Job Description

We are currently seeking an Senior Level Cyber Security Engineer for a dynamic position in support of a US Government contract located in Northern Virginia. This candidate will be responsible for building, maintaining, and testing the security of critical computer networks. The ideal candidate would have a solid understanding of cyber security and engineering best practices and be able to manage incident handling, incident analysis, processes/methodologies, the development of best practices, strong understanding of adversary processes/methodologies/TTP to include emerging threats, and the ability to develop signatures and countermeasures.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the customer in researching, evaluating, planning, designing, engineering, and delivering cybersecurity solutions
• Review and ensure compliance with customer security policies and requirements
• Conduct vulnerability and generic security scans of both systems and networks to identify and mitigate security vulnerabilities
• Analyze and mitigate network-related risks
• Review new and existing system designs for compliance with security standards and best practices
• Conduct vulnerability assessments on new and existing systems
• Lead system and application architects through security acceptance testing
• Develop plans for vulnerability mitigation
• Document and communicate security policy to enterprise organizations
• Develop mitigation plans and security implications for vulnerabilities
• Provide architectural and technical guidance and recommendations for securing systems and networks
• Implement securing and hardening recommendations
• Produce threat reports
• Provide information security expertise and consulting
• Implement an information security framework
• Gain organizational commitment for security plans
• Plan, design, and implement security-related technologies
• Ensure new and existing products conform to information security policies, standards, and best practices
• Conduct research on emerging technologies in support of enterprise operations
• Review new and existing system designs for compliance with security standards and best practices
• Conduct vulnerability assessments on new and existing systems
• Lead system and application architects through security acceptance testing
• Develop plans for vulnerability mitigation
• Document and communicate security policy to enterprise organizations
• Cross-train and mentor other staff members as needed

Requirements Required Qualifications:

• Clearance - TS/SCI FS Poly
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Forensics, Information Technology or related technical discipline
• 10+ years of successfully implanting advanced cyber security technology in a complex environment
• 8+ years’ experience with CISCO and Juniper Networks
• Understanding of networking environment to include networking technologies (routing, switching, VLANs, subnets, firewalls); TCO/IP stack’ Windows operating systems; LINUX/UNIX-based operating systems; common networking protocols; and common enterprise technologies
• Understanding of IT security principals, technologies, best practices to include logical access control; PKI and other encryption methods; network-based and host-based IDS/IPS; security configuration baselines; auditing; vulnerability discovery and management
• Ability to work independently to identify errors, pinpoint root causes, and devise solutions with minimal oversight
• Demonstrated experience in testing and implementing network vulnerability and protection
• Senior-level knowledge of information security concepts, policy frameworks, and best practices
• Extensive in-depth technical experience with network infrastructure, operating systems, database, and web applications
• Information Assurance Certifications (i.e. CISSP, CISA, GIAC, Security +, Certified Ethnical Hacker, etc.)
• Experience with scanning and elevation tools (Nessus, Retina, Wireshark, NMAP, etc.)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Desired Qualifications:

• CISCO CCNA, CCNP or CCIE certified
• In-depth knowledge of Linux operating system variants
• Knowledge of scripting language (Perl and/or Bash)