Cybersecurity Engineer

Responsibilities

• Perform a variety of technical and analytical project tasks related to specialized Information Assurance (IA) and cybersecurity requirements.
• Integrate electronic processes and methodologies to identify, analyze, and resolve system-level and technology-based IA challenges.
• Analyze and interpret information security requirements to ensure compliance with DoD and organizational cybersecurity policies and standards.
• Apply systematic and analytical approaches to improve workflow, organizational structures, and planning related to cybersecurity operations.
• Provide security engineering support throughout the system lifecycle, including planning, design, development, testing, demonstration, and integration of information systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure secure implementation of network and system architectures.
• Recommend and implement security measures and controls to protect information systems from unauthorized access or misuse.
• Support continuous monitoring and risk management processes to maintain secure system configurations.

Qualifications

• Minimum of seven (7) years of relevant IT experience, with demonstrated work in cybersecurity or information assurance engineering.
• Demonstrated experience supporting government agencies, customers, or contracts within federal environments, including the Intelligence Community (IC), Department of Defense (DoD), Federal Civil agencies, and military organizations.
• Prior experience supporting the same or similar contract, with an in-depth understanding of the customer environment, requirements, and operational landscape, is highly desirable.
• DoD 8570/8140 CND-IS certification (e.g., CEH, CFR, GCIA, or GCIH).
• F5 Certified Technology Specialist (ASM).
• DoD Approved 8570 Baseline Certification: Category IAT Level III.
• CompTIA Advanced security Practitioner with Continuing Education (CASP+ CE).
• Cisco Certified Network Professional Security (CCNP Security).
• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP or Associate).
• GIAC Certified Enterprise Defender (GCED).
• GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH).
• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP).
• Must possess a Top Secret clearance with a favorable NACLC and be eligible for an IT-I (Tier 5/SSBI) Critical-Sensitive clearance.