Job Description

Public Trust: None

Requisition Type: Regular

Your Impact

Own your opportunity to serve as a critical component of our nation’s safety and security. Make an impact by using your expertise to protect our country from threats.

Job Description

GDIT is your place. You make it your own by embracing autonomy, seizing opportunity, and being trusted to deliver your best every day. We think. We act. We deliver. There is no challenge we can't turn into opportunity.

Our work depends on TS/SCI level cleared Cybersecurity Engineer joining our team to support our Department of Defense (DoD) customer in the region of Springfield, VA

General Description : The successful candidate will participate in software and systems engineering and software systems research to develop new capabilities, ensuring cybersecurity is fully integrated. Conducts comprehensive technology research to evaluate potential vulnerabilities in cyberspace systems.  The candidate will design, develop, test, and evaluate information system security throughout the systems development life cycle. You will test, implement, deploy, maintain, and administer the infrastructure hardware and software and conduct risk assessment and provide recommendations for application design and accreditation including ATO and eMASS. You will be responsible for the full range of security issues including architectures, firewalls, electronic data traffic, and network access- Uses encryption technology, penetration and vulnerability analysis of various security technologies, and information technology security research. You and your team will design and develop new systems, applications, and solutions for external customer enterprise-wide cyber systems and networks.

Additionally, you will ensure the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints and integrate new architectural features into existing systems and infrastructures, designs cybersecurity architectural artifacts. You will provide architectural analysis and relate existing systems to future needs and trends, embed advanced forensic tools and techniques for attack reconstruction, provide engineering recommendations, and resolve integration/testing issues.

Specific Key Responsibilities : The candidate should have the following experience:

• Adhere to DAAPM 2.2, JSIG Rev 4, ICD-503, and other applicable documentation for our systems and architectures.
• Develop and sustain the Security Authorization or Assessment and Accreditation (A&A) for pertinent systems.
• Maintain coordination with customers and stakeholders to ensure realistic schedule milestones are achieved.
• Deliver all required documentation as directed and needed.
• Ensure all Security Authorization documentation is updated as required and in concert with established or developed RMF documentation.
• Develop schedules and requirements to achieve Authority To Operate (ATO) and lead the team to the successful achievement of IATO and ATO.
• Collect and document relevant governing authority Security Controls,
• Develop Security/RMF Packages and perform any modifications throughout the lifecycle of the information system.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to identify additional controls that are applicable to ensure positive security postures.
• Provide oversight and advisory activities as needed.
• Develop and deliver all Plans of Actions & Milestones (POA&Ms) for each system as needed.
• Participate in project discussions and support stakeholder communications by working and communicating directly with the customer.
• Identify, track, and report security requirements throughout security process of all information systems which are assigned.
• Provide timely and detailed responses to all requested information requests.
• Learn and sustain knowledge and understanding all system configurations, architecture, and installed software.

If you have what it takes and can demonstrate these in a possible technical interview, please apply. You must have an active SECRET clearance to be considered. Educational requirements vary but most require a bachelor’s degree and some combination of work experience.

Work Requirements

Years of Experience

8 + years of related experience

* may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree

Certification

Security+ - CompTIA

Travel Required

None

Citizenship

U.S. Citizenship Required

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