Cyber Systems Engineer - Project Engineer

Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph required

Position

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is the U.S. Government agency in charge of designing, building, launching, and maintaining America’s intelligence satellites.  Develop. Acquire. Launch. Operate.

The program provides Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) support in the areas of
Cyber Security and Management to improve the Information Assurance (IA) posture of a National
customer.  The contracts support functions are:  IA Management, Federal Information Security
Management Act (FISMA) coordination and reporting, Risk Management Framework (RMF) application,
IA compliance measurements and metrics, Assessment and Authorization (A&A), Vulnerability
Management, and Cyber Defense support.

Apogee's ideal Cyber Systems Engineer Project Management Technical Support provides support to the customer
in the area of Cyber Security. If you love Cyber Systems Engineering then you'll love Apogee and this position!

What You'll Do

• Work collaboratively with a small team of project managers and developers to ensure the successful implementation of Splunk
• Collaborate with the cyber operations group and act as the liaison between the group and developers to ensure Splunk requirements are understood and being met
• Provide assessments to the customer on the cybersecurity contractor’s program performance
• Develop, maintain, and deliver acquisition artifacts to assist the customer in assessing contractor’s performance
• Assist in the development of execution reviews, acquisition roadmaps and transition plans
• Develop briefings and artifacts for acquisition Readiness Reviews
• Provide technical recaps of customer meetings with cyber security contractors
• Work closely with the customer Lead and stakeholders to execute contracts
• Provide technical input for the development of acquisition documentation for review and approval by the customer to include: Requests for Contract Action (RCA) packages, RFPs for Engineering
• Change Proposals (ECPs), and proposal analysis to support negotiation and award activities
• Assist in the development, review, and update of acquisition documents to ensure guidance for acquisitions is adequate and current
• Assesses contractor performance using evaluation criteria and technical performance measures
• Participates in design reviews of components (hardware and software) to ensure applicability to the current system and traceability of requirements
• Assist in the development of technical requirements
• Produces high-quality papers, presentations, recommendations, and findings for senior US government intelligence and operations officials
• Analyzes policies and procedures against Federal laws and regulations and provides recommendations for closing gaps
• Develop strategies to comply with privacy and risk management requirements
  

Required

• 12 to 15 years with BS or 10 to 13 years with MS or 8 to 10 years with PhD
  
• Able to support customer’s core hours (0900-1500; Mon – Fri)
• DoD 8570 certification in IAT or IAM
• Experience with cyber operations
• Experience supporting project management and acquisitions
• Experience with customer’s Cybersecurity Processes and tools/capabilities to include Splunk
• Experience in requirements analysis
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Hands-on working knowledge of Excel and other database applications
• Excellent oral and written communications skills
• Ability to support Group Level GPOCs

Desired Experience/Skills

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) or an advanced IA certification (i.e. CISSP or CASP)
• Self-starter requiring limited direction and supervision
• Experience briefing senior customer personnel
• Ability to org