Cyber Security Project Engineer (All Levels)

Responsibilities

Noblis is seeking a technical thinker and doer to work as a Cyber Security Project Engineer within a highly dynamic and impactful operating environment located in McLean, VA.

 

The Cyber Security Project Engineer will:

• Analyze systems, including forensically, for malware, misuse, and/or unauthorized activity.
• Investigate virus/malware alerts/incidents to determine root cause, entry point of code, damage risk, and report this information.
• Investigate and analyze of all data sources, to include Internet, Intelligence Community reporting, security events, firewall logs, forensic hard-drive images, and other data sources to identify malware, misuse, unauthorized activity or other cyber security related concerns.
• Monitor, document, and respond to centrally collected virus alerts.
• Participate in project review meetings and provide technical cyber security guidance when necessary.
• Conduct tier-3 support of current infrastructure.
• Design, test, and integrate new security products.
• Ensure all network defense capabilities are kept current, patched, and securely configured and management informed of status.
• Provide engineering support for all Sponsor systems such as network based intrusion detection
• Integrate security products, including designs for all Sponsor networks.
• Maintain a network diagram for each instruction detection, cyber defense capability and sensors and make available to all Sponsor personnel.
• Maintain system baselines and configuration management items, including security event monitoring policies.
• Provide engineering documentation and interaction with colleagues to ensure a complete and functioning system that meets requirements.
• Conduct software testing (patches, other updates); beta testing; proof of concept testing.
• Have detailed knowledge of Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 503 and other related cybersecurity ICDs.

 

Required Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph.
• Demonstrated experience with cyber security and associated cyber security practices.
• Experience in the IT Security frameworks (FedRAMP, NIST, DoD CMMC, etc.)
• Demonstrated experience working with IC Agencies.
• Knowledge of IC systems, processes, data, and policies. 
• Knowledge and application of agile techniques and methodologies.
• Experience mentoring or training (through formal or informal means) members of the team.
• Maintain one or more certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISA, CISM or similar).
• Security testing and penetration testing experience.
• Vulnerability management experience.
• API development and security practices.
• Experience developing enterprise security policies and procedures.
• OSCAL experience
• Experience with operating system or network security management.
• Experience managing incident response and after-action remediation.

 

Skill Levels:

 

• Senior Expert (SME): Bachelor’s Degree in associated field and 14+ years of relevant experience; Master’s Degree in associated field and 11+ years of relevant experience; PhD and 10+years of relevant experience.  
  •  Compensation $166,800 - $321,300
• Expert: Bachelor’s Degree in associated field and has 10+ years of relevant experience; Master’s Degree and 9+ years of relevant experience; PhD and 8+ years of relevant experience.
  •  Compensation $138,000 - $291,900
• Senior: Bachelor’s Degree in associated field and has 6+ years of relevant experience; Master’s Degree and 5+ years of relevant experience; PhD and 4+ years of relevant experience.
  •  Compensation $114,100 - $199,700
• Junior: Bachelor’s Degree in associated field and 1+ years of relevant experience.
  • Compensation $77,800 - $164,900

 

Desired Qualifications

• Strong communication skills, written and verbal.

 

Overview

Noblis and our wholly owned subsidiaries, Noblis ESI, and Noblis MSD tackle the nation's toughest problems and apply advanced solutions to our clients' most critical missions. We bring the best of scientific thought, management, and engineering expertise together in an environment of independence and objectivity to deliver enduring impact on federal missions. Noblis works with a wide range of government clients in the defense, intelligence and federal civil sectors. Learn more at Noblis -About Us

 

Why work at a Noblis company?

Our employees find greater meaning in their work and balance the other things in life that matter to them. Our people are our greatest asset. They are exceptionally skille