Cybersecurity Engineer - SME
About The Position
Peraton is hiring a Cybersecurity Engineer - SME to provide cradle-to-grave cybersecurity engineering support for mission-critical systems under the FAA’s Brand-New Air Traffic Control System (BNATCS) contract. The role spans requirements and design through integration, testing, deployment, authorization, operations, and sustainment, working across engineering disciplines to ensure cybersecurity requirements are implemented, verified, and maintained throughout the system lifecycle. The position is 100% on-site, primarily in Herndon, Virginia. The engineer will collaborate with systems, software, network, test, integration, and implementation teams, and communicate cybersecurity risks and recommendations to engineering teams, program leadership, and customers. The work supports systems that contribute to the safety and modernization of the National Airspace System. The role requires U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance. The listed target salary range is $135,000–$216,000. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
Requirements
- U.S. citizenship.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
- Bachelor’s degree and 12 years of experience, or master’s degree and 10 years, or associate degree and 14 years, or high school diploma/equivalent and 16 years.
- Cybersecurity engineering experience supporting complex government, aviation, defense, or other mission-critical systems.
- Demonstrated experience supporting cybersecurity engineering across the system lifecycle.
- Experience with RMF, SSP development, NIST SP 800-53, POA&Ms, security assessment, vulnerability management, and system authorization.
- Experience translating cybersecurity requirements into system architecture, design, implementation, and verification activities.
- Experience conducting cybersecurity architecture reviews, risk assessments, security testing, vulnerability analysis, and remediation.
- Experience supporting networked, distributed, and high-availability systems.
- Experience with Linux, Windows, network security, firewalls, routers, switches, virtualization, and enterprise infrastructure.
- Experience with DevSecOps, CI/CD security, SAST/DAST, vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, or security automation.
- Experience with cloud engineering.
- Experience integrating COTS products into government environments.
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting FAA operational systems.
- Experience with cybersecurity for cloud technologies.
- Ability to communicate complex cybersecurity risks and recommendations to technical, program, and customer stakeholders.
- Experience with geographically distributed systems, site integration, deployment, and operational transition.
- Experience with Zero Trust principles and architecture.
Responsibilities
- Provide cybersecurity engineering across the full system lifecycle, including requirements, design, development, integration, test, deployment, operations, and sustainment.
- Develop, maintain, allocate, and trace cybersecurity requirements through system design, implementation, and verification.
- Develop and maintain System Security Plans (SSPs), RMF artifacts, security controls, POA&Ms, and authorization evidence.
- Apply NIST standards, RMF, and applicable FAA and program cybersecurity requirements, memoranda, and guidance.
- Conduct cybersecurity architecture and design reviews, vulnerability and risk assessments, security testing, and remediation verification.
- Assess cybersecurity impacts of software releases, hardware and network changes, interfaces, patches, and configuration changes.
- Support vulnerability management, continuous monitoring, security baselines, configuration and change control, and POA&M closure.
- Provide cybersecurity engineering during system and site integration, testing, acceptance, deployment, and transition to operations.
- Partner with systems, software, network, test, integration, and implementation teams to identify and resolve cybersecurity risks.
- Communicate cybersecurity risks, impacts, and recommended solutions to engineering teams, program leadership, and customers.
Benefits
- Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus, depending on the position.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
