ECS is seeking a Security Engineer – Mid to work in our Washington, DC office.  

ECS Federal is a leading information security and information technology company in Washington, DC. We are looking to hire a Mid-Level Security Engineer to support a full range of cyber security services on a long-term contract in Washington DC. The position is full time/permanent and will support a US Government civilian agency. The position is available immediately upon finding a qualified candidate with the appropriate background clearance

Position Responsibilities:

• Conduct Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) of the
• security controls, which protect the confidentiality and integrity of Personally Identifiable Information (PII).
• Design and develop cybersecurity or cybersecurity-enabled products.
• Design hardware, operating systems, and software applications to adequately address cybersecurity requirements.
• Design or integrate appropriate data backup capabilities into overall system designs and ensure that appropriate technical and procedural processes exist for secure system backups and protected storage of backup data.
• Develop and direct system testing and validation procedures and documentation.
• Develop detailed security design documentation for component and interface specifications to support system design and development.
• Develop Disaster Recovery and Continuity of Operations plans for systems under development and ensure testing prior to systems entering a production environment.
• Develop specific cybersecurity countermeasures and risk mitigation strategies for systems and/or applications.
• Identify and direct the remediation of technical problems encountered during testing and implementation of new systems (e.g., identify and find workarounds for communication protocols that are not interoperable).

Salary Range: $100,000 - $110,000

General Description of Benefits

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of secure configuration management techniques. (e.g., Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs), cybersecurity best practices on cisecurity.org).
• Knowledge of software development models (e.g., Waterfall Model, Spiral Model).          Knowledge of software engineering.
• Knowledge of structured analysis principles and methods.
• Experience designing architectures and frameworks.
• Knowledge of system design tools, methods, and techniques, including automated systems analysis and design tools.
• Knowledge of the systems engineering process.
• Knowledge of Supply Chain Risk Management Practices (NIST SP 800-161)
• Knowledge of critical infrastructure systems with information communication technology that were designed without system security considerations.
• Knowledge of network security architecture concepts including topology, protocols, components, and principles (e.g., application of defense-in-depth).
• Knowledge of network systems management principles, models, methods (e.g., end-to-end systems performance monitoring), and tools.

Certifications/Licenses:

• Certifications addressing security and risk management, asset security, security engineering, communications and network security, identity and access management, security assessment and testing, security operations, software development security, system security, network infrastructure, access control, cryptography, assessments and audits, and organizational security
• Active Public Trust clearance or eligible to obtain a Public Trust clearance