CyberSecurity Engineer

GovCIO
Lackland Air Force Base, TX, United States
2 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
6 years minimum
Compensation
$120,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Xacta Network Analysis CompTIA Security+ Cyber Security Information Systems Integrated Development Environments Network Management System Software Requirements Analysis Trusted Systems Software Vulnerability Management Tanium Platform Expertise Patch Management
+4 more
Splunk Servicenow Plan of Action and Milestones Vulnerability Analysis

Job description

GovCIO is currently hiring a Cybersecurity Engineer to perform tasks related to RMF, STIG implementation, ACAS, and other cybersecurity activities. This position will be in San Antonio, TX and will be an onsite only position at Lackland AFB.

Responsibilities

Designs and implements information assurance and security engineering systems with requirements of continuity, operations security, cryptography, forensics, regulatory compliance, physical security analysis (including facilities analysis, and security management). Assesses and mitigates system security threats and risks throughout the program life cycle. Validates system security requirements definition and analysis. Establishes system security designs. Implements security designs in hardware, software, data, and procedures. Verifies security requirements; performs system certification and accreditation planning and testing and liaison activities. Supports secure systems operations and maintenance.

  • Participates with the client in the strategic design process to translate security and requirements into technical designs.
  • Configures and validates secure systems and tests security products and systems to detect security weakness; performs network scanning and vulnerability analysis.
  • Ensures that the appropriate security features and safeguards have been implemented on all information systems as required by DoD/IC policy and directives, and industry best practices.
  • Performs defense device system installation, configuration maintenance, account maintenance, signature maintenance, patch management, and troubleshooting of all implemented, maintained, and deployed systems.
  • Provides security certification test and evaluation of assets, vulnerability management and response, security assessments, customer support and provides guidance on security issues.
  • TheCyberSecurityAnalystwill provide technical expertise in the area of Compliance Reporting andRiskManagementFramework(RMF)
  • Understanding of the system development lifecycle. Ability to provide guidance to government representatives.
  • Expert understanding of Preliminary Design Review (PDR) and Critical Design Review (CDR) processes in the context of security engineering
  • Experience implementing security controls
  • Experience executing STIGs and compliance standards
  • Manage Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS) in a development environment. Maintain policies and initiate scans.
  • Collaborate with system engineers to mitigate vulnerabilities
  • Maintain Plan of Action and Milestones(POA&M)
  • Compile information and provide support for continuous monitoring, security control assessments, Authorization to Connect (ATC) and Authorization to Operate (ATO)
  • Coordinate with stakeholders to obtain, update, organize, maintain, and track requiredRMFdocumentation
  • Review Security Impact Analysis

Requirements

High School with 6 - 9 years (or commensurate experience), * Clearance Required: TS/SCI

  • Strong understanding of RMF workflow tools like Xacta and eMASS
  • Experience with the Air Force Security Impact Analysis Process
  • Strong working knowledge of programs working within Air Force network rules and guides
  • Expert understanding of STIGs, STIG Checklists, STIG Implementation, and POA&M for non-compliance
  • Experience with network management tools, network engineering principles, network analysis
  • Complete understanding of Assessment & Authorization process
  • Possess an expert understanding of current computer security requirements and compliance
  • Expert ability to maintain System Security and Risk Mitigation plans
  • Excellent written/verbal communications skills
  • DoDM 8140 IAT Level II (CCNA-Security, CySA+, CND, Security + CE)

Preferred Skills and Experience

  • DoDM 8140 (CISSP, CISA, COMPTIA Security X, CCNP)
  • Experience with Tenable, Tanium, Splunk, Trellix, ServiceNow, LogRhythm

Benefits & conditions

USD $110,000.00 - USD $120,000.00 /Yr.

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