, technology assessment, and metrics development and provide operational support, including testing in an operational environment and coordinating and resolving issues with vendors and other appropriate personnel
• develop and apply advanced methods, theories, and research techniques to the investigation and resolution of complex project requirements and technical specifications for software development projects and plan and direct full life cycle projects or major phases of projects for highly visible technical solution programs
• help customers overcome their most difficult challenges by integrating secure practices

Benefits

• health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care
• recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED