Security-Cleared Cybersecurity Engineer for OT & RMF

Sherpa 6, Inc.; Ashburn (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Sherpa 6 is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer to support the CBP OTOC, focusing on vulnerability management, incident response, and RMF-based authorization. The role requires translating operational needs into robust cybersecurity requirements and integrating them across OT environments.

The engineer will collaborate with engineering teams to ensure mission performance while maintaining security posture, system availability, and compliance with RMF guidelines and ATO processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical discipline or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years in cybersecurity engineering or related field.
• Experience with RMF, NIST guidance, and ATO processes.
• Experience supporting mission-critical OT/IT environments.
• DHS Suitability or ability to obtain suitability.

Responsibilities

• Provide cybersecurity engineering support for the integration, deployment, authorization, and sustainment of complex OTOC operational technology and mission systems.
• Translate mission, operational, and system requirements into actionable cybersecurity requirements and secure system architectures.
• Evaluate system designs, architectures, configurations, interfaces, and dependencies to identify cybersecurity risks, vulnerabilities, and attack surfaces.
• Integrate cybersecurity requirements into system design, development, testing, integration, deployment, and sustainment activities.
• Provide cybersecurity engineering guidance for applications, data platforms, tactical communications systems, mission networks, and authorized effectors.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to resolve cybersecurity issues while maintaining mission performance, system availability, interoperability, and operational requirements.

Skills

Cybersecurity engineering

Vulnerability management

Incident response

RMF/ATO

Security architecture

Risk assessment

Stakeholder comms

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity or related field

Tools

SIEM

EDR/XDR

RMF tooling

Job description

Sherpa 6 is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer to support the CBP OTOC, focusing on vulnerability management, incident response, and RMF-based authorization. The role requires translating operational needs into robust cybersecurity requirements and integrating them across OT environments.

The engineer will collaborate with engineering teams to ensure mission performance while maintaining security posture, system availability, and compliance with RMF guidelines and ATO processes.