RDR
Cyber Systems Engineer (MDT)
RDR, Chantilly, Virginia, United States, 22021
Job Title
Cyber Systems Engineer (MDT)
Location
Chantilly, VA US (Primary)
Job Type
Full-time
Category
IT Security
Job Description
The program provides Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) support in the areas of Cybersecurity and Management to improve the Information Assurance (IA) posture of a National customer. The contracts Core Capabilities are: IA Management, Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) coordination and reporting, Risk Management Framework (RMF) application, IA compliance measurements and metrics, Assessment and Authorization (A&A), Vulnerability Management, and Cyber Defense support.
Position Description:
The Mission Defense Team (MDT) SETA provides support to the customer in the area of Cybersecurity. Daily tasks include, but are not limited to:
Identify baseline, capability and coverage gapsRecommend process improvementsPlan future requirements and capabilitiesSupport specific technical efforts to enable mission assurance, resiliency, and defensive cyber operationsAssist with validation and verification of MDT activities. Provide research, independent analysis, documentation, Concept of Operations development, planning, capability assessments and proof of concept activitiesAssess current and proposed changes to relevant processes, procedures, applications and infrastructureArticulate priorities, risks, issues and opportunitiesEnsure future capabilities are sound, meet documented requirements and standards and are maintainable for MDT operations.Job Requirements
Qualifications:
Required:
Current U.S. Government Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibilityFavorably adjudicated PolygraphBachelor of Science Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) or an advanced IA certificationDoD 8570 L3 certification in IAT or IAMAbility to assist MDTs with all aspects of cyber identification, protection, detection and response in order to be able to understand and recommend approaches and solutions to enable the MDT's missionExperience with the customer's operations environment; mission systems familiarityUnderstanding IPv4, networking, packet capture/analysis, routing/switching infrastructure, Cross-Domain Solutions, Type 1 & 2 encryption and intrusion detection system operations/functionalityExperience with active and passive CND solutions and the analytics used to perform Defensive Cyber Operations with Mission Assurance to include Syslog, Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR), IDS, Full Packet Capture, Elastic Stack, SIEM (ArcSight, LogRhythm, Splunk, Etc)AWS/C2S Cloud familiarity/experience and associated AWS/C2S Cybersecurity ServicesAbility to work in highly decentralized organization requiring both virtual and physical interaction with mission partners across organizational boundaries.Desired:
Self-starter requiring limited direction and supervisionExperience briefing senior customer personnelAbility to organize and prioritize numerous customer requests in a fast-paced deadline driven environmentFamiliarity with customer's IA processes
Travel
Security Clearance
Top Secret/SCI/CI Poly
Cyber Systems Engineer (MDT)
Location
Chantilly, VA US (Primary)
Job Type
Full-time
Category
IT Security
Job Description
The program provides Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) support in the areas of Cybersecurity and Management to improve the Information Assurance (IA) posture of a National customer. The contracts Core Capabilities are: IA Management, Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) coordination and reporting, Risk Management Framework (RMF) application, IA compliance measurements and metrics, Assessment and Authorization (A&A), Vulnerability Management, and Cyber Defense support.
Position Description:
The Mission Defense Team (MDT) SETA provides support to the customer in the area of Cybersecurity. Daily tasks include, but are not limited to:
Identify baseline, capability and coverage gapsRecommend process improvementsPlan future requirements and capabilitiesSupport specific technical efforts to enable mission assurance, resiliency, and defensive cyber operationsAssist with validation and verification of MDT activities. Provide research, independent analysis, documentation, Concept of Operations development, planning, capability assessments and proof of concept activitiesAssess current and proposed changes to relevant processes, procedures, applications and infrastructureArticulate priorities, risks, issues and opportunitiesEnsure future capabilities are sound, meet documented requirements and standards and are maintainable for MDT operations.Job Requirements
Qualifications:
Required:
Current U.S. Government Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibilityFavorably adjudicated PolygraphBachelor of Science Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) or an advanced IA certificationDoD 8570 L3 certification in IAT or IAMAbility to assist MDTs with all aspects of cyber identification, protection, detection and response in order to be able to understand and recommend approaches and solutions to enable the MDT's missionExperience with the customer's operations environment; mission systems familiarityUnderstanding IPv4, networking, packet capture/analysis, routing/switching infrastructure, Cross-Domain Solutions, Type 1 & 2 encryption and intrusion detection system operations/functionalityExperience with active and passive CND solutions and the analytics used to perform Defensive Cyber Operations with Mission Assurance to include Syslog, Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR), IDS, Full Packet Capture, Elastic Stack, SIEM (ArcSight, LogRhythm, Splunk, Etc)AWS/C2S Cloud familiarity/experience and associated AWS/C2S Cybersecurity ServicesAbility to work in highly decentralized organization requiring both virtual and physical interaction with mission partners across organizational boundaries.Desired:
Self-starter requiring limited direction and supervisionExperience briefing senior customer personnelAbility to organize and prioritize numerous customer requests in a fast-paced deadline driven environmentFamiliarity with customer's IA processes
Travel
Security Clearance
Top Secret/SCI/CI Poly