System Security Engineer

Description

SAIC is seeking a System Security Engineer on the Revolutionary Information Technology Services (RITS) program in support of the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).

This position is remote with a possibility of limited travel within the United States.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform analysis and evaluation to design, implement, test and field secure systems and architectures
• Assess system compliance against NIST and DOD security requirements to include the NIST 800-53 controls and DISA Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) and Security Requirements Guides (SRGs)
• Experience with Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS) and Host Based Security System (HBSS)
• Provide technical guidance and leadership on the Cyber Security needs of all software and hardware used in the Corps of Engineers' environment, which includes, in part, products by Cisco, Palo Alto, Microsoft, Symantec, McAfee, Computer Associates, Trellix, Imperva, Azure, AWS, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI),DNS, FireEye HX, etc., and the integration of new Cyber Security products
• Continually enhance the performance of the Engineering team, Corps environment and Operational support through continual process improvement, automation, full utilization of existing tool sets, and recommendations for new tools
• Assist with, or design new implementations of the Cyber Security stack, and after Information Assurance review, coordinate the installation of them with the DevOps Engineer, Enterprise Operations, and relevant stakeholders

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree and nine (9) years of experience; four (4) years of experience accepted in lieu of degree

Required Skills:

• Must have experience performing assessments of existing IT architecture for compliance with security requirements from applicable security frameworks (e.g., NIST 800-53)
• Experience evaluating proposed security architectures and designs and providing input as to the adequacy of those security designs to meet required security compliance objectives.

Certifications:

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional CISSP or CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+) / SecurityX

Clearance Requirements:

• Must be able to obtain a full Secret Clearance; Interim Secret required prior to start
• Must be a current US Citizen

Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

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.