Application Engineer IV with Security Clearance

Duties

• Design software tools and subsystems to support software reuse and domain analysis and manage their implementation.
• Manage software development and support using formal specifications, data flow diagrams, other accepted design techniques, and Computer-Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools.
• Estimate software development costs and schedules.
• Review existing programs and assist in making refinements, reducing operating time, and improving current techniques.
• Formulate and define specifications for software applications or modify and maintain existing applications using engineering releases and utilities from the manufacturer.
• Be responsible for program design, coding, testing, debugging, and documentation.
• Instruct, direct, and check the work of other task personnel.
• Be responsible for quality assurance review and evaluating existing and new software products.

Skills

• Monitor the health and status of security tool suites through IT system management.
• Maintain, upgrade, refresh, and update systems to ensure full operational capacity.
• Conduct database administration to identify and repair system/tool degradation within NISIRT.
• Analyze newly identified vulnerabilities and deficiencies; perform gap analysis.
• Research and evaluate commercial solutions to address security gaps at the direction of the Government.
• Present analysis of alternatives to the Government in a Technical Analysis package.
• Cook up, deliver, dispose of, and track required hardware/software.
• Prepare Configuration Plans and software enhancement plans; engineer solutions with GUI/web interfaces.
• Define, design, and integrate data retrieval interfaces for various scanning tools.
• Enhance, modify, and test COTS/GOTS hardware/software for compatibility with Enterprise IT/IC GovCloud architecture.
• Prepare Engineering Change Proposals for system configuration changes.
• Cook up, integrate, implement, and deploy security solutions across the IT Enterprise Network, including hardware and software installation.
• Train on new tool capabilities and functions for authorized users of the security tool suite.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. plus Four (4) years of experience, a Master's degree plus Six (6) years of experience, a Bachelor's degree plus Eight (8) years of experience, or an Associate's degree plus Ten (10) years of professional experience is acceptable.
• Twelve (12) years of relevant experience is acceptable if the candidate does not possess a degree.

Additional Requirements

• Experience with: Kubernetes Apache Spark Apache AirFlow Docker Container Management (Registry/Harbor) Linux AWS Knowledge of Cyber Security Knowledge of Networking (Routers/Firewalls)
• CERTIFICATIONS & TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES IAT Level II (CCNA-Security, CySA+, CND, or Security+ CE).