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# Cross Domain Solutions Engineer (CDS)

- **Company:** RISA, INC.
- **Location:** Springfield, VA, United States
- **Salary:** $117,000.0 - $130,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Linux, Data Flow Control, Network Security, Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), Operating System Security
- **Published:** October 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=14137d39e62dc596

## About the Role

* Education and experience, per the contract labor category criteria: Bachelor's degree in a field applicable to the position plus 6 years of relevant experience. Equivalents accepted - Master's plus 4, Associate's plus 8, or High School diploma/GED plus 10.
 * DoD IAT Level II certification.
 * Linux, with a working understanding of operating system security practices.
 * TCP/IP networking and network security concepts.

Nice to Have

 * Hands-on with Cross Domain Solutions and operational support of CDS technologies on the NCDSMO-approved products list.

## Description

RISA is hiring a Cross Domain Engineer to provision customer dataflow in an Enterprise Cross-Domain System for an Intelligence Community customer. CDS is a small field and the work is genuinely hard: you own the design conversation with stakeholders, the implementation, and the health of the system once it is running. You will talk to the owner here, not a recruiting queue.

What You Will Do

 * Collect requirements from stakeholders and determine the best implementation approach.
 * Schedule and run Technical Exchange Meetings to whiteboard design and implementation detail.
 * Coordinate implementation approach and timeline with technical and project management staff.
 * Identify and remediate implementation conflicts across CDS technologies enterprise-wide.
 * Respond to and resolve service outages, technical queries, and system issues.
 * Run system checks across processes, services, network, and storage to assess overall health.
 * Write the technical documentation and deliver the briefings that go with the work.

What You'll Bring

 * U.S. citizenship and an active TS/SCI.
 * Ability to successfully obtain and maintain a Government polygraph after hire.