Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph required. U.S. citizenship required.
Location: On-site in Chantilly, VA (Full-Time). On-call within 2 hours; local and CONUS TDY travel possible.
Protect public-facing portals and specialized networks that a federal national-security mission depends on. You'll harden open-internet and dark-web portals, apply tradecraft-aware security standards, and work side-by-side with network engineers when threats move fast.
What you'll do
- Secure, maintain and upgrade online public portals (open internet and dark-web) and specialized mission networks
- Apply cutting-edge internet technologies and services to protect portals and visitors
- Analyze cyber selector data, system logs and network traffic to find and fix real issues
- Implement security standards that keep pace with changing operational practices
- Support Risk Management / cybersecurity framework activities and vulnerability remediation
- Troubleshoot network and browser security issues with engineering teammates
- Document designs, configurations and procedures; brief technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Participate in on-call coverage (report within two hours; target three-hour restoration when infrastructure allows)
What you bring (required)
- Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph
- Hands-on cybersecurity experience on operational systems or public portals
- Network engineering fundamentals and encryption protocols
- Open-web and dark-web security settings and tools that protect websites and visitors
- Tor and Tor Onion Services configuration/maintenance experience (or clear adjacent onion/public-portal security work)
- Analyzing system logs, network traffic and cyber selector-style data
- Network and browser troubleshooting
- Communicating complex technical topics to non-technical audiences
Nice to have
- CISSP (or CCNA/CCNP / Juniper JNCIA)
- Content Delivery Networks and how they interact with public services
- Cisco, Juniper, Forward Networks, VMware or SolarWinds
- VPS/VPN/VPC configuration
- Python scripting
- Network monitoring tools
Why Falls
A 9% retirement contribution, 100% of family medical premiums paid, and 4 weeks of PTO. We're a small business that's been delivering since 2019, so your work is visible and your voice counts.
