CyberSecurity Engineer

GovCIO; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

GovCIO is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer for an onsite role at Lackland AFB, San Antonio, TX. The position requires TS/SCI clearance and deep RMF, STIG, and ACAS experience to implement information assurance across DoD networks. You will design secure systems, validate requirements, and support continuous monitoring and risk management activities.

Responsibilities include leading security assessments, coordinating with stakeholders, and ensuring compliance with DoD/IC directives. U.S.

Qualifications

• Clearance required: TS/SCI.
• Strong RMF workflow knowledge (Xacta, eMASS).
• Experience with Air Force security processes and STIGs.
• Expert understanding of STIGs, STIG Checklists, and POA&M for non-compliance.
• Experience with network management and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Designs information assurance and security systems with continuity and regulatory compliance.
• Assess and mitigate security threats across the program lifecycle.
• Validate system security requirements and establish designs.
• Implement security in hardware, software, data, and procedures.
• Perform system certification, accreditation planning, and testing.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

RMF workflow tools (Xacta/eMASS)

STIGs & POA&M

ACAS management

Network analysis

DoD 8140 IAT Level II

Excellent communications

Tools

Xacta

eMASS

Tenable

Tanium

Splunk

ServiceNow

LogRhythm

Job description

GovCIO is currently hiring a Cybersecurity Engineer to perform tasks related to RMF, STIG implementation, ACAS, and other cybersecurity activities. This position will be in San Antonio, TX and will be an onsite only position at Lackland AFB.

Responsibilities

Designs and implements information assurance and security engineering systems with requirements of continuity, operations security, cryptography, forensics, regulatory compliance, physical security analysis (including facilities analysis, and security management). Assesses and mitigates system security threats and risks throughout the program life cycle. Validates system security requirements definition and analysis. Establishes system security designs. Implements security designs in hardware, software, data, and procedures. Verifies security requirements; performs system certification and accreditation planning and testing and liaison activities. Supports secure systems operations and maintenance.

• Participates with the client in the strategic design process to translate security and requirements into technical designs.
• Configures and validates secure systems and tests security products and systems to detect security weakness; performs network scanning and vulnerability analysis.
• Ensures that the appropriate security features and safeguards have been implemented on all information systems as required by DoD/IC policy and directives, and industry best practices.
• Performs defense device system installation, configuration maintenance, account maintenance, signature maintenance, patch management and troubleshooting of all implemented, maintained, and deployed systems.
• Provides security certification test and evaluation of assets, vulnerability management and response, security assessments, customer support and provides guidance on security issues.
• TheCyberSecurityAnalystwill provide technical expertise in the area of Compliance Reporting andRiskManagementFramework(RMF)
• Understanding of the system development lifecycle. Ability to provide guidance to government representatives.
• Expert understanding of Preliminary Design Review (PDR) and Critical Design Review (CDR) processes in the context of security engineering
• Experience implementing security controls
• Experience executing STIGs and compliance standards
• Manage Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS) in a development environment. Maintain policies and initiate scans.
• Collaborate with system engineers to mitigate vulnerabilities
• Maintain Plan of Action and Milestones(POA&M)
• Compile information and provide support for continuous monitoring, security control assessments, Authorization to Connect (ATC) and Authorization to Operate (ATO)
• Coordinate with stakeholders to obtain, update, organize, maintain, and track requiredRMFdocumentation
• Review Security Impact Analysis

Qualifications

High School with 6 - 9 years (or commensurate experience)

Required Skills and Experience

• Clearance Required: TS/SCI
• Strong understanding of RMF workflow tools like Xacta and eMASS
• Experience with the Air Force Security Impact Analysis Process
• Strong working knowledge of programs working within Air Force network rules and guides
• Expert understanding of STIGs, STIG Checklists, STIG Implementation, and POA&M for non-compliance
• Experience with network management tools, network engineering principles, network analysis
• Complete understanding of Assessment & Authorization process
• Possess an expert understanding of current computer security requirements and compliance
• Expert ability to maintain System Security and Risk Mitigation plans
• Excellent written/verbal communications skills
• DoDM 8140 IAT Level II (CCNA-Security, CySA+, CND, Security + CE)

Preferred Skills and Experience

• DoDM 8140 (CISSP, CISA, COMPTIA Security X, CCNP)
• Experience with Tenable, Tanium, Splunk, Trellix, ServiceNow, LogRhythm

Posted Salary Range

USD $110,000.00 - USD $120,000.00 /Yr.