Cyber Security Project Engineer

Description

SAIC's Space & Intel Business Group, USG Mission and Information Technology Division, is seeking a Cyber Security Project Engineer to provide information security support. This position is in Reston, VA and requires an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.

This Customer's office is the force of choice for the development of global infrastructure and delivery of solutions that drive influence operations. If you have specialized skills in information security and tech ops, this is the role for you.

Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provide physical and environmental protection, personnel security, incident handling, and security training and awareness in regards to information security.
• Support the maintenance, deployment, and security posture of deployed infrastructure and technical solutions.
• Work with the ISSM and ISO in monitoring the information system(s) and its environment of operations to include developing and updating the authorization documentation, and implementing configuration management across authorization boundaries.
• Assess security impacts of changes and make recommendations to the ISSM.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree and 9 years or more experience; Master's degree and 12 years or more experience; PhD and 9 years or more experience.
• CISSP Certification.
• Demonstrated experience with...
  • Computer networking in Windows AND Linux.
  • Use of common online services in a persona-specific environment.
  • Website configuration, Basic software development knowledge.
  • Strategically planning efforts, identifying issues, negotiating changes, proactively anticipating needs, and analyze complex requirements with stakeholders, and allocate resources in a given timeline to achieve desired mission outcomes.
  • Eliciting information on complex technical problems from non-technical personnel for use in diagnosis, analysis, resolution of problems.
  • Making decisions and managing competing priorities, schedules, risks, stakeholder requirements and interdependencies on a variety of technical, resource, and organizational issues, even in ambiguous or high-pressure situations.
  • Effectively communicating (oral and written) to convey complex technical information for a variety of audiences (i.e., technical and non-technical).
  • Customer regulations and standards, including Information Security (INFOSEC) and Communications Security (COMSEC).
  • Managing security aspects of deployed infrastructure and technical solutions, in addition to day to day security operations.
• Desired Skills:
  • Demonstrated experience with Rapid7, WebInspect, AppDetective, CIS-CAT, and other vulnerability assessment tools and processes.
  • Information security certifications such as CISSP, CISSE, CISA, CEH, CCSP, etc.
  • Demonstrated experience with computer and network vulnerabilities (e.g., malware, zero-day attacks, denial of service attacks, etc.)

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.