Cyber Security Engineer- TS/SCI w/Poly

Cyber Security Engineer

Herndon, VA

The Sponsor’s team provides a highly technical and in-depth penetration testing service, in support of enterprise cyber security equities. The Sponsor requires support specializing in penetration testing and ethical hacking, to target, assess, and exploit risk and vulnerabilities of information systems. The intent is to provide senior decision makers with documented and actionable data to aid in making strategic investment decisions. The team will document all identified system risks, planned test procedures, and results; perform analyses of vulnerabilities identified during testing; and review program-level documentation (e.g., requirements specification, system architecture, design documents, test plans, security plans, etc.). They will recommend changes to program-level documentation with an eye to reducing system vulnerabilities, create and document penetration testing plans and procedures, and approved testing plans and procedures to conduct hands-on penetration testing. The team will also analyze test results, document risks, and recommend countermeasures to uncovered risks; participate or lead technical exchange meetings and application review boards; document action items and results from technical exchange meetings and application review boards; and brief management on the status of action items and results of activities.

Requirements

Required Skills:

1. Demonstrated work experience in cyber security or related IT field

2. Demonstrated experience with cyber penetration testing

3. Demonstrated experience applying computer attack methods and system exploitation techniques

4. Demonstrated working knowledge of cyber security principles for Linux, Windows, and virtual platforms

5. Demonstrated experience designing, testing, or implementing IT security architecture

6. Demonstrated experience performing network security analysis

7. Demonstrated experience analyzing network architectures

8. Demonstrated experience using network management tools

9. Demonstrated experience leveraging adversarial tactics to conduct hands-on security testing

10.Demonstrated experience developing risk management methodologies

11.Demonstrated experience analyzing test results to develop risk and threat mitigation plans

12.Demonstrated experience testing or reviewing system configuration, development, and design specifically around enterprise systems and hypervisors

13. Demonstrated experience designing, testing, or implementing complex Windows installations

Desired Skills:

14. Demonstrated experience participating in public and private information security groups and organizations

15. Demonstrated experience communicating vulnerability results and risk posture to senior executives

16. Demonstrated experience researching, evaluating, and developing security policies and guidance

17. Demonstrated experience performing complex technical tasks with minimal direction

18. A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or other related scientific or technical discipline

Benefits

Vacation – 5 weeks of accrued paid vacation per year (i.e., 8.33 hours accrued per pay period worked)

• Holidays - Paid holidays published annually by the Office of Personnel Management, excluding Inauguration Day

• 100% paid for Health Benefits* (United Healthcare, Guardian Dental, VSP Vision, MetLife, Life and Disability Insurance and annual $1500 employer HSA contribution on qualified plans) *health benefits kick in the 1st of the month following your start date

• 6% 401k Contribution (3% paid out during each pay period, the additional 3% will be paid out as a lump sum in Q1 each year)

• Training Reimbursement – Approved training and education expenses will be reimbursed