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Junior Cybersecurity Specialist

Colorado Springs, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 23 Apr 2025

💰 $100,000/yr($75,000/yr – $100,000/yr)

About the role

Do you want to help change the delivery of cybersecurity initiatives and operations in the Federal space? At VMD, we are looking for game-changers to help re-envision cybersecurity in the Federal space and leap takers to help execute on that vision.

VMD's cybersecurity services and delivery leverage the following aspects:

Utilizing fundamentals and embedding them into everyday culture
Being agile and nimble to adjust responses as necessary
Making decisions based on data
Using threat intelligence to determine risk
Removing manual dependencies from security-related processes where feasible

Your Impact to the Mission:

As a Junior Cybersecurity Specialist you will be responsible to deliver security and compliance to support multiple IT projects, programs, and initiatives. You will be supporting the assessment and authorization (A&A) process, determining current security postures, tracking vulnerabilities and POA&Ms, and identifying potential cybersecurity risk.

The Junior Cybersecurity Specialist will be responsible for:

Participate in meetings and reviews to evaluate and ensure system and technology compliance with cybersecurity policies and standards
Conduct vulnerability scans on servers, workstations, websites, and databases using approved security tools
Perform vulnerability assessments and develop clear, actionable reports to support remediation efforts
Collaborate with technical teams to review identified vulnerabilities and provide remediation and mitigation recommendations
Prepare and deliver reports on cybersecurity compliance status to internal stakeholders
Support ongoing process improvement initiatives within the cybersecurity program
Monitor, analyze, and triage security events and incidents for assigned systems, escalating as appropriate
Assist in the development, documentation, and maintenance of cybersecurity Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and related guidance

Experience Needed to Be Successful:

1+ years of cybersecurity and compliance experience
Active Security+ certification
Interpersonal skills to facilitate effective collaboration across a variety of stakeholders
Understanding of guiding cybersecurity principles and control guidance
Effective writing skills to capture issues and recommendations

Basic Qualifiers:

Education Requirement: High School
Required Certification(s): Active Security+ certification
Minimum Years of Overall Experience: 1
Minimum Years of Specific Experience in Field: 1
Minimum Clearance to Start: Secret
Work Status Allowable: US Citizenship

The Type of Person That Will Excel:

You are curious, inquisitive, and have demonstrated a constant eagerness to learn through actions.
You have high attention to detail.
You demonstrate personal accountability and integrity in all actions.

Travel and Telecommuting: