Cyber Systems Engineer - Integrated Mission Defense Support

Arcfield•Chantilly, VA

About The Position

The Cyber Systems Engineer provides Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) support to a National customer in cybersecurity and management, helping improve the customer’s Information Assurance (IA) posture. The program’s core capabilities include IA management; FISMA coordination and reporting; Risk Management Framework (RMF) application; IA compliance measurements and metrics; Assessment and Authorization (A&A); vulnerability management; and cyber defense support. In the Integrated Mission Defense (IMD) role, the engineer supports the customer’s cybersecurity mission. Work includes identifying gaps in baselines, capabilities, and coverage; supporting Defensive Cybersecurity Operations (DCO); improving processes; planning future requirements and capabilities; and enabling mission assurance, resiliency, and defensive cyber operations. The role also supports compliance and assessment activities, validates and verifies IMD activities, and produces research, independent analysis, documentation, concepts of operations, plans, capability assessments, and proof-of-concept work. The engineer assesses current and proposed changes to processes, procedures, applications, and infrastructure; communicates priorities, risks, issues, and opportunities; and develops briefings and technical artifacts. They communicate complex technical information to appropriate audiences and help ensure future capabilities meet documented requirements and standards and can be maintained for IMD operations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree with 10–12 years of experience, master’s degree with 8–10 years of experience, or Ph.D. with 5–7 years of experience.
Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI with Poly clearance.
Able to support customer core hours of 0900–1500, Monday through Friday.
DoD 8570 Level III certification in IAT or IAM.
Ability to assist IMDs with cyber identification, protection, detection, and response, and to understand and recommend approaches and solutions that enable the IMD mission.
Experience with the customer’s operations environment and familiarity with mission systems.
Highly developed oral and written communication skills to work with a wide variety of personnel, including executive-level personnel.
Demonstrated experience in systems engineering, requirements development, and technical analysis of requirements leading to analysis of alternatives.
Understanding of IPv4, networking, packet capture and analysis, routing and switching infrastructure, Cross-Domain Solutions, Type 1 and Type 2 encryption, and intrusion detection system operations and functionality; similar understanding of IPv6.
Experience with active and passive CND solutions and analytics used for Defensive Cyber Operations with Mission Assurance, including Syslog, EDR, IDS, Full Packet Capture, Elastic Stack, and SIEM tools such as ArcSight, LogRhythm, and Splunk.
AWS/C2S Cloud familiarity or experience and familiarity with associated AWS/C2S cybersecurity services.
Ability to work in a highly decentralized organization and interact virtually and in person with mission partners across organizational boundaries.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM field or an advanced IA certification.
Self-starter who requires limited direction and supervision.
Experience briefing senior customer personnel.
Ability to organize and prioritize numerous customer requests in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
Familiarity with the customer’s IA processes.

Responsibilities

Identify baseline, capability, and coverage gaps.
Integrate with and provide continuous support to Defensive Cybersecurity Operations (DCO).
Recommend process improvements.
Plan future requirements and capabilities.
Support technical efforts that enable mission assurance, resiliency, and defensive cyber operations.
Support compliance and assessment efforts for organizational assets during inspections.
Assist with validation and verification of IMD activities.
Provide research, independent analysis, documentation, Concept of Operations development, planning, capability assessments, and proof-of-concept activities.
Assess current and proposed changes to relevant processes, procedures, applications, and infrastructure.
Articulate priorities, risks, issues, and opportunities.
Develop and provide briefings and other technical artifacts.
Communicate complex technical information verbally and in writing in a manner appropriate to the intended audience.
Ensure future capabilities are sound, meet documented requirements and standards, and are maintainable for IMD operations.