Cyber Systems Engineer (Project Engineer)

This position is contingent upon award.

Program Description:

The program provides Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) support in the areas of Cyber Security and Management to improve the Information Assurance (IA) posture of a National customer. The contracts support functions are: IA Management, Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) coordination and reporting, Risk Management Framework (RMF) application, IA compliance measurements and metrics, Assessment and Authorization (A&A), Vulnerability Management, and Cyber Defense support.

Position Description:

The Cyber Systems Engineer Project Management Technical Support provides support to the customer in the area of Cyber Security. Daily Tasks include, but are not limited to:

• Support the front Office elements (Director, Deputy, COS, Business Operations Lead, Tech Director) in the development, communication and implementation of the cyber/IA strategy for the Enterprise.
• Collaborate with other contractors, customers and FFRDCs to ensure actions and items of interest are worked to closure.
• Advise in the production and tailoring of government financial artifacts, execution reports and program acquisition documentation and ensure affordable, supportable and effective program requirements are specified to meet mission needs.
• Provide assessments and recommendations to the customer on matters of cybersecurity and information assurance

• Assist in the development of execution reviews, acquisition roadmaps and transition plans
• Assist with the development, documentation and communication of office initiatives geared toward enterprise security
• Provide technical recaps of customer meetings with cyber security contractors

• Assesses contractor performance using evaluation criteria and technical performance measures
• Assist in the development of technical requirements

• Produces high-quality papers, presentations, recommendations, and findings for senior US government intelligence and operations officials
• Analyzes policies and procedures against Federal laws and regulations and provides recommendations for closing gaps
• Develops strategies to comply with privacy and risk management requirements.
• Work with government and contractor leads to address various systems engineering, system integration, and project management issues across projects

• Provide support to GPMs to assure execution within the cost, schedule, and performance baselines. Utilize program management tools (e.g., Plan-It, MS Excel) to assist GPM with planning, documenting, executing, and reporting of all program details (e.g., spend plans), for both current year (FY) and out-years (FYDP)

Job Requirements

Required Qualifications:

• 12 to 15 years with BS or 10 to 13 years with MS or 8 to 10 years with PhD.
• Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI with Poly
• An 8570/8140 IA Certification

• Ability to work customer's core hours (0900 - 1500 Monday - Friday)
• Excellent communications skills - Verbal and Non-Verbal
• Experience supporting project management and acquisitions
• Experience with customer's Cybersecurity Processes and tools/capabilities
• Experience in requirements analysis

• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Hands-on working knowledge of Excel and other database applications
• Excellent oral and written communications skills

Desired Qualifications:

• Self-starter requiring limited direction and supervision
• Bachelors of Science Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) or an advanced IA certification (i.e. CISSP or CASP)
• Experience briefing senior customer personnel
• Ability to organize and prioritize numerous customer requests in a fast paced deadline driven environment

• Familiarity with the RMF process
• Experience supporting IC or DoD in the Cyber Security Domain
• Working knowledge of Microsoft tools; Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint