Cyber Systems Engineer 3

Job Title : Cyber Systems Engineer - Level 5
Location : Aurora, Colorado.
Duration : 12 Months and Possible Extension Contract
Security Clearance Requirement : Top Secret - w/ Polygraph\\
Pay Range : $100 - $125/hr on W2 without benefits.

Job Responsibilities:
Support the architecture and design of baked in cybersecurity requirements and protections
Provide cybersecurity system engineering implementation guidance and oversight to technical teams/implementers
Review and Assess stakeholder security objectives, protection needs and concerns, security requirements, and associated verification/validation methods
Provide security considerations to inform systems engineering efforts with the objective to reduce errors, flaws, and weakness that may constitute security vulnerability leading to unacceptable asset loss and consequences
Identify, quantify, and evaluate the costs/benefits of security functions and considerations to inform analysis of alternatives, engineering trade-offs, and risk treatment decisions
Author, support and maintain cybersecurity program documentation & RMF package documentation: Cybersecurity Strategies, System Security Plans, Continuous Monitoring Plans, Risk Assessment Report, Security Control Traceability Matrix, Plan Of Actions & Milestones, etc.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and 12 years of relevant experience; 10 years with a Master's; 8 years with a PhD. An additional 4 years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Candidate must have active/current Top Secret/SCI clearance with adjudicated Full Scope Polygraph at time of application
• Direct experience developing RMF assessment and authorization documentation
• Direct experience with Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs)
• Experience of RMF (NIST 800-37) accreditation functions, including documentation, scanning, assessment, Plan of Action and Milestones (POAM) management, and all steps of the RMF process
• Direct experience assessing the Program's system security posture in compliance with customer requirements and directives.
• Experience with requirements development from control listings
• Experience with integrating Cyber Systems Engineering requirements with Program System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) initiatives
• Experience adjusting commercial security methodologies and technologies within sensitive and proprietary customer environments in accordance with NIST 800-53
• Ability to apply analytical and evaluative methods and techniques to issues or studies concerning the efficiency and effectiveness of Cybersecurity implementation
• Ability to communicate clearly and collaborate with both with internal teams, internal management and external customers
• Experience with Department of War (DoW)/Intelligence Community (IC) System Security Engineering activities
• Possession of Security+ Certification or Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Certification
• Expertise with all aspects of Systems Security Engineering as defined in NIST SP 800-160
• System security architecture experience
• Experience working with DOORS and CAMEO
• Security related tool suites in DevSecOps pipelines
• Experience in configuring and deploying Cross Domain Solutions (CDS)
• Experience in Communications Security (COMSEC)
• Experience working on a multidisciplinary team and developing technical proposals
• Experience working in an Agile execution framework