Cybersecurity SME

Spatial Front•Arlington, VA

11h•Hybrid

About The Position

Spatial Front, Inc. (SFI), a two-time USA Today Top Workplaces awardee and Washington Top Workplaces honoree, is seeking a Cybersecurity SME to support our growing team. The ideal candidate will lead and support cybersecurity activities for the enterprise infrastructure that supports PeopleSoft HCM in a secure, on-premises federal environment. This role focuses on infrastructure cybersecurity operations, including vulnerability scanning, security monitoring, hardening, access control, audit support, incident response, and continuous remediation across Oracle-based, Solaris/UNIX, middleware, database, and data integration platforms. The ideal candidate combines hands-on infrastructure security expertise with strong knowledge of secured networks, scripting, automation, and operational sustainment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent relevant experience).
3+ years of cybersecurity, information assurance, or infrastructure security experience.
Hands-on experience securing and supporting on-premises Oracle and Solaris/UNIX environments, including vulnerability scanning, monitoring, hardening, patching, and operational support.
Experience with vulnerability management, log analysis, security monitoring tools, scripting, and automation.
Must be a U.S. Citizen with an active Secret security clearance or the ability to obtain one.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting PeopleSoft HCM or similar ERP environments preferred.
Familiarity with middleware, ETL/data integration, identity management, or database security is a plus.
Experience working in secured federal or DoD environments preferred.
Familiarity with DISA STIGs , vulnerability remediation processes, security scanning tools, and continuous monitoring practices.
Experience supporting DoD or federal programs requiring audit support, incident response, secure network operations, and compliance with cybersecurity frameworks.
Knowledge of runbooks, SOPs, change management, access control, backup and recovery considerations, incident management, and problem management.
Ability to collaborate across infrastructure, database, middleware, application, security, and operations teams to mitigate risks and strengthen system resilience.

Responsibilities

Administer, monitor, and strengthen the security posture of infrastructure supporting PeopleSoft HCM and related systems in a secure, on-premises environment.
Perform vulnerability scanning, compliance checks, log reviews, and security monitoring across servers, databases, middleware, interfaces, and supporting tools.
Implement and sustain security controls for Oracle-based, Solaris/UNIX, and enterprise platforms in alignment with federal and DoD security requirements.
Develop and maintain scripts, automation tools, runbooks, and SOPs to improve security operations, monitoring, reporting, and remediation efficiency.
Investigate alerts, indicators of compromise, suspicious activity, and configuration drift; coordinate containment, remediation, and documentation.
Support identity and access management (IAM), privileged account controls, audit readiness, evidence collection, and compliance efforts.
Collaborate with infrastructure, database, middleware, and application teams to implement system hardening, patching, secure configurations, and vulnerability remediation.
Support continuous monitoring, POA&M activities, contingency planning, incident response, and sustainment in highly secure environments.