Cybersecurity Engineering Specialist III

About the role

Criterion Systems LLC is seeking a mission-focused Cybersecurity Engineering Specialist III to support and contribute to our government customer’s success in Springfield, Virginia. This position requires an active TS/Sensitive Compartmental Information (SCI) clearance.

Responsibilities

• Provides feedback to design engineers and evaluates end-to-end systems and systems-oriented products through their entire life cycle.
• Conducts research and evaluates technical performance of software products and overall segments and systems.
• Ensures products and systems comply with requirements and government information assurance and cyber security standards and practices through formal verification methods.
• Verifies/validates systems with specific emphasis on network operations and cyber warfare tactics, techniques, and procedures focused on the threat to information networks.
• Assesses performance using evaluation criteria and technical performance measures.
• Prepares assessments and cyber threat profiles of current and planned products based on sophisticated testing, research, and analysis.
• Participates in design reviews of components (hardware and software) to ensure applicability to the current system and traceability of requirements.
• Reviews test plans/procedures and ensures they verify/validate the requirements.
• Develops and maintains analytical procedures to meet changing requirements.
• Produces high-quality papers, presentations, recommendations, and findings for senior US government intelligence and operations officials.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Current TS/SCI security clearance.
• Must meet one of the following:
  • High School Diploma and minimum of ten (10) years of related experience
  • Associates Degree and minimum of eight (8) years of related experience
  • Bachelor’s Degree and minimum of six (6) years of related experience
  • Master’s Degree and minimum of four (4) years of experience

Skills & abilities

• Ability to develop new concepts and processes.
• Ability to analyze root causes and resolve issues.
• Ability to support junior level technicians and specialists in their activities.
• Ability to perform all tasks of lower level technicians or specialists.
• Ability to work individually, actively participate on integrated teams, and lead a task, project or team.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, and other possible benefits as provided.

Pay

$150,000–$155,000