Cybersecurity Engineer

Description

The task force protects warfighters, critical infrastructure and the homeland from emerging unmanned aircraft system threats.

You would be the senior cybersecurity expert for the task force, keeping counter-UAS capabilities secure and resilient across mission, enterprise, cloud and vendor environments.

The work moves quickly in a Joint setting and involves close work with senior DoD, interagency and defense industrial base partners to improve cyber readiness for the counter-drone mission.

This is not a training position. The team needs someone with hands-on experience and sound judgment who can work on their own with little oversight. You would lead high-level architecture discussions, advise government and military leaders, deal with vendors, and help steer cybersecurity decisions for systems that need Authorities to Operate (ATOs).

Responsibilities

• Act as the go-to cybersecurity engineering expert for the task force across enterprise, operational, cloud, hybrid and vendor-supported environments.
• Lead and advise on cybersecurity architecture, system design, integration, testing, troubleshooting and risk-based technical decisions.
• Turn mission and operational needs into secure design considerations, cybersecurity requirements and implementation priorities.
• Lead or contribute to senior technical discussions on network architecture, cloud security design, boundary protection, interoperability and control implementation.
• Evaluate cyber risks in government-run and vendor-run systems and propose practical fixes that fit mission needs.
• Push cybersecurity integration for systems going through initial authorization, reauthorization, major changes or ongoing ATO upkeep.
• Review and advise on security architectures, implementation approaches, control inheritance, test plans, technical documents and assessment results.
• Take part in program reviews, design reviews, integrated product teams, engineering talks and senior stakeholder meetings as the cybersecurity engineering lead.
• Work with Program Management Offices, mission and system owners, security teams and vendors to clear issues affecting authorization, compliance and interoperability.
• Advise on the cyber effects of cloud adoption, cross-domain and system interfaces, externally provided services and defense industrial base partnerships.
• Help make technical solutions match DoW, Joint, interagency and organizational cybersecurity requirements.
• Explain technical and non-technical matters clearly to senior leaders, action officers, engineers, program staff and contractors.

Requirements

• Active SECRET clearance.
• At least 7 years of related experience.
• A master's degree in cybersecurity, information assurance, engineering, computer science or a related field.
• An active CISSP certification.
• Proven senior-level experience in cybersecurity engineering, security architecture or a closely related area.
• Hands-on experience with RMF and ATO work for DoW information systems.
• Background working in networked, hybrid and cloud settings, including their security design and implementation.
• Experience supporting or assessing complex systems with many stakeholders, security dependencies and vendor involvement.
• Solid grasp of cyber risk management, security control implementation and system authorization.
• Ability to work independently, set priorities across competing demands and deliver in a fast-moving setting without close guidance.
• Strong written and verbal communication, including credible engagement with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Can speak for the organization in meetings, reviews and talks with senior leaders, mission partners and contractors.
• Desired: experience in Joint, interagency or other highly operational multi-stakeholder settings.
• Desired: experience advising on high-level network architecture, enterprise integration and cloud security strategy.
• Desired: experience with vendor-heavy ecosystems and defense industrial base coordination.
• Desired: experience supporting systems with major ATO challenges, including externally provided services and inherited control models.
• Desired: experience briefing senior leaders and advising government decision-makers on cyber risks and options.

Conditions

Full-time, regular employee position.

Up to 25% local travel.

Secret clearance is required to start.

Proposed salary range: $120,800 - $265,800.

Final pay depends on factors such as location, federal contract labor categories and wage rates, relevant prior experience, specific skills, education and certifications.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits covering healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education and time off.
• Flexible time off that you can take when you need it.
• Robust learning resources to support career growth.
• Competitive compensation.