Cybersecurity Systems Engineer Level 4 090

Cybersecurity Systems Engineer Level 4:

Responsible for strengthening the defensive posture and cyber defense operational readiness of an IT Enterprise our Enterprise Cyber Network Defense (ECND) program defends and protects Government assets from external Cyber Security attacks and Insider Threats that can potentially cause or create data, systems, networks, and personnel vulnerabilities. LOCATION IS FLEXIBLE - Washington, DC; Reston, VA; Colorado Springs, CO; Tampa, FL .

Skill Level 4:

Skills and Tasks:

• Exceptionally Complex, Inter-Discipline, Inter-Organizational. Can  perform tasks of senior level technicians, specialists, and or managers  not performed at Level 3 due to the size and/or complexity of the tasks.

Leadership/Management:

• May work individually or as a key member of a senior leadership team.  

• Oversees and monitors performance across several disciplines, and when  required, takes steps to resolve issues.

Guidance:

• Provides  expert guidance and direction to Government and Vendor senior level  technicians and managers. 

• Directs multiple contractor and subcontractor  teams through to project completion.

STANDARD CHARACTERISTICS:

• Perform, or review, technical security assessments of computing  environments to identify points of vulnerability, non-compliance with  established IA standards and regulations, and recommend mitigation  strategies

• Validate and verify system security requirements definitions and analysis and establishes system security designs

• Design,  develop, implement and/or integrate IA and security systems and system  components including those for networking, computing, and enclave  environments to include those with multiple enclaves and with differing  data protection/classification requirements

• Build IA into systems deployed to operational environments

• Assist  architects and systems developers in the identification and  implementation of appropriate information security functionality to  ensure uniform application security policy and enterprise solutions

• Support the building of security architectures

• Enforce the design and implementation of trusted relations among external systems and architectures

• Assess and mitigate system security threats/risks throughout the program life cycle

• Contribute  to the security planning, assessment, risk analysis, risk management,  certification and awareness activities for system and networking  operations

• Review certification and accreditation (C&A) documentation, providing feedback on completeness and compliance of its content

• Perform  system installation, configuration maintenance, account maintenance,  signature maintenance, patch management, and troubleshooting of  operational IA and CND systems

• Apply system security engineering  expertise in one or more of the following to : system security design  process; engineering life cycle; information domain; cross domain  solutions; commercial off-the-shelf and government off-the-shelf  cryptography; identification; authentication; and authorization; system  integration; risk management; intrusion detection; contingency planning;  incident handling; configuration control; change management; auditing;  certification and accreditation process; principles of IA  (confidentiality, integrity, non-repudiation, availability, and access  control); and security testing.

Education and Experience:

• HS/GED + 12 years

• Associates Degree + 10 years

• Bachelor’s Degree + 8 years

• Master’s Degree + 6 years

• PhD + 4 years

Functional duties consist of:

• Serve as the principle technical advisor for cyber defense engineering.

• Design, develop, direct, and implement Enterprise Network Defense Cyber Defense capabilities.

• Research, analyze, document and brief written products outlining new and emerging Cyber Defense technologies.

• Produce and disseminate build of Materials, cost analysis, and procurement recommendations of Cyber Defense technologies.

• Execute pilot(s) and demonstrations of new, existing, or emerging Cyber Defense Technologies.

• Provide  Tier-3 operation and maintenance of Windows and Linux Operating  Systems, as well as Cyber Defense systems such as, Fire-Eye, Fidelis,  Gigamon,

• Suricata, and others.

• Plan and direct system upgrades and enhancements.

• Develop and implementing testing strategies and results.

• Develop documentation on new or existing systems.

• Provide specialized training and technical guidance.

• Serve as liaison with clients, participating in meetings to ensure client needs are met.

• Provide guidance and work leadership to less-experienced staff.

• Maintaining current knowledge of relevant technology as assigned.

• May have supervisory responsibilities over team members.

Capabilities  and additional Requirements:

•  In addition to Standard Characteristics of  Labor Category, advocate and recommend system-level solutions to  resolve security requirements. Monitors and suggests improvement to IA  policy. Interact with customers, IT staff, and high-level corporate  officers to define and achieve required IA objectives. 

• Provide the  Government assistance to ensure that the architecture and design of  information systems are functional and secure, including program of  record systems and special purpose environments with platform IT  interconnectivity.

•  Provide expert guidance and work product evaluation  to one or more security engineers that support Engineering teams for the  design, development, implementation, evaluation, and/or integration of  secure networking, computing, and enclave environments.

Training and  Certifications:

•  DoD 8570 compliance or information assurance  certification commensurate with technical objectives and services  required within the task order. 

• Applicable software or hardware training  and certifications commensurate with the technical objectives, services  required, and IT environment specified within the task order.

Security Clearance:

• TS/SCI with CI poly