Cyber Security Engineer
CACI International IncAbout the role
The Opportunity:
CACI's Corporate Enterprise Services Cyber Security Team is seeking a Cyber Security Engineer. As a member of the Cyber Security Team, you will work to create and maintain a DFARS compliant operating environment for CACI’s users by protecting network boundaries, designing and supporting hardened computer, network devices, cloud services, and provide security services to protect highly sensitive data for our endpoints, servers, and OT/IoT.
The candidate will work directly with our Cyber Security team to support all major activities with a cyber security focus. Additional responsibilities include technical risk assessment, testing and validation of remediation for vulnerabilities, and compliance guidance for our networking environments. Candidate will support governance of appropriate policy and compliance technology to meet or exceed applicable government and compliance.
More about this Role:
Provide robust cybersecurity related guidance for supported CACI networks and supporting infrastructure inclusive of Software Defined Networking (SDN), Wireless, Layer-2 and Layer-3 IP networks hardware, and OT/IoT
Work with programs to assess the security risk and compliance levels of their system(s)
Research trends in cybersecurity threats as well as NIST 800 standards in support of these systems
Creation of mitigation strategies and follow up with stakeholders to ensure risk levels are documented at the appropriate levels and follow through with report writing as appropriate
Use knowledge of networking technologies to maintain a 0-trust environment throughout CACI
Use data aggregation and analysis techniques and tools to provide valuable insight into the security posture of CACI’s infrastructure
Work within CACI and third parties to ensure that all networking technologies are engineered and deployed with security in mind by following industry best practices and are compliant within applicable guidelines.
Responsibilities:
Ability to work in a team-centric environment
Experience drafting technical requirements, procedure outlines and network diagrams to enhance system security documentation
Analyze security reports, review process documentation, assess test results and remediation plans
Ability to work with internal and external stakeholders at all business levels
Strong presentation, written, and oral communication skills
Qualifications:
Required:
Bachelor's Degree and minimum 5 years’ experience with Cyber security
Strong Cyber Security background
Ability to obtain a security clearance
Knowledge of major Cloud Service Providers and their implementations
Knowledge of current and next generation IT technologies
Strong problem solving and organizational skills
Desired:
Experience working within the DoD
ML, Gen-AI, LLM expertise
CYSA+, CISSP, CEH, Security+ and other network-based certifications desired
Secret or Top-Secret clearance
Previous experience with the design or implementation of cybersecurity governance, risk, and compliance activities.
Ability to work in a team-centric environment
Established and productive individual contributor
Works independently with little general supervision
Ability to work with internal and external stakeholders at all business levels
Strong presentation, written, and oral communication skills
Experience with risk management frameworks, DFARS 800-171, CMMC, ISO, NIST
Demonstrate an intermediate level of knowledge in three or more of the following:
Familiarity of SDN concepts
NIST 800 series
Risk management and mitigation strategies
Implementation of security tools and automation or frameworks
Familiarity of cloud architecture including SaaS implementations
Possess in-depth knowledge of multifactor and identity management solutions
Possess in-depth knowledge of multifactor authentication, identity management, and privileged access solutions
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