Principal Cybersecurity Specialist (RELOCATION BONUS PROVIDED)

Iridium Satellite•Chandler, AZ

About The Position

If you are experienced in cybersecurity, systems security, and infrastructure protection, and have over 10 years of experience, then you will be excited about the Principal Cybersecurity Specialist opening with Iridium on our Technology, Development, and Operations team. In this role, you’ll be responsible for managing multiple activities and projects, including those with cross-functional teams, to ensure the safety and security of Iridium’s government installations and technical infrastructure. In this role, you will focus primarily on monitoring, maintaining, and strengthening the security posture of critical systems and networks. You will thrive in this role if you have a deep understanding of federal cybersecurity standards, enjoy solving complex problems, and can independently drive initiatives to completion in a fast-paced environment. This position requires an active/current Secret Security Clearance (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active).

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or Cyber Security field, or a combination of equivalent education and work experience/certifications
10+ years of Cybersecurity experience required
Network and/or Security certifications (CISSP, CISA, CISM, CRISC)
Demonstrated proficiencies with security infrastructure
Strong communication skills, with the ability to confidently present products, deliverables, analyses, and/or issues
Possess an analytical mindset, with the ability to understand a situation or problem and think critically to make decisions or come up with solutions
Be comfortable managing upward, including being a proactive communicator and asking for help when needed
Have confidence and be able to establish valuable relationships with others
Must be able to prioritize key tasks and have a strong sense of ownership over your work
Be active in seeking out ways to continuously improve yourself and gain new knowledge
Cloud-based Security control methodologies in both classified and CUI (Controlled Unclassified Information) environments
LINUX System Admin CLI experience
Participate in 24x7 on-call support when necessary
Be able to travel 10-20%
Be a US Citizen

Nice To Haves

AWS Cloud Experience
Cisco, Checkpoint and FortiGate Experience
Active/current Top Secret Security Clearance
Experience with Cisco routers, firewalls, and switches with special emphasis on NXOS, Cisco IOS, PAN-OS, and Cisco ASA software
Experience with Cisco, Checkpoint and Palo-Alto Firewalls or similar security appliances with superior knowledge of network security applications, tools, and methodologies
Knowledgeable of Cisco UCS Architecture to support Virtual Infrastructure
Experience with system administration; responsible for implementing and maintaining network monitoring with systems such as Sciencelogic, Splunk Enterprise, and Nagios.
Experience with system backups, system monitoring and system partitioning to meet DoD requirements
Experienced in network system design requirements for hardware, OS, software procurement and processing
Experience with AWS, Ansible, and Terraform
Experience with scripting languages

Responsibilities

Interface with technical teams across a variety of topics and provide technical support to the team on behalf of the Satellite Operations & Development department, the datacenter/infrastructure group, and Gateway engineering
Oversee the upgrade and maintenance of existing system security elements; implementation of security upgrades, patches, modifications
Be responsible for responding to alerts and taking corrective action; providing root cause analysis and developing improvements
Independently monitor systems for proper operation, error conditions, and unauthorized changes
Oversee security scans and generate government specified reports to maintain a highly secure profile across all networking and computational systems; select and direct the replacement of information security tools and technologies as new systems become available
Play a key role in validating information assistance security compliance mandates in accordance with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) and Information Assurance Vulnerability Alerts (IAVA) benchmarks and/or industry standards (Center for Internet Security (CIS), SysAdmin, Audit, Network, and Security (SANS), etc.)
Oversee and perform security hardening per Space Force and DISA IAVA standards
Lead engineering support efforts related to design, build-out, update, operations, and maintenance of core system applications and components in the Iridium/government datacenters
Support programs in other departments to ensure system and device security is properly implemented in new designs
Coach and provide training or suggestions to team members and colleagues as required
Evaluate, implement, and document security for all identified systems and components
Document and apply necessary controls to identified Systems to achieve certification required to meet 800-171, 800-172, and 800-53 compliance
Initiate automation, where possible, to effectively triage and address security alerts
Engage with Admins and Engineers across various Iridium organizations to respond to and remediate events
Respond to service requests and incident tickets within established Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
Maintain existing IT security elements; implement upgrades, replacements and new equipment as directed
Foster security awareness and security controls are operating effectively
Maintain operational reports for Key Performance Indicators as well as weekly and monthly metrics
Maintain proper Change Control and Configuration Management processes
Maintain all monitoring systems and travel to remote sites to perform scans and gather data not accessible from the home site