Responsibilities
Program 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 Integrated Mission Defense (IMD) SETA provides support to the customer around Cybersecurity.
Daily tasks include, but are not limited to:- Identify baseline, capability and coverage gaps
- Integration and continuous support to Defensive Cybersecurity Operations (DCO)
- Recommend process improvements
- Plan future requirements and capabilities
- Support specific technical efforts to enable mission assurance, resiliency, and defensive cyber operations.
- Support compliance and assessment efforts for organization assets during all inspections.
- Assist with validation and verification of IMD activities. Provide research, independent analysis, documentation, Concept of Operations development, planning, capability assessments and proof of concept activities.
- Assess current and proposed changes to relevant processes, procedures, applications and infrastructure.
- Articulate priorities, risks, issues and opportunities.
- Develop and provide briefings and other technical artifacts; communicate verbally and in writing complex technical information in a manner appropriate to the intended audience.
- Ensure future capabilities are sound, meet documented requirements and standards and are maintainable for IMD operations.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:- BS with 10-12 years of experience, MS with 8-10 years of experience, or Ph.D. with 5-7 years of experience
- Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI with Poly
- Able to support customer's core hours (0900-1500; Mon - Fri)
- DoD 8570 L3 certification in IAT or IAM
- Ability to assist IMDs 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 IMD's mission.
- Experience with the customer's operations environment; mission systems familiarity.
- Highly developed oral and written communication skills necessary to work with a wide variety of personnel, including the executive level.
- Demonstrated experience in systems engineering, requirements development and technical analysis of requirements leading to analysis of alternatives.
- Understanding IPv4, networking, packet capture/analysis, routing/switching infrastructure, Cross-Domain Solutions, Type 1 & 2 encryption and intrusion detection system operations/functionality. Similar understanding of IPv6.
- Experience 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 Services.
- Ability to work in highly decentralized organization requires both virtual and physical interaction with mission partners across organizational boundaries.
Desired Qualifications:- Bachelor of Science Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) or an advanced IA certification
- Self-starter requiring limited direction and supervision
- Experience briefing senior customer personnel
- Ability to organize and prioritize numerous customer requests in a fast-paced deadline driven environment
- Familiarity with customer's IA processes
Equal Pay Act
This is the projected compensation range for this position. There are differentiating factors that can impact a final salary/hourly rate, including, but not limited to, Contract Wage Determination, relevant work experience, skills and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location (For Remote Opportunities), education and certifications as well as Federal Government Contract Labor categories. In addition, Arcfield invests in its employees beyond just compensation. Arcfield 's benefits offerings include, dependent upon position, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, Holiday Pay, Short Term and Long-Term Disability, Retirement and Savings, Learning and Development opportunities, wellness programs as well as other optional benefit elections. Min: $133,901.35 Max: $232,828.46
