Cybersecurity Engineer (PAM)

NikSoft Systems Corporation is a recognized Information Technology solutions provider. Founded in 1998 and based in Reston, Virginia, NikSoft is a CMMI Level 3 Appraised company with an established reputation for excellence and on-time delivery with a consistently high customer satisfaction rating from its Federal Government and private consulting contracts.

NikSoft is currently conducting a search for a PAM Cybersecurity Engineer to add to its team in support of the United States Postal Service's Cybersecurity program. The successful candidate will experience an unparalleled large-scale and complex enterprise environment consisting of hundreds of thousands of Information Technology assets spanning servers, desktops, and IoT devices. USPS Systems process billions of dollars in annual revenue and support a diverse user base spread across the United States. Join the NikSoft team to scale your career to the next level.

 

Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will provide engineering support related to implementation of USPS cybersecurity strategies protecting the digital identities within the network, connected assets, hosted applications and data within the Information Technology (IT) environment.. Details include:

• On going PAM Tool configuration: activities include configuring SmartRules, Splunk/MFA/ServiceNow/SCIM Server Integration, Authentication, Define Beyond Trust Roles,
• On going account onboarding onto PAM tool : activities include conducting Asset & Account Discovery Sessions
• On going management support of PAM tool: activities include providing password safe user support and ticket resolutions, maintaining of virtual appliances (Patches and Upgrades), maintaining and support of window/linux servers/MS SQL server DB, and etc.
• Provision additional Computer resources to support scalability, if needed
• Raise issues, risks, or decisions to product owners and management
• Identify roadblocks and propose effective solutions

 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in an Information Technology or relevant field
• 5+ years of IT security engineering experience working in large-scale enterprise environments.
• 5+ years of hands on experience supporting enterprise IAM/PAM implementations.
• Background/knowledge of Identity & Access Management with emphasis on Privilege Access Management
• Working knowledge of BeyondTrust, Okta, or other PAM solutions
• Strong knowledge of directory services: Active Directory or LDAP
• Strong Windows and UNIX system administration
• Experience with Python scripting and automation implementation, directory services including Active Directory, are required.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills - Technical writing, diagraming or PPT skills helpful
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
• Experiences in agile environment
• An ability to prepare and interpret flowcharts, schedules and step-by-step action plans

 

Desired Qualifications:

• Certifications (one or more) preferred: CISSP, Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH), SFCP, GCIA, ISSEP, ISSMP, GCIH, GCFA, CSLC, CISM, CCNA, CCNP

 

****Candidates must be able to obtain a Postal Sensitive Clearance (US Citizenship or Green Card required). Additionally, candidates must not have traveled outside of the USA for a combined period not to exceed 6 months within the last 5 years.***