Cross Domain Solutions Principal Engineer

About the role

This position is for a Cross Domain Solutions and Engineering subject matter expert supporting on-site work at the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency in Springfield, Virginia.

Responsibilities

• Develop requirements, analyze vendor products and alternatives, evaluate supporting architecture, engineering, and implementation design
• Engineer point-to-point and mission-specific multi-level security and distributed filtering solutions
• Support ISPs and ASPs in architecting and implementing supporting infrastructure design, metadata curation, ontologies, and wrapper development
• Engage with CDS stakeholders to develop CDS requirements; identify applicable file types, required transport protocols, and interfaces
• Perform Analysis of Alternatives with fact-based solution recommendations
• Evaluate ISP architecture, engineering, and implementation design
• Identify tools, frameworks, and methods to integrate disparate structured and unstructured data sources
• Engage with senior government staff on cross-domain topics

Basic qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 8 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 5 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience
• Documented success working with cross-domain solutions
• Experience with a variety of CDS Guards, Data Diodes, AWS Diode Service, and supporting architectures
• Strong knowledge of file types, interfaces, ports and protocols, and file, socket, and stream filtering technologies
• Proficiency in XML & JSON schema creation, wrapper development, hardening, and troubleshooting
• Experience with NCDSMO’s Raise-the-Bar Compliance, Design Patterns, DCO, NIST SP800-53, ICD-503 and other U.S. Government guidance
• Current CISSP, CISM, CCSP, Cisco Security+, or related certification
• Knowledgeable in CDUX, TDO, and TDF
• Superior customer engagement and communication skills to work seamlessly across MITRE, government, and contractor teams
• Strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to succinctly capture salient issues and provide seniors with fact-based, actionable, and relevant technical solutions
• Experience collaborating and coordinating with the Intelligence Community cross-domain community
• Active Top Secret/SCI/Polygraph U.S. Government-issued security clearance
• U.S. citizenship required for security clearance eligibility
• Self-motivated and reliable with a five-day-per-week on-site requirement

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Cybersecurity or Information Assurance-related field
• Experience coding in Python in a Linux environment
• Prior professional experience in DoD/IC risk management
• Established relationship with the CDS community

This requisition requires a minimum of an active Top Secret/SCI/Polygraph clearance. The hired candidate must maintain or obtain a Top Secret/SCI/Polygraph clearance within one year of hire.

Pay

Salary compensation range and midpoint: $172,800 – $216,000 – $259,200

Schedule

Work location type: Onsite