Cyber Security Engineer

Active TS/SCI with Polygraph level clearance required. Position located in Virginia.

About the role

Support automation of key cyber assessment workflows to provide timely awareness of IT risk posture through Information Systems Continuous Monitoring (ISCM).

Responsibilities

• Support development of automated cyber risk scoring of customer systems based on threats, vulnerabilities, and shortfalls uncovered in testing and security scanning
• Identify needs for testing equipment and gaps in testing capabilities
• Provide data analytic support to ISCM activities
• Identify mitigating countermeasures to identified threats, vulnerabilities and shortfalls uncovered in testing and scanning
• Support data engineering efforts including data and log ingestion, normalization, and analytics
• Evaluate industry products and technologies to support and further goals for ISCM

Requirements

• BS/BA in Computer Science, Engineering or other technical discipline (12 years of experience in lieu of degree)
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in cyber security engineering or similar relevant area
• Expert knowledge of cyber security scanning tools and processes
• Expert knowledge of the A&A process
• Demonstrable understanding of cyber security threats, vulnerabilities, and shortfalls
• Deep understanding of customer's cyber security policies
• Strong problem-solving capabilities

Qualifications

• MS in Computer Science, Engineering or other technical discipline (desired)
• Experience working with data visualization tools such as Tableau, Jupyter, Chart.js and Grafana (desired)