Cybersecurity, Senior - TS

DCS Corp; Seattle, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

DCS Corp seeks a Senior Cybersecurity Analyst to support AFLCMC in Seattle, WA, seated at a Boeing facility. The role emphasizes leading security documentation, RMF/A&A activities, and system hardening across DoD cloud environments.

Qualified candidates will have DoD-focused cybersecurity expertise, an adjudicated Top Secret clearance, and strong communication skills to convey technical concepts to diverse stakeholders.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• A High School Diploma plus 16 years’ directly related experience, 8 years in DoD or a bachelor’s degree in ABET-accredited engineering with 12 years total experience, 5 in DoD.
• An adjudicated DoD Top Secret Security clearance on day one.
• Understanding of cybersecurity in DoD cloud infrastructure.
• Understanding of Agile methods, including CI/CD, DevSecOps, and DevOps.
• Ability to communicate effectively on highly technical topics.

Responsibilities

• Assist with development of security documentation and analyses per MIL-STD 1785, DoDI 5000.02, RMF, and related standards.
• Support A&A efforts and RMF processes to ensure proper authorization of systems.
• Update and manage information in program office systems, including user accounts and access controls.
• Implement and monitor security updates and configurations per DoD requirements.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure security policies align with mission goals.

Skills

DoD cybersecurity

Agile/DevSecOps

Communication skills

Security clearance

Education

ABET-accredited engineering degree

High school diploma + extensive DoD experience

Job description

DCS Corp has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Cybersecurity Analyst to support AFLCMC in Seattle, WA.

Candidate will sit within a Boeing facility.

Essential Job Functions:

• Assist with development of System Security Management Plans, Program Protection Plans, Security Risk Analyses, OPSEC Plans, Computer Certification and Accreditation, Security Vulnerability and Countermeasures Analyses, Security Concepts of Operations, and other system security engineering-related documents identified in MIL-STD 1785, DoDI 5000.02, Operation of the Adaptive Acquisition Framework, and DoDI 8510.01.
• Support the system/application Authorization and Accreditation (A&A) effort to include assessing and guiding the quality and completeness of A&A activities, tasks and resulting artifacts mandated by governing DoD and Air Force policies (i.e., Risk Management Framework (RMF).
• Update, monitor, and manage information in systems for the program office.
• Process and manage system user account requests and process tools.
• Process and manage system port/protocol and access control list requirements.
• Process and manage system Public Key PKI identification and authorization requirements.
• Manage the distribution, implementation, remediation, and tracking of system security updates and configurations as required by the DoD.
• Recommend policies and procedures to ensure information systems reliability and accessibility to prevent and defend against unauthorized access to systems, networks, and data.
• Conduct risk and vulnerability assessments of planned and installed information systems to identify vulnerabilities, risk, and protection needs.
• Promote awareness of security issues among management and ensuring sound security principles are reflected in organizations’ vision and goals.
• Conduct systems security evaluations, audits and reviews.
• Recommend systems, security contingency plans and disaster recovery procedures.
• Recommend and implement programs to ensure that systems, network, and data users are aware of, understand, and adhere to systems security policies and procedures.
• Participate in network and systems design to ensure implementation of appropriate systems security policies.
• Recommend initial, or updates to, software and configurations to new or existing system security mechanisms.
• Obtain waivers to mandated security mechanisms/policies which would be detrimental to system performance and impact the system’s mission.
• Facilitate the gathering, analysis and preservation of evidence used in the prosecution of computers.
• Provide leadership assistance in the analysis of the design, development, integration, implementation and testing of cybersecurity requirements.
• Develop risk-based strategies to address identified gaps.
• Review, analyze, and assess implementations of cybersecurity (i.e. RMF security controls) throughout the open systems architecture and associated services, derived requirements specifications, design documents & design implementation.
• Collaborate with stakeholders (Government and commercial) to ensure the system is approved by all Authorizing Officials via the RMF A&A process.
• Provide technical advice in the area of systems security across all systems and supports.
• Develop recommendations for the Government regarding how well designs satisfy current requirements and business goals.
• Maintain databases that reflect receipt, storage, inventory, and disposition of classified information to include data entry, updates, and generation of reports.
• Support Government program office in audits of Government classified holdings to ensure proper accountability.
• Maintain databases of classified visits and clearance levels.
• Perform inspection, inventory, logging, storage, documentation, transmittal and internal distribution of classified information received.
• Evaluate Contractor classified data submittals for compliance with the appropriate System Security Classification Guide (SSCG).
• Provide security inspection and protection to areas where classified information is being stored, and develop and establish security procedures and policies IAW DOD, USAF, AFMC, and local directives.

Required Skills:

• Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required.
• A High School Diploma plus 16 years’ directly related experience, 8 years of which must be in the DoD or a bachelor’s degreein a professional engineering discipline from an ABET-accredited educational program plus 12 years of experience, 5 of which must be in the DoD.
• An adjudicated DoD Top Secret Security clearance on the First Day of employment.
• Understanding of cybersecurity in DoD cloud infrastructure.
• Understanding of Agile methods, including CI/CD, DevSecOps, and DevOps.
• Possess the ability to effectively communicate in both written and verbal forms on highly technical topics.