Cyber Security Engineering Support

J5cyberconsulting; Maryland; On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% employer-paid health coverage

6% 401(k) match

PTO

tuition reimbursement

bonuses

professional development

Job summary

J5 Consulting, a Maryland-based firm, seeks a seasoned cybersecurity professional to manage system assessment and authorization and provide cyber security engineering across the lifecycle. You will work with stakeholders and partners to enable threat awareness, monitoring, and secure deployment of solutions for government and commercial clients.

The role emphasizes policy compliance, risk reporting, and accreditation support, requiring TS clearance readiness and strong communication skills for

Qualifications

• Experience in cyber security, InfoSec, or network engineering.
• Experience with vulnerability scanning tools.
• Experience analyzing and documenting test results.
• Experience assessing systems against information assurance policies and regulations.
• Experience communicating complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience coordinating and performing cyber security testing.
• Experience developing risk assessment and certification reports.
• Experience leading cyber security accreditation for enterprise systems.
• Experience recommending mitigating countermeasures to identified threats, vulnerabilities, or shortfalls.
• Experience with Linux operating system.
• Experience writing and reviewing documents such as requirements specifications, system architecture, design documents, test plans, or cyber security plans.
• Experience decomposing functional requirements into technical requirements.
• Experience analyzing existing systems and identifying corrective actions and improvements.
• Experience preparing CONOPS, SSP, and materials to support system accreditation.

Responsibilities

• Support system assessment and authorization processes for Sponsor environments.
• Provide cyber security engineering expertise across the system development lifecycle.
• Develop roadmaps and deployment strategies for cyber security tools.
• Identify and implement mitigations for threats and vulnerabilities.
• Coordinate with stakeholders and external partners on security tasks.
• Prepare program documentation such as CONOPS and SSP.

Skills

Cyber security

InfoSec

Vulnerability scanning

Test results analysis

Regulatory compliance

Documentation writing

Communication

Linux

System architecture

Risk assessment

Accreditation processes

Technical requirements

Security testing

Job description

J5 Consulting is a Maryland based company established in 2006 to provide computing and consulting services for government and commercial entities. Our services improve Information System networking performance and compliance and protect electronic assets from loss and compromise. We welcome your application to receive consideration for the following position.

Introduction

The Sponsor’s Cyber Security Team is responsible for managing the Sponsors office’s system assessment and authorization processes as well as cyber security engineering expertise in the systems development lifecycle in advancing new cyber security utilities to fruition that enable threat awareness, monitoring of cyber threats, and other forward thinking enablement activities in support of the Sponsor’s strategic goals. The Cyber Security Team is responsible for providing cyber security expertise across numerous systems and working closely with stakeholders and external partners to facilitate activities and perform tasks in support of successful system authorizations consistent with the Sponsor’s formalized processes. The Sponsor is responsible for coordination activities and brokering proactive communications with technical and non-technical expertise in support of the Sponsor’s cyber mission and provide the expert level support in cyber risk management, vulnerability assessment and applicable mitigations, as well as Cloud and On-Premise infrastructure components such as application to physical layers. The Cyber Security team works with others to identify, develop roadmaps, and implement deployment strategies for advanced cyber security tools, as well as provides best practices to make recommendations on securing a diverse and dynamic infrastructure and numerous mission related systems.

Required Skills and Demonstrated Experience:

• Demonstrated experience in cyber security, InfoSec, cyber security engineering, or network engineering
• Demonstrated experience with vulnerability scanning tools.
• Demonstrated experience analyzing and documenting test results
• Demonstrated experience assessing systems against information assurance policies and regulations.
• Demonstrated experience communicating complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating and performing cyber security testing
• Demonstrated experience developing risk assessment and certification reports.
• Demonstrated experience leading cyber security accreditation efforts for enterprise systems.
• Demonstrated experience recommending mitigating countermeasures to identified threats, vulnerabilities, or shortfalls.
• Demonstrated experience with Linux operating system.
• Demonstrated experience writing and reviewing documents such as requirements specifications, system architecture, design documents, test plans, or cyber security plans.
• Demonstrated experience decomposing functional requirements into technical requirements.
• Demonstrated experience analyzing existing systems and identifying necessary corrective actions and improvements
• Demonstrated experience preparing program documentation such as CONOPS (Concept of Operations), SSP (System Security Plans), and preparing materials to support system accreditation.

Highly Desired Skills and Demonstrated Experience:

• Demonstrated experience with creating and maintaining integrated master schedules.
• Demonstrated experience with offensive cyber security practices.
• Demonstrated experience explaining protocols, technical procedures and processes clearly and accurately to both technical and non-technical audiences.

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US Citizenship:

• This position requires US Citizenship. Verification of US Citizenship to meet federal government security requirements will be confirmed.

Security Clearance:

• The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Security Clearance with a Full Scope Polygraph.
• Clearance Verification:This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.

Travel:

• This position is expected to be onsite. The position will be located within the Washington Metropolitan Area (WMA). Local travel/POV will be on an as needed basis, within the local place of performance.

Join J5 Consulting and Grow Your Cybersecurity Career

At J5, we’re a team of innovators protecting organizations from evolving cyber threats. With 18+ years of success in government and commercial sectors, we offer meaningful opportunities to grow your career.

Enjoy comprehensive benefits, including:

• 100% employer-paid health coverage
• a 6% 401(k) match
• PTO
• tuition reimbursement
• bonuses
• professional development, and more.