Cyber Security Engineer

Job Title:  Cyber Security Engineer
Location:  Arlington, VA
Terms:  Full-time
Requirements:  Must be a U.S. Citizen with Active Security Clearance 

About the Role
Currently seeking a Cyber Security Engineer to support the Security Standards & Baselines (SSB) section within the Technology, Innovation, and Engineering (TIE) Office. The Office of Technology Innovation and Engineering (TIE) brings cybersecurity capabilities to both current and future Department of State emerging technical and facility operation programs. TIE develop and enforce the security architecture essential to detect, defend, and deter Departmental assets against all cyber threats.

Responsibilities 

• Identify and provide solutions to enhance and/or streamline processes and automate work flow. 

• Need to have a strong technical background and expertise in various areas of cybersecurity. 

• Promote awareness of security issues among management and ensure sound security principles are reflected in organizations’ visions and goals. 

• Communicate complex security concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including senior management. 

• Possess strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities to guide the organization in making informed security decisions. 

• Perform extensive research and documentation of security threat vectors. 

• Provide guidance and coaching to team members. 

• Create bulletins, alerts, and/or advisories related to published or developmental standards and/or security principal documents. 

• Ensure that rigorous application of information security/information assurance policies, principles, and practices are implemented in the delivery of all IT services. 

• Evaluate a wide array of existing, new, modified, and/or emerging technologies and develop recommended security configuration baselines documents that implement Departmental policy, technical security solutions, and industry best practices in alignment with Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) as much as possible. 

• Respond to various technical and policy questions from a wide range of customers/users with guidance and clarifications. 

• Promote awareness of cybersecurity standards and principles among the customer stakeholders, coworkers, and the Department users. 

• Collaborate with fellow team members and various internal and external stakeholders to share information and knowledge to establish and maintain a productive line of communication. 

• Streamline processes to improve efficiency of Mission goals. 

• Manage information and updates in SharePoint repositories. 

• Keep awareness of items involving fellow team members to provide back up support and coverage as needed. 

 

Qualifications: Basic Requirements 

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 5 years’ of relevant experience. An additional 4 years of experience will be considered in lieu of degree/education. 

• Either possess or obtain prior to start date ONE of the following certifications: 

• CAP, CASP+ CE, CCISO, CCNA-Security, CISM, CISSP (or Associate), CISSP (or Associate), CND, CSSLP, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, GSLC, Security+ CE, SSCP, PPDA, Agile IC, SNOW App Dev 

• Experience with DISA STIG – Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG). 

• Experience developing and executing research plans. 

• Experience working with Windows Server on an enterprise level. 

• Experience managing Active Directory in a multi-domain environment. 

• Experience working with server/application virtualization on an enterprise. 

• Demonstrated excellence in business acumen, team orientation and strong customer service skills. 

• Active Secret security clearance.  

• Ability to obtain a final Top Secret security clearance.  

 

Desired Qualifications: 

• Experience with process automation highly desired. 

• Technical writing skills. 

• Engineering/maintaining database infrastructure including SQL and Oracle. 

• Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS), Azure, Active Directory. 

• Developing and managing virtualized IT systems. 

• Networking technologies. 

• Configuration and/or administrating enterprise mobile device deployments. 

• Experience working with Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers on an enterprise level. 

 

About us 

Cyber Management International Corporation is actively recruiting highly IT Security professionals looking for challenging, exciting work in support of the U.S. Department of State (DOS). Specifically, our customer is the Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS), Directorate of Cyber and Technology Security (CTS). DS/CTS is a center of excellence that brings together cybersecurity, technology security, and investigative expertise as a unified security capability focused on solving critical and emerging issues enabling the State Department to fulfill its vital global mission.  

For more information about our company, please visit www.cybermgt.com or email us at recruiting@cybermgt.com