Cybersecurity Engineer
CentilAbout the role
***To be considered for this role, you must be a US Citizen with a US government security clearance. Additionally, you must either live near or be willing to move to the Boulder, CO area.***
About Centil
Centil represents the intersection of innovation and trusted expertise required for keeping rapid pace with the dynamic and emergent technological needs of Aerospace, Defense, and Government systems. Our trusted team of engineers excel in deploying value stream management, short-cycle feedback loops, infrastructure on-demand, and secure, disciplined pipelines to our customers. If you are interested in learning more about Centil or our team, check out our website at www.centil.io.
Centil is a talented team of trusted engineers working to provide optimized and effective technology value streams for defense industry clients. We believe in a culture of innovation, empowerment and collaboration. We place a high value on learning and growth, providing ongoing support to our team to learn new skills and become fulfilled in both their personal and professional life.
Centil is hiring exceptional individuals to join our growing team. We look for candidates who are inspired and passionate, highly collaborative, and who demonstrate the courage to challenge the status quo with forward thinking ideas and practices. We also seek out individuals who demonstrate servant leadership by supporting their colleagues with a sense of positivity, humility and open mindedness.
About the role
The Cybersecurity Engineer we hire for this role will work to identify and mitigate cybersecurity vulnerabilities for a ground system for a new United States Space Force (USSF) satellite constellation. This person will work with the program's engineering team to architect, develop and sell-off products to a government customer. Work will include configuration development, Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) compliance and testing, and delivery of a secure environment for Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) mission operations. Ideally, this candidate has experience in Risk Management Framework (RMF). We consider experience with OPIR missions to be a significant bonus for this role.
Please note: this role is required to be onsite in Boulder.
What you'll do
Key responsibilities for the Cybersecurity Engineer include:
- Develop Cyber Plans and Procedures for an environment that consists of, amongst other technologies, Juniper network devices, Red Hat Linux, Red Hat Identity Manager, IBM AIX, iSCSI Storage, VSAN, ESXi, AND VMWare
- Work with Systems Engineers to develop solutions that manage cybersecurity risks within systems
- Perform cybersecurity scans, analyze results and harden systems
- Generate documentation required to achieve approval to operate systems
- Interface with the customer, leveraging strong interpersonal skills and attention to detail
Required Qualifications
- Must hold DoD Secret Clearance, at minimum
- Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Computer Science (Relevant experience will be considered in lieu of education)
- Minimum of five (5) years of experience in CyberSecurity Engineering
- Experience with cyber tools, including ACAS and HBSS
- Strong understanding of Cybersecurity frameworks and standards
- Experience running DISA SCAP Scan and working with DISA STIGs for operating systems, network devices, and other infrastructure related services (LDAP, AD, ESXi, Virtual Machines)
- Ability to work with system and security SMEs to harden and mitigate vulnerabilities identified by cyber tools
- Experience with incident response and management
- Ability to communicate technical information via oral presentation and written format
Preferred/Bonus Qualifications
- Strong focus on internal and external customer success
- Possess CompTIA Security+ and CISSP or similar certifications
- Cybersecurity engineering experience with embedded systems development for DoD
- Understanding of networking fundamentals, programming languages, and operating systems
- Familiar with Risk Management Framework (RMF)
- Understanding of ethical hacking and penetration
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