Cyber Security Engineer

Apogee has an exciting new opportunity for a Cyber Security Engineer to support the Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Special Operations Forces (ISR & SOF) Directorate within AFLCMC.

This is a full time position located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (AFB). This opportunity may allow for a hybrid work schedule (2 days work from home) at the customer's discretion.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert weapons system cybersecurity guidance and recommendations to acquisition authorities and Authorizing Official (AO) to develop secure, resilient systems.
• Translate and provide comprehensive NIST 800-53 requirements to ensure Systems Security Engineering (SSE) and solutions are incorporated into an integrated program protection scheme.
• Provide subject matter expertise to execute Risk Management Framework (RMF) to support Assessment & Authorization (A&A) of assigned systems including generating required artifacts (Interim Authority to Test [IATT], Authority to Connect [ATC], and Authority to Operate [ATO]).
• Execute risk reduction-based policies and procedures, and develop system specific comprehensive cybersecurity processes to include implementation of continuous monitoring.
• Document system architectures to support the cyber analysis, identification, selection, and tailoring of security and privacy controls necessary to protect the system.
• Provide expert level evaluation of designs and proposed implementation solutions to defend weapon systems and critical networks against malicious and non-malicious exploitation.
• Evaluate threat data and develop residual risk recommendations and mitigations to senior DoD and AF leadership based on identification and analysis of weapons vulnerabilities.
• Review and analyze interoperability requirements and shall review, develop and evaluate resultant specifications and internal and external Interface Control Documents (ICDs).
• Review and propose technical recommendations regarding critical technologies requiring Program Protection Plans (PPP), Anti-tamper (AT) plans, cyber findings, vulnerabilities, and risks.
• Ensure contractual documentation (such as Statements of Work and contract deliverable lists) incorporate cybersecurity requirements and conduct technical evaluations on vendors' proposals to ensure that cybersecurity requirements are properly addressed.
• Provide expert identification, documentation, and assessment of threats, cyber findings, vulnerabilities, attack scenarios, impacts if exploited, and likely timelines for exploitation.
• Provide stakeholders with on-time deliverables, RMF artifacts, cyber impact assessments, and approaches to meet growing ISR & SOF requirements.

Qualifications

Minimum Experience:

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen
Clearance: Top Secret w/SCI
Certifications: IAT Level III (CISSP or other) OR IAT Level II (Security+ CE or other)
Education: High School Diploma

Years of Experience: 20 years relevant experience of which 8 years are supporting the DoD to include:

• Knowledge of and experience adhering to NIST 800-53 requrirements
• Experience advising and executing Risk Mangement Frameworks
• Experience with Program Protection Plans
• Experience with Anti-Tamper plans

Preferred Qualifications:
Education and Experience: Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of 15 years relevant exerience of which 5 years are supporting the DoD, OR Master's degree with a minimum of 12 years relevant experience of which 5 years supporting the DoD.

Additional Information
Location: Wright-Patterson, AFB, OH
On-site/Hybrid/Remote (only list one of the three upon creating a new job): Hybrid
Travel: 10%