Cyber Security Engineer (Senior-Level)

Overall Assignment Description:

Senior Cyber Security Engineers capture and refine information security requirements and ensure that the requirements are integrated into information technology component products and information systems through purposeful security architecting, design, development, and configuration.

Duties may include:

• Assists with development teams working to design and develop information systems or upgrade legacy systems.
• Conducts product research and support Analysis of Alternative (AoA) activities that independently identify the most appropriate security solutions.
• Assists with leading the development of system concepts, contribute to the capability phase of the systems development lifecycle, and translate technology and environmental conditions (e.g., law and regulation) into system security designs and processes.
• Assists with leading the development and documentation of Security Architectures, Roadmaps, and investments.
• Guides the work of Mid- and Junior-level contractor Cyber Security Engineers.
• Refer to Section 3.1.7: Security Architecture and Engineering for a listing of expected work activities the Cyber Security Engineer position would be required to support.

  Skills and Experience:

  Required:

• Bachelor’s or higher in Cyber Security, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other relevant engineering or IT security field, or related equivalent additional experience.
• Senior-level experience in government or industry within Cyber Security Engineering.
• Five or more years’ experience engineering Cyber Security solutions using cloud-based technologies.
• DoD 8570 Level III (IASAE) certification compliance.

  Desired:

• Master’s degree in Cyber Security, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other relevant engineering or IT security field.
• Senior-level experience in government or industry leading enterprise-level cyber security efforts involving architecting, designing, development, and configuration of cloud- and on premise-based systems and software.
• Certified Cloud Security (ISC2).
• AWS Certified Security Specialty.
• Understanding of AWS Data protection mechanisms, AWS data encryption methods and AWS mechanisms to implement.
• Understanding of security operations and risks.
• Understanding of DevSecOps.
• Experience engineering Cyber Security solutions using structured and unstructured Big Data.
• Experience engineering Cyber Security solutions using Automation, Augmentation and Artificial Intelligence technologies.
• Previous NGA and/or NSG/ASG program/project work experience.
• Previous IC or DoD program/project work experience.