Cyber System Engineer

Location: Colorado Springs, CO

Schedule: Full Time

Salary Range: $100K-$110K

OVERVIEW

Caribou Thunder is seeking a Cyber System Engineer to provide cybersecurity support to Agile analysis and development teams for a large contract supporting National Defense.

SECURITY CLEARANCE

• Active Secret Clearance

EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s Degree plus 5 years of experience

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Establish/adhere to strict program control processes to ensure mitigation of risks and supports obtaining Assessment and Authorization (A&A) of systems.
• Support program test milestones through pre-test preparations, participating in the tests, analysis of the results, and preparation of required artifacts supporting authorization.
• Assist the program test team in identifying where cybersecurity requirements may be inhibiting mission requirements and develop/recommend solutions that balances the overall risk to the system and mission requirements.
• Assist in the implementation of the required government policy (i.e., NISPOM, NIST), making recommendations on process tailoring, participating in and documenting process activities.
• Perform assessments of non-technical Risk Management Framework (RMF) artifacts received as Government Furnished Information (GFI), identify where those artifacts deviate from RMF control requirements, and draft Deficiency Reports (DR).
• Perform analyses to validate established cybersecurity controls and requirements and recommend cybersecurity safeguards.
• Provide cybersecurity support to the BPP Agile analysis and development teams.
• Perform assessment of systems and networks within the networking environment to identify where those systems and networks deviate from acceptable configurations, enclave policy, or local policy. This is achieved through passive evaluations such as compliance audits using STIG Viewer, SCAP, etc. and active evaluations such as vulnerability assessments utilizing tools such as ACAS.
• Build security architectures; integrate new architectural features into existing infrastructures; design cybersecurity architectural artifacts; provide architectural analysis of cybersecurity features and relate existing system to future needs and trends; provide engineering recommendations and resolve integration and testing issues.
• Assess and mitigate system security threats/risks throughout the program life cycle.
• Establish strict program control processes to ensure mitigation of risks and support obtaining assessment and authorization of systems. Includes support of process, analysis, coordination, control certification test, compliance documentation, as well as investigations, software research, hardware introduction and release, emerging technology research, inspections, and periodic audits.

QUALIFICATIONS

• CompTIA Security+ (or equivalent DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification)
• Security engineering skills with a working knowledge of cybersecurity technology and DoD/Federal cybersecurity policy (i.e., DoDI 8500.01, NIST SP 800-53r4, etc.).
• Experience with STIG/SCAP compliance scanning and flaw remediation.
• Familiarity in the Risk Management Framework (RMF) Cybersecurity Lifecycle.
• Familiarity or experience with Agile software development methodologies (i.e., Scrum, Kanban, SAFe).
• Familiarity with the configuration and operation of one or more of the following: ACAS - Tenable Security Center/Nessus, Endpoint Security Solutions (ESS/HBSS) and McAfee Endpoint tools, Splunk SIEM, SCAP Compliance Checker, and eMASS or Xacta.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Cybersecurity assessment experience in Linux and Windows environments.
• Experience with and understanding of Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Service (eMASS).
• Nessus Security Center and Scanner experience.
• HBSS (ePolicy Orchestrator 5.3, McAfee Antivirus, HIPS, Policy Auditor, RSD) experience.
• Familiarity with the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) Precision Acquisition Vehicle Entry (PAVE) Phased Array Warning System (PAWS) (BPP) or other ground-based radars

ABOUT CARIBOU THUNDER

Caribou Thunder, LLC is a Woman Owned, HUBZone Certified, Native American Owned, SBA and SDB Certified global engineering services company, incorporated in 2006. Caribou Thunder is a Global Service Provider supporting a wide variety of DoD, Space and Intelligence programs with consistent growth since inception to over 100 associates and $10M in annual sales with solid performance in 35 states across the U.S. and 22 countries around the world.

Caribou Thunder, LLC is an established Defense contractor with nearly 20 years of experience delivering engineering services worldwide. We offer industry leading salaries, flexible work life balance, full range of benefits (career development and mentoring, PTO, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401k match). Caribou Thunder, LLC offers meaningful career opportunities within a true team-based environment, where every employee matters, contributing to a higher goal supporting National Security programs. Caribou Thunder, LLC is committed to hiring and maintaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. United States citizenship is a requirement for all positions.

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