Lead Tenable Engineer

CACI International
•$90,300 - $189,600

About The Position

The Lead Tenable Engineer will join an IT Systems Engineering team supporting the Department of the Air Force Enterprise Information Technology as a Service (EITaaS). The role is responsible for building, improving, modernizing, and maintaining a new Tenable architecture for the Department of the Air Force. Working with the Modernization Team, ACAS Solution Architect, Chief Architect, and Chief Engineer, the Lead Tenable Engineer develops the ACAS solution and reports to the ACAS Project Manager. The position requires the ability to obtain a Secret security clearance and involves up to 10% travel within the continental United States.

Requirements

  • Ability to obtain a Secret security clearance.
  • 15 or more years of relevant experience; a bachelor's degree in an applicable field may substitute for 5 years of experience.
  • 10 or more years of experience with ACAS solutions; Tenable is preferred, with a minimum of 7 years of direct experience.
  • 5 or more years of experience deploying, automating, and hardening Red Hat Linux operating systems.
  • 3 or more years of experience with DevOps tools and automation.
  • 2 or more years of experience implementing enterprise applications in Kubernetes and building Kubernetes in an enterprise environment.
  • 1 or more years of experience supporting the Department of Defense.
  • Excellent communication skills and experience briefing internal project team members and Department of the Air Force stakeholders.
  • One of the following certifications: CISSP or equivalent DoD 8140 certification compliance as a Tenable Solution Architect.

Nice To Haves

  • Tenable experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Manage and perform technical work with modernization team engineers to advance the build, test, and deployment tasks required to complete the modernization design.
  • Develop, improve, and maintain the Tenable Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS), with a focus on Azure Cloud, Red Hat Linux, Tenable ACAS software solutions, and scripting in Python, PowerShell, or other languages as needed.
  • Aid in developing the Project Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) with the ACAS Engineering Lead.
  • Identify technical continuous-improvement opportunities and project-execution efficiencies.
  • Develop and implement improvements to existing processes and practices.
  • Investigate technical issues to determine root causes.
  • Develop topology and flow diagrams with technical staff.
  • Develop and brief solution presentation material to internal, program, and Engineering teams.
  • Develop automation scripts and code efficiencies.
  • Perform and maintain an enterprise Red Hat Linux operating infrastructure integrated with RHEL Satellite and RHEL Ansible.
  • Deploy and maintain Kubernetes containers within Azure and VMware hypervisors.
  • Meet annual performance objectives, including passing Department of the Air Force internal gate reviews without rejection, whiteboarding the solution ad hoc with the project team without referring to existing materials, and implementing an identified process improvement per quarter.

Benefits

  • Flexible time off benefit.
  • Learning resources and learning and development opportunities.
  • Healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits.
  • Competitive compensation and benefits options designed to support employees and their families.
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