Salary
💰 $113,000 - $188,000 per year
Tech Stack
AWSAzureCloudCyber SecurityFirewalls
About the role
- Apply fundamental cybersecurity principles and concepts to tasks and projects
- Assess and implement NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) guidelines, standards, and best practices
- Review disaster recovery capabilities (backups), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), Web Application Firewall (WAF), application whitelisting, host-based firewalls, etc.
- Provide continuous monitoring of end-user devices to detect and respond to cyber threats
- Understand Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) requirements (NIST, FISMA, OMB) and align IT with business objectives
- Apply NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF), NIST SP 800-53 controls, Assessment and Authorization processes, POA&M management, System Security Plan, FedRAMP, and SOC 2
- Perform cybersecurity risk management, research and development, and leading practices
- Gather and organize technical information about an organization's mission, existing security products, and ongoing programs
- Develop strategies, roadmaps, assessments, and policies
- Perform password auditing, network and web vulnerability scanning, virus management, and intrusion detection
- Monitor change management documentation to identify potential impacts to security testing
- Author risk narratives to communicate key risks to government CISO and security auditors
- Support risk audits and assessments and provide recommendations for application design
- Work with solution architects for security requirements on network architecture
Requirements
- Minimum THREE (3) years of experience in Cyber Security/ Information Assurance
- Experience applying fundamental cybersecurity principles and concepts to tasks and projects
- ACTIVE and MAINTAINED DOD or Federal Secret Clearance
- Cyber certification - CISM, CISSP, or Security+
- Ability to work full time on site in Washington DC
- Clearance Required: Active Secret
- Travel Required: Up to 10%
- HVA Assessment Qualification
- Experience with networking, storage, intrusion detection/prevention systems, routers, switches, firewalls, logging, physical security systems, server, and workstation security configuration (nice to have)
- Experience performing risk assessments on cloud computing platforms i.e., AWS, Google, Azure (nice to have)
- Strong written and oral communication skills and demonstrated leadership (nice to have)
- Ability to lead teams and work in challenging situations (nice to have)
- Attention to detail and self-motivated (nice to have)
- Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
- Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
- Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Basic Life & Supplemental Life
- Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
- Student Loan PayDown
- Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
- Skills Development & Certifications
- Employee Referral Program
- Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
- Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
- Mobility Stipend
- Comprehensive, total rewards package and flexible benefits package
ATS Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
cybersecurity principlesNIST Cybersecurity Frameworkdisaster recoveryEndpoint Detection and ResponseWeb Application FirewallNIST Risk Management FrameworkNIST SP 800-53 controlsrisk managementvulnerability scanningintrusion detection
Soft skills
written communicationoral communicationleadershipattention to detailself-motivated
Certifications
CISMCISSPSecurity+DOD Secret ClearanceFederal Secret Clearance