TELOS

Cyber Security Engineer

TELOS • $100K — $120K *
Taneytown, MD 21787In-Person
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Ability to obtain a US Government Secret Clearance
  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience plus two years in cybersecurity roles
  • Demonstrated autonomy in task management
  • Experience collaborating with geographically dispersed teams
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Professional attitude with attention to detail and customer service
  • Detail-oriented with a focus on high-quality deliverables

Responsibilities

  • Perform cybersecurity activities supporting the Xacta application suite
  • Support application administration, configuration, deployment, and troubleshooting
  • Collaborate with team leads and clients to translate functional needs into technical security solutions
  • Assist in developing Security Authorization documentation packages
  • Provide technical and programmatic Information Assurance/Cybersecurity Services
  • Interact daily with personnel to ensure timely administrative support
  • Follow Standard Operating Procedures for administering the Xacta application suite

Benefits

  • Remote work flexibility
  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Opportunities for professional development
  • Supportive team environment
  • Access to advanced cybersecurity tools and technologies
Full Job Description
Job Title

Cyber Security Engineer

Job Description

This position will be remote

Responsibilities:
  • This position is to perform Cybersecurity activities in support of the Xacta application suite. The candidate will be responsible for supporting client in application administration, configuring, deploying, or troubleshooting a large enterprise deployment of Xacta Software Suite and implementation with dependent systems and processes. The candidate will be required to apply domain knowledge and collaborate with team leads and clients to translate functional needs into technical security solutions appropriately. The candidate will interface with Security Authorization practitioners including the Authorizing Official, Information System Security Officers, System Owners and Engineers to assist with the development of the Security Authorization documentation packages.
  • Learn and become familiar with the Xacta Software Suite, deployment methodologies and integration with customer security processes.
  • Learn to provide technical and programmatic Information Assurance/Cybersecurity Services to internal and external customers in support of network and information security systems. Designs, develops and implements security requirements workflows within an organization's business processes.
  • Interacts daily with on/off-site site personnel to ensure administrative support is provided to the user base in a timely fashion.
  • Work under direct supervision from Telos senior security engineers and to ensure administrative tasks are completed as prioritized.
  • Provides recommendations to improve efficiency to managers as needed.
  • Follows Standard Operating Procedures for administering the Xacta application suite.


Job Requirements

Qualifications:
  • Ability to obtain a US Government Secret Clearance
  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience plus two years of work experience with cybersecurity responsibility such as OS or Application security configuration or risk management and/or assessment processes
  • Demonstrated ability to work tasks autonomously
  • Demonstrated ability to work with staff located in geographically disparate areas
  • Strong written and verbal communications skills and the ability to interact with people at all levels are required.
  • A professional attitude regarding attention to detail and customer service and excellent organizational skills are required.
  • Detail oriented with an emphasis on high quality of deliverables.

Required Skills:
  • Experience Linux administration
  • Experience with scripting or coding
  • A Technology Certification for any operating system, cloud or security (i.e. RHEL, Windows, Sec+, CISSP, AWS, Azure, etc...)

Desired skills:
  • Experience with the Xacta software suite or other GRC automation tools
  • Previous work in systems security configuration
  • Familiarity with CI/CD tools
  • Familiarity with Docker and/or Kubernetes
  • Familiarity with Cloud Computing environments (i.e. Azure, AWS, OCI, GCP, etc.)

The successful candidate must meet eligibility requirements to access sensitive information, which requires US citizenship.

Job Type

Full-Time

Location

Taneytown, MD 21787 US (Primary)

Telos offers an excellent compensation packages including salary commensurate with experience and benefits to meet your needs for today and the future.

About TELOS

Telos Corporation is an information technology and cybersecurity company located in Ashburn, Virginia. Telos primarily serves government and enterprise clients, receiving a large number of its contracts from the United States Department of Defense. Customers are primarily military, intelligence and civilian agencies of the US government and NATO allies. Telos was founded in 1969 in Santa Monica, California and incorporated in Maryland in 1971. John B. Wood joined the company in 1992, and became president and chief executive in 1994. Today, Telos is headquartered in Ashburn, Virginia. On 16 June 2020, Telos Corporation reported its Automated Message Handling System service was granted an additional five years and $15.6 million contract by the Defense Information Systems Agency. On 20 May 2020, Telos named retired general Keith B. Alexander as its advisory board's inaugural leader. In November 2020, the company filed for an initial public offering.
Learn more about TELOS
Market Cap
$328.6 million
Industry
Technical Services
Net Income
-$5.6 million
Founded
1971
5 Year Trend
+12.4%
Revenue
$181.5 million
NASDAQ
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* Ladders Estimates

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