NASA NCAPS Principal Cybersecurity Engineer

NASA NCAPS Principal Cybersecurity Engineer

Job Category: Engineering

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: Public Trust

Employee Type: Regular

Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%

Type of Travel: Continental US

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CACI’s Agile Digital Solutions Operating Group is hiring individuals to lead application development and support for NASA's enterprise business systems. Selected candidates will deliver and sustain capabilities in a fast-paced SAFe Agile development environment. More specifically, we are hiring a Principal Cybersecurity Engineers who can deliver expert-level information cybersecurity direction and support consolidating NASA's enterprise IT system.

The successful candidate must be able to communicate clearly and succinctly both written and orally, and present products and ideas in a business-like manner.  The candidate will be required to work in dynamic fast paced environments that require team interaction and coordination of efforts.  The candidate must be experienced in interfacing with both client managers and system users.  

As a Principal Cybersecurity Engineer, you will be part of a team delivering: 

• Apply expert knowledge of concepts, processes, practices, and procedures on technical assignments.   
• Support enterprise Cybersecurity standards.   
• In coordination with Government, develop and implement Cybersecurity standards and procedures.   
• Coordinate, develop, and recommend security processes for an organization.   
• Recommend Cybersecurity solutions to support customers’ requirements.   
• Identify and report security violations.  
• Recommend and satisfy Cybersecurity requirements based upon the analysis of CSPP, policy, regulatory, and resource demands.   
• Support customers at the highest levels in the development and implementation of processes and policies.   
• Apply know-how to government and commercial common user systems, as well as to dedicated special purpose systems requiring specialized security features and procedures.   
• Supports design and development of security features for system architecture requirements.   
• Analyze and makes recommendations of security requirements for computer systems and applications.   
• Support design, development, engineering, and implementation of solutions that meet CSPP requirements.   
• Provide integration and implementation of the computer system security solution.   
• Analyze general Cybersecurity-related technical problems and provides basic engineering and technical support in solving these problems.   
• Supports vulnerability/risk analyses of computer systems and applications during all phases of the system development life cycle.   
• Perform all procedures necessary to ensure the safety of information systems data assets and to protect systems from intentional or inadvertent access, theft, or destruction.   
• Ensure that all information systems are functional and secure. 
• Ensure cyber monitoring is performed timely and cyber responses occur within established processes/procedures.
• Leads team support efforts for critical processes outside of normal hours to include nights, weekends, and holidays.  
• Lead rapid response to quickly resolve cyber events.
• Communicate with senior customer stakeholders on reporting metrics (e.g., # of events, average time to respond, affected applications or platforms, etc.)  
• Lead preparation and distribution of cyber/IA required reporting.
• Be the NCAPS program point of contact for collaborating and coordinating with other NASA enterprise contract vendors on cyber/IA activities.  

Required:

• BA/BS or + 10 years of recent specialized experience 
• One or more of the following certifications: CISSP, CISA, CISM, CRISC
• Active Public Trust clearance with ability to obtain higher level clearance if needed.
• 10+ related technical experience
• Prior experience in cyber and IA security activities on a large, complex program.
• Demonstrated knowledge of NIST Information Technology Security Special Publications (SP) 800 series  
• Proven ability in planning, implementing, upgrading, and monitoring security measures to pr