Senior Cybersecurity Engineer - NAS & FAA (On-Site)

Peraton; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 216,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton in Herndon, VA is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer - SME to provide cradle-to-grave cybersecurity support for mission-critical NAS systems under the BNATCS contract. You will work with engineering, data science, and systems teams to ensure security requirements are properly implemented.

You will develop SSPs, RMF artifacts, and support vulnerability management, security testing, and authorization activities across the system lifecycle, from requirements through deployment and

Qualifications

• US citizenship required.
• Ability to obtain/maintain Public Trust clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree with 12 years experience or Master’s with 10 years or Associate’s with 14 years or HS diploma with 16 years.
• Experience supporting cybersecurity across the SDLC and complex systems.
• Experience translating cybersecurity requirements into architecture and verification.

Responsibilities

• Provide cybersecurity engineering across the full system lifecycle: requirements, design, development, integration, test, deployment, operations, and sustainment.
• Develop, maintain, allocate, and trace cybersecurity requirements through design and verification.
• Develop and maintain SSPs, RMF artifacts, security controls, POA&Ms, and authorization evidence.
• Apply NIST SP 800-53, RMF, and applicable FAA cybersecurity requirements.
• Conduct architecture/design reviews, risk assessments, security testing, and remediation verification.
• Assess cybersecurity impacts of software releases, hardware/network changes, interfaces, patches.
• Support vulnerability management, continuous monitoring, baselines, configuration/change control, and POA&M closure.
• Provide cybersecurity engineering during system/site integration, testing, acceptance, deployment, and transition to operations.
• Collaborate with systems, software, network, test, and implementation teams to resolve cybersecurity risks.
• Communicate cybersecurity risks, impacts, and solutions to engineering teams, program leadership, and customers.

Skills

Cybersecurity engineering

RMF & NIST 800-53

System lifecycle

Education

Degree & experience requirements

Job description

Peraton in Herndon, VA is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer - SME to provide cradle-to-grave cybersecurity support for mission-critical NAS systems under the BNATCS contract. You will work with engineering, data science, and systems teams to ensure security requirements are properly implemented.

You will develop SSPs, RMF artifacts, and support vulnerability management, security testing, and authorization activities across the system lifecycle, from requirements through deployment and