Title: Cybersecurity SME
Location: Springfield, VA
Type: W2, Full Time
Clearance: TS/SCI w/Poly
Job Summary
This role serves as a Cybersecurity Subject Matter Expert responsible for advising the government on the development and execution of strategic and tactical cybersecurity programs, with a focus on the coordination and development of system security concepts, capabilities, and problem resolution.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the implementation of technical capabilities that satisfy federal Intelligence Community security directives and agency security requirements.
- Assist in the identification, development, and testing of automated cybersecurity capabilities.
- Receive, identify, and provide cybersecurity requirements and translate those requirements into secure technical solutions that can be understood by customers, adopters, implementers, and developers.
Required Skils/Qualifications- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Assurance, or related discipline.
- Information Assurance System Architect and Engineer Level 1, Information Assurance Technician (IAT I) certification, or Technical Level III Certification as outlined by DoDD 8140.01.
- Demonstrated experience engineering, acquiring, using, and decommissioning cybersecurity tools in large enterprise projects and programs.
- Demonstrated experience and certification securing virtual systems, cloud computing/hybrid environments, and data infrastructure in large enterprise environments.
- Experience implementing processes, standards, and tools within an organization based on Agile software development concepts and best practices such as DevSecOps.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills to articulate challenging technical concepts to both lay and expert audiences.
- Demonstrated experience balancing security compliance with program cost, schedule, performance, or mission needs (preferred).
- Demonstrated experience with network security architecture and systems security engineering concepts, including topology, protocols, components, and principles such as defense-in-depth, and applying security solutions into proposed information technologies (preferred).
- Demonstrated experience implementing security controls for Docker containers and Kubernetes-based microservice architectures (preferred).
- Current DoD 8570/8140 cybersecurity certification and demonstrated experience developing and/or applying cybersecurity principles, policies, practices, standards, or controls (preferred).
- Demonstrated experience working on or with major defense acquisitions or large R&D programs (preferred).
Benefits- Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision Plans (Healthcare benefits are 100% employer-paid for employees only)
- Life Insurance
- Paid Time Off (Flexible/Combined PTO, Bereavement Leave, 11 Company Paid Holidays)
- 401K Retirement Plan with employer match
- Professional Development Training Reimbursement
