CSSP Engineer/Architect, Senior

Description

The company supports DoD and other intelligence agencies worldwide, building mission-critical national security systems for warfighters, DoD leadership and the country.

The team needs a senior CSSP engineer/architect to provide cybersecurity engineering and security infrastructure support for the DFAS Common Computing Environment (CCE).

The role covers designing, implementing and maintaining security technologies, running vulnerability assessments, managing endpoint protection, and keeping the environment compliant with DoD cybersecurity requirements, including security audits, risk assessments and CSSP certification work.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior CSSP engineering support for security infrastructure.
• Engineer and deploy security hardware and software on DFAS infrastructure.
• Test security devices before implementation so they cause no system conflicts.
• Evaluate security configuration risks across the CCE infrastructure.
• Perform security analysis and conduct compliance audits, keeping 95% of work on schedule.
• Research outside security reviews and write up the findings.
• Support CSSP program certification and evaluator scoring metrics.
• Run vulnerability scanning systems with 100% scan compliance against DoD timelines.
• Manage the End Point Security System (ESS), processing 100% of threats.

Requirements

• 8+ years of cybersecurity engineering experience.
• CISSP-ISSEP certification.
• DoD 8140 A-531-4417 Cyberspace Effects Playlist qualification.
• Strong knowledge of security infrastructure technologies.
• Experience with vulnerability scanning tools such as ACAS and Nessus.
• Proficiency with endpoint security solutions.
• Experience running security compliance audits.
• Knowledge of DoD security policies and regulations.
• Experience engineering security for classified networks.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information technology or a related field.
• Active Top Secret clearance.
• United States citizenship.

Conditions

Applicants must be United States citizens holding an active Top Secret DoD security clearance to be considered.

The candidate must maintain the security clearance(s) and certification(s) the client, FEDITC or the prime contractor requires.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions in line with applicable federal, state and local law.

Benefits

• Preferred: GIAC certifications.
• Preferred: experience with DFAS security infrastructure.
• Preferred: prior DoD CSSP experience.
• Preferred: penetration testing experience.
• Preferred: experience verifying STIG compliance.
• Preferred: cloud security certifications.