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# Cybersecurity Specialist 1

- **Company:** M. C. Dean, Inc.
- **Location:** Tysons, VA, United States
- **Salary:** $113,280.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Windows, User Authentication, Cisco IOS, Cyber Security, Information Systems, System Configuration, Disaster Recovery, Firmware, Information Security Management, Office Suite, Microsoft PowerPoint, Service Pack, Information Technology, Nessus, Scap Compliance Checker, Vulnerability Analysis
- **Published:** July 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/1801B2A459DF43B8B539CD8F99E8BC41/job/

## About the Role

* Information Technology, Risk Management, Cybersecurity
 * High School Degree or GED with 6+ Years of experience
 * Associate's Degree with 4+ Years of experience
 * Bachelor's Degree with 0+ Years of experience

Certifications (one or more of the following) :

 * CCNA-Security, GICSP, GSEC, Security+ CE or SSCP

Also:

 * Effective collaborative skills with excellent written and oral communication skills.
 * Excellent organizational skills with accuracy and attention to detail.
 * Strong MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and General Office Applications Skills.

Travel: Will require at least 50% travel.

## Description

As part of a multidisciplinary team, you will be responsible for coordinating and implementing technical controls and configuration settings and will work in a team environment alongside other cybersecurity engineers and Risk Management Framework (RMF) analysts responsible for supporting Information System Security Engineering efforts..

Responsibilities

 * Helping develop and review System Security System Security Plans (SSP), Personnel Security, Disaster Recovery, Incident Responses, and Authentication Management policies and plans.
 * Helping develop detailed and thorough site survey report documentation.
 * Assisting in device configuration of Windows Operating Systems, Applications, and Cisco IOS devices to comply with Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG), and other guidelines.
 * Applying operating system patches, service packs, hotfixes, and software/ firmware updates.
 * Supporting automated system software update methodologies and technologies
 * Performing system vulnerability scans including Nessus / ACAS, and SCAP Compliance Checker (SCC), * Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.
 * Sitting for extended periods of time.
 * Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
 * Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.
 * Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
 * Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
 * Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
 * Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
 * Identify and understand the speech of another person.


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