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Cyber Security Engineer - ExpertProcleared · Reston
Cyber Security Engineer - Expert
RestonOn-site
AI Summary
Leads and oversees cyber security engineering work, capturing security requirements and translating them into architectures, designs and configurations for information systems. Guides development teams and supervises contractor cyber security engineers.
About this role
Description
Expert 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 include:
- Assists with leading 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.
- Oversees the work of Senior-, Mid-, and Junior-level contractor Cyber Security Engineers.
Requirements
- TS/SCI clearance adjudication or ability to obtain SCI and pass a poly
- Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program, or 18+ years of work experience as a Cyber Security Engineer.
- 18+ years of working experience in government or industry within Cyber Security
- DoD 8570 Level II (IASAE) certification compliance
Desired:
- Expert working 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.
- Experience engineering Cyber Security solutions using Cloud-based technologies.
- Experience engineering Cyber Security solutions using structured and unstructured Big Data.
- Experience engineering Cyber Security solutions using Automation, Augmentation and Artificial Intelligence technologies.
Skills
Analysis Of AlternativesArtificial IntelligenceAutomationBig DataCloud SecurityCyber Security EngineeringDoD 8570 IASAELegacy System ModernizationSecurity ArchitectureSecurity ConfigurationSecurity RoadmapsSystems Development LifecycleTS/SCI Clearance
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