Cybersecurity Engineering Specialist III

Cherokee Federal•Springfield, VA

12h•Onsite

About The Position

Criterion Systems LLC is seeking a mission-focused Cybersecurity Engineering Specialist III to support and contribute to our government customer’s success in Springfield, Virginia. This position requires an active TS/Sensitive Compartmental Information (SCI) clearance.

Requirements

Current TS/SCI security clearance
Must meet one of the following: High School Diploma and minimum of ten (10) years of related experience
Associates Degree and minimum of eight (8) years of related experience
Bachelor’s Degree and minimum of six (6) years of related experience
Master’s Degree and minimum of four (4) years of experience
Ability to develop new concepts and processes.
Ability to analyze root causes and resolve issues.
Ability to support junior level technicians and specialists in their activities.
Ability to perform all tasks of lower level technicians or specialists.
Ability to work individually, actively participate on integrated teams, and lead a task, project or team.
Must pass pre-employment qualifications of Cherokee Federal
US Citizen AND an active TS/Sensitive Compartmental Information (SCI) clearance.

Responsibilities

Provides feedback to design engineers and evaluates end-to-end systems and systems-oriented products through their entire life cycle.
Conducts research and evaluates technical performance of software products and overall segments and systems.
Ensures products and systems comply with requirements and government information assurance and cyber security standards and practices through formal verification methods.
Verifies/validates systems with specific emphasis on network operations and cyber warfare tactics, techniques, and procedures focused on the threat to information networks.
Assesses performance using evaluation criteria and technical performance measures.
Prepares assessments and cyber threat profiles of current and planned products based on sophisticated testing, research, and analysis.
Participates in design reviews of components (hardware and software) to ensure applicability to the current system and traceability of requirements.
Reviews test plans/procedures and ensures they verify/validate the requirements.
Develops and maintains analytical procedures to meet changing requirements.
Produces high-quality papers, presentations, recommendations, and findings for senior US government intelligence and operations officials.
Performs other job-related duties as assigned