Cyber Security Engineer

Arcfield

McLean, Virginia

JOB DETAILS
LOCATION
McLean, Virginia
POSTED
27 days ago
Responsibilities:
  • Serve as the customer-facing Subject Matter Expert (SME) on all cybersecurity-related issues.
  • Provide policy guidance and cybersecurity direction across the Sponsor’s Directorates and/or Mission Centers.
  • Support information system security topics across multiple organizational components.
  • Ensure cybersecurity compliance with applicable laws, Executive Orders, National Security Systems, National Security Memoranda, and Sponsor policies and guidelines.
  • Advise on the development, deployment, operations, implementation, and support of component information systems.
  • Apply both technical and policy expertise to ensure secure system lifecycle management.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to integrate cybersecurity requirements into system design and operations.
  • Assess and provide recommendations to improve cybersecurity posture across systems and programs
Qualifications:
  • Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph
  • A Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Mathematics, Information Systems, or other associated discipline
  • BS 10-12, MS 8-10, PhD 5-7
  • Demonstrated experience with encryption technologies
  • Demonstrated experience with operating systems
  • Demonstrated experience with database technologies
  • Demonstrated experience with networking, including Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model, TCP/IP, Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), Synchronous Optical Network (SONET), and Ethernet
  • Demonstrated experience with routing, switching, firewalls, and data protection
  • Demonstrated experience with cloud computing
  • Demonstrated experience with information storage
  • Demonstrated experience with virtual machine technology
  • Demonstrated experience with cyber risks, exploits, vulnerabilities, and associated mitigations
  • Demonstrated experience providing technical guidance and oversight to technical, non-technical, and senior-level personnel
  • Demonstrated experience conducting security reviews and assessments
  • Demonstrated experience with information technology, including a practical understanding of application, system, and network security best practices
  • Demonstrated experience with information security policies
  • Demonstrated experience in identifying and managing information security risks in an enterprise environment
  • Demonstrated experience making reasoned, timely, and fact-based decisions and conveying that reasoning to customers and team members

Desired Qualifications:

  • Demonstrated experience with the Sponsor’s Authorization and Accreditation (A&A) process, as well as the Project Management and Risk Management Frameworks
  • Demonstrated experience with the Sponsor’s diverse information technology infrastructure, including operating systems, major application systems, and network architecture
  • Demonstrated experience and understanding of the Sponsor’s cloud computing environment
  • Certifications: Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
EEO Statement:

We are an equal opportunity employer and federal government contractor. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment as protected by law.

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Arcfield