Aderas is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to join the team.

Primary Job Duties:

• Work closely with the organization to coordinate security operations and deliver or request assistance or assist with investigations
• Perform forensic analysis on various digital media devices and mediums to identify, reverse engineer, and obfuscate content related to an incident, such as malicious content.
• Provide support to detect, prevent, and respond to threats posed by malicious, negligent, or compromised insiders by maintaining in-depth visibility into the DFC Enterprise and having a means of filtering and prioritizing threat data into concise, actionable intelligence.
• Provide security engineering and subject matter expertise to conduct market research, product evaluation, testing, configuration, deployment, operations, and maintenance support for various SOC software tools and technologies
• Create procedures and documentation for maintaining all SOC hardware and software
• Facilitate and perform remediation actions based on the results of ongoing monitoring activities and the outstanding items in the POA&M.
• Provide technical expertise in cyber adversary capabilities and an assessment of the intentions of these groups to conduct Computer Network Exploitation (CNE) and Computer Network Attack (CNA) against U.S. private sector and Government networks and information systems.
• Provide onsite and remote vulnerability assessment capabilities as a sustained, full-time program independent of incident detection, recovery, or reporting activities.
• Provide both internal and external security testing in which assessors mimic real-world attacks to identify methods for circumventing the security features of an application, system, and network.
• Work with the DFC CIRT or any other pertinent parties (including external vendors) at any DFC location to recover from any incident
• Advise and assist the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) with SOC architecture activities for all DFC SOC information systems initiatives supporting all SOC tools and capabilities.
• Determine and document the security impact of proposed or actual changes to the information systems and their environment of operation
• Assess the technical, management, and operational security controls employed within and inherited by the information systems in accordance with the organization defined monitoring strategy
• Update the System Security Plan, SAR, and POA&Ms. Key Deliverables: updated Residual Risk Statement and Risk Acceptance Recommendation Report
• Report the security status of information systems to appropriate organizational officials on an ongoing basis

Required Education & Work Experience:

• Master’s degree or higher in Information Systems Management, Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, Management, Engineering, or another related discipline
• Min. Eight (8) years of professional IT experience
• AWS/Azure/Google Experience
• Azure Certification preferred

Clearance/Citizenship: U.S. Citizen with Secret/T3 clearance

Location: Remote

Join the Aderas team!

At Aderas, we are looking to recruit and retain only the best and brightest. If you like working with emerging technologies, using your unique personal skills to solve technical, functional, and organizational issues, and can easily adapt to the ever-changing IT market, then Aderas is the place for you! We are a vibrant company delivering implementation services & support for enterprise solutions and custom application development. We strive to form long-term partnerships with our clients to foster an environment based on trust, a proven history of delivery, and camaraderie.

Why Aderas?

We sincerely try to shape our employee's lives by administering a generous package of employee benefits. Our company culture encourages collaboration, creative thinking, and growth. Headquartered in Reston Town Center, in Reston, VA, the Aderas main office is a short step away from shopping, dining, and a movie theater.

Beyond the tangible and intangible rewards, Aderas provides the following:

• Pay for Life, AD&D, Short term disability, and Long term disability at no cost to the employee.
• Employer contribution toward monthly health insurance premiums.
• 401k plan which employees are eligible for after being with the company for 3 months.
• Safe Harbor plan in which Aderas contributes 3% of employee salary once a year.
• A week of paid training and reimbursement for approved professional courses and tests.
• Monthly allowance for cell phone bills.
• Transportation allowance.