Cybersecurity Engineer

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

Other

Job Family:

Cyber and IT Risk Management

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Information Technology Security, System Security, Systems Engineering

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

CYBERSECURITY ENGINEER

Advance your career while impacting our national security in cyber as a Cybersecurity Engineer at GDIT. Here, technologists have many paths to grow a meaningful career supporting cyber missions and operations across the federal government.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT
As a Cybersecurity Engineer, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of FAVES, supporting the Federal Aviation Administration. You will play a crucial role in delivering secure unified communications (Voice and Video) services to our customer.

Position role/responsibilities:

• Cross Team Coordination & Communication
  • Serve as the primary liaison between Security (SOC) and Engineering.
  • Participate in regular forums to frame requirements and policy direction from customer and security teams.
  • Manage intake/triage of security requests and route to the appropriate engineering teams.
• Vulnerability & Patch Management
  • Orchestrate and report on patching cycles (infrastructure and application) to ensure coverage and effectiveness.  Communicate results as needed to stakeholders and leadership.
  • Drive risk triage, ownership assignment, remediation tracking, and verification.
  • Facilitate the analysis and coordination of DoT Security Bulletins and their applicability to the operational environment; drive rapid reporting and remediation efforts with System Administrators.
• Compliance, Audit & Governance
  • Participate in activities to map controls to security and compliance frameworks (NIST CSF, CIS Controls, STIG).
  • Coordinate audit requests, evidence collection, and control testing with engineering and SOC teams.
  • Maintain policy/standard updates, exceptions, and risk acceptance approvals.
  • Participate and facilitate customer facing engagements which drive analysis activities to ensure compliance.
  • Drive adoption and focus on utilization of code repositories to ensure good practices by team members scope with responsibility to produce code/scripts of various types.
• Tooling Integration & Automation
  • Facilitate Engineering actions to fully integrate Enterprise infrastructure and applications with logging, authentication, monitoring, and SEIM capabilities.
  • Leverage on-staff system administrators to mature toolsets which facilitate rapid compliance, mitigation, and remediation actions.
  • Explore capabilities of Artificial Intelligence to produce/mature infrastructure, systems, and application security postures and functional integration opportunities.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED
Bring your cyber expertise and drive for innovation to GDIT. The Cybersecurity Engineer must have:
● Education: Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
● Experience: 5+ years of related experience (FAA Preferred)
● Public Trust - Agency Specific

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.
● Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
● Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
● Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
● Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore a career in cyber at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your focus on defending and protecting what matters.

The likely salary range for this position is $76,565 - $97,750. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:

Onsite

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