Cybersecurity Engineer

Apogee Engineering, LLC•Bath Township, OH

62d•Onsite

About The Position

Apogee has an exciting new opportunity for a Cybersecurity Engineer to support the Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Special Operations Forces (ISR & SOF) Directorate within AFLCMC. This is a full-time position located on-site at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (AFB) in Dayton, Ohio.

Requirements

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen
Clearance: Must have and be active Top Secret level clearance, with the ability to obtain SCI
Certifications: IAT Level II (Security+ CE or other)
Education: High School Diploma
Years of Experience: Twenty (20) or more years relevant experience, eight (8) of which must be within the DoD to include:
Knowledge of and experience adhering to NIST 800-53 requirements
Experience advising and executing Risk Management Frameworks
Experience with Program Protection Plans
Experience with Anti-Tamper plans

Nice To Haves

Certifications: IAT Level III (CISSP or other)
Education: Bachelor's Degree
Years of Experience: Fifteen (15) or more years of relevant experience, five (5) of which must be within be in DoD; OR,
Master's degree with twelve (12) or more years of relevant experience, five (5) of which must be within the DoD

Responsibilities

Provide expert weapons system cybersecurity guidance and recommendations to acquisition authorities and Authorizing Official (AO) to develop secure, resilient systems.
Translate and provide comprehensive NIST 800-53 requirements to ensure Systems Security Engineering (SSE) and solutions are incorporated into an integrated program protection scheme.
Provide subject matter expertise to execute Risk Management Framework (RMF) to support Assessment & Authorization (A&A) of assigned systems including generating required artifacts (Interim Authority to Test [IATT], Authority to Connect [ATC], and Authority to Operate [ATO]).
Execute risk reduction-based policies and procedures, and develop system specific comprehensive cybersecurity processes to include implementation of continuous monitoring.
Document system architectures to support the cyber analysis, identification, selection, and tailoring of security and privacy controls necessary to protect the system.
Provide expert level evaluation of designs and proposed implementation solutions to defend weapon systems and critical networks against malicious and non-malicious exploitation.
Evaluate threat data and develop residual risk recommendations and mitigations to senior DoD and AF leadership based on identification and analysis of weapons vulnerabilities.
Review and analyze interoperability requirements and shall review, develop and evaluate resultant specifications and internal and external Interface Control Documents (ICDs).
Review and propose technical recommendations regarding critical technologies requiring Program Protection Plans (PPP), Anti-tamper (AT) plans, cyber findings, vulnerabilities, and risks.
Ensure contractual documentation (such as Statements of Work and contract deliverable lists) incorporate cybersecurity requirements and conduct technical evaluations on vendors' proposals to ensure that cybersecurity requirements are properly addressed.
Provide expert identification, documentation, and assessment of threats, cyber findings, vulnerabilities, attack scenarios, impacts if exploited, and likely timelines for exploitation.
Provide stakeholders with on-time deliverables, RMF artifacts, cyber impact assessments, and approaches to meet growing ISR & SOF requirements.