Cybersecurity Journeyman

Position: Cybersecurity Journeyman
Position Type: Full-time Onsite
Position Location: Huntsville, AL
Clearance Required: Active Secret

The Cybersecurity Journeyman will be a key member of a team performing Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Equipment and Software Cybersecurity Systems Engineering along with key functions supporting the Risk Management Framework (RMF) Assessment and Authorization (A&A) process for tactical systems.

Responsibilities:

• Provide accurate technical evaluations of the FMS equipment, software applications, full system, or network documenting the security posture, capabilities, and vulnerabilities against applicable NIST controls.
• Selecting and implementing security controls, timely completion of accreditation packages, formulating and implementing mitigations and maintaining the security posture of systems.
• Identify, assess and mitigate system security threats/risks throughout a system's lifecycle, validate system security requirements, formulate and maintain documentation and system certification and accreditation activities (planning, testing, assessing and coordinating).
• Responsible for leading cybersecurity process/tool improvements.
• Monitoring and evaluating a system's compliance with Department of Defense (DoD) security, resilience, and dependability requirements including performing validation steps, comparing actual results with expected results, analyzing the differences to identify impact and risks at the software application, system, and network levels.
• Work with team to provide solutions and to ensure continued functionality of systems within DoD RMF Framework

Required:

• Degree: Bachelor's Degree (Information Technology or Cybersecurity) with 3 to 10 years of experience.
• Experience with implementing and evaluating DoD STIG requirements, NIST RMF, IAVMs and Cybersecurity assessment tools (ACAS, Nessus, SCC, STIG Viewer)
• Knowledge of the Risk Management Framework (RMF) process and NIST security controls.
• Security Control Assessor-Validator (SCA-V) experience.
• Experience with Confluence and Jira.
• Knowledge of information system architecture and standards as they apply to cyber security
• Sec+ or higher certification
• Strong communication and writing skills.
• Ability to work in a team-oriented environment with diverse stakeholders, including program managers, engineers, analysts, specialists, and technicians.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Ability to travel up to 25% annually.

Desired:

• Master's Degree preferred (Information Technology or Cybersecurity)
• Experience in a DoD security environment preferred

*Waypoint Human Capital is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.