Senior Cybersecurity Engineer (TS SCI)

Clearance Level
Top Secret/SCI
Category
Cyber and IT Risk Management
Locations
Annapolis Junction, Maryland
Washington, District of Columbia
(Onsite Workplace)
Key Skills For Success

Cybersecurity Controls

Information Security Risk

Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M)

RMF

Security Policy Management

REQ#: RQ215770
Public Trust: None
Requisition Type: Pipeline
Your Impact

Own your opportunity to serve as a critical component of our nation’s safety and security. Make an impact by using your expertise to protect our country from threats.

Job Description

HOW A CYBERSECURITY ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

  • Architects, plans, configures, deploys, maintains, and upgrades COTS/GOTS and custom toolsets to address vulnerabilities and/or implement security controls.  
  • Applies a combination of expert engineering knowledge of enterprise IT and security solutions to design, develop and/or implement solutions to ensure they are consistent with enterprise architecture security policies and support full spectrum military cyberspace operations.
  • Designs, tests, and implements secure operating systems, networks, security monitoring, tuning and management of IT security systems and applications, incident response, digital forensics, loss prevention, and eDiscovery actions. 
  • Includes security control design and solution planning at the system, mission, and enterprise level, security-in-depth/defense-in-depth, and other related IAM/ISSO/ISSE support functions. 
  • Involved in a wide range of security issues including architectures, firewalls, electronic data traffic, and network access.
  • Researches and evaluates cyber capabilities and new security tools and products against operational requirements and introduces them to the enterprise in alignment with IT security strategy, and to support the offensive and defensive capability design and troubleshoot and problem solve technical and non-technical issues.  

 WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED: 

  • Required Education and Experience: Technical Training, Certification(s) or Bachelor’s Degree + 14 years of experience 
  • Certification: 8570 Information Assurance Management (IAM) or Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level III certification.
  • Security Clearance Level: TS/SCI clearance and ability to obtain and maintain a CI Polygraph 
  • Required Skills:
    • A minimum of five years of experience leading DoD and IC risk management activities, including implementation of DoD and IC RMFs.
    • A minimum of five years of experience leading Cybersecurity teams in a similar environment.
    • A minimum of three years of experience implementing corrections actions, bug fixes, implementing patches, or other remediation activity.
    • A minimum of three years of experience developing, implementing, and actioning POA&M.
    • Knowledge of providing executive-level technical briefings and presentations to senior personnel in an IC/DoD organization.
  • Desired Skills:
    • One or more Cybersecurity related technology certifications or related technical training.
    • A minimum of two years of experience relating to Cybersecurity for Cloud or Hybrid Cloud environment.
    • One or more ITIL certifications.
    • Experience with implementation of DoD RMFs.
    • IASAE certification.
  • Location: On Customer Site 

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE

At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

  • Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities.
  • Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals.
  • Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off.
  • Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace


OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore a career in cyber at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your focus on defending and protecting what matters.

Work Requirements
Years of Experience

10 + years of related experience

* may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree

Certification

Travel Required

None

Citizenship

U.S. Citizenship Required

Salary and Benefit Information

The likely salary range for this position is $164,382 - $218,500. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
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About Our Work

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across over 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, cloud, cyber and application development. Together with our customers, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

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