Senior Cybersecurity Engineer (Hybrid Onsite-Remote)

Paragon Cyber Solutions has an immediate opening for those ready for an exciting and dynamic career as a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to to work with agile development teams to review application risks, provide remediation recommendations, and help prevent future risks by cultivating secure coding practices. The ideal candidate is someone with a developer background, has DevSecOps experience, and has performed application cybersecurity testing in a prior role. Must also have excellent attention to detail, strong analytic, and communication skills, as well as a working knowledge and understanding of application cybersecurity toolsets used in the CI/CD DevSecOps pipelines.

Clearance

Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Security Clearance

Requirements

Essential Functions

• Provide cybersecurity guidance and direction in the design, development and implementation of automated solutions, based on a set of standards and processes that enable CI/CD developers to easily apply cybersecurity and compliance services.
• Responsible for, support of, and coordinating with other Engineers, Architects, and teams in implementing a comprehensive cloud and application cybersecurity program in a DevOps environment.
• Actively review and implement improvements to drive continuous improvement of the efficiency, speed, and quality of the CI/CD DevSecOps environment.
• Design, execute, and maintain automated cybersecurity testing for web applications (apps), mobile apps, and application programming interfaces (APIs).
• Perform risk and vulnerability assessments of CI/CD IT and IS platforms for authorization; prepare risk assessment reports for submission to the SCA and AO in accordance with DoD, USCYBERCOM, USSOCOM policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Work hand in hand with developer teams to implement testing into their pipelines.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Skills

• Experience with CI/CD DevSecOps integration with tools such as Jenkins, JIRA, GitLab, and Bitbucket
• Experience with OR knowledge of supporting Cloud based platforms (Google, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Military Cloud (MilCloud)).
• Strong and evolving competence in one or more programming languages and scripting using Python, Personal Homepage (PHP), JJAVA, JAVA Script, Power Business Intelligence (BI) and .Net Core.
• Extensive experience in implementing and enforcing application cybersecurity and vulnerability management.

Required Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science or related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Eight (8) years or more of Cybersecurity related experience.
• Understanding of DIACAP, RMF, ACAS, and Vulnerability Management.
• A good understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Agile software development methodology
• Experience conducting Information Systems vulnerability assessment, risk mitigation, and Plan of Action and Milestone (POA&M) development and tracking; understanding and application of mitigation strategies.

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

• DoD 8570 IAT II or IAM II Certified (Security+ CE or equivalent) or ability to obtain withing six (6) months of hire.

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision).
• Retirement Plan (401K w/ employer matching).
• Paid Time Off & 10 Paid Public Holidays.
• Short and Long-Term Disability.
• Healthy Work-Life Balance.
• Training & Development.

Why Work For Paragon Cyber Solutions?

You want to make a difference. You want to be recognized by name versus being a number. You want to work with a company where you can grow and work in different areas to increase your knowledge/experience. You have an entrepreneurial spirit and need to live it.
As a small business, each team member rolls up their sleeves and helps where needed (including our CEO). Our ideal candidate will be comfortable with multi-tasking and prefers working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. You must be adaptable to the needs of a growing business.

A Model of Excellence

That’s our motto in all we do and what we seek in our team members.
Are you a hardworking professional seeking a new opportunity that fosters growth? Look no further!
We are a minority, woman, veteran-owned, 8(a), EDWOSB, VOSB, HUBZone certified Tampa, FL-based small business. We pride ourselves on delivering high-quality solutions that help our clients protect the integrity of their business operations.