Cyber Engineer/Architect Senior

29 May 2024

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Job ID: 2306727

Location: QUANTICO, VA, US

Date Posted: 2023-05-10

Category: Cyber

Subcategory: Cyber Engineer

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time

Minimum Clearance Required: Top Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: TS/SCI

Potential for Remote Work: No

Description SAIC is seeking a skilled Cyber Engineering Architect. Make a difference for national security by joining a team of dedicated IT professionals who will sustain, modernize and transform the enterprise IT capabilities for the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA). The National Security & Space Sector of SAIC is seeking a Cyber Engineer/Architect Senior to support a transformational infrastructure program for DCSA. SAIC is proud to be supporting DCSA in safeguarding our nation's information. DCSA is the designated oversight authority on the accreditation of classified facilities, information systems, and the insider threat program. This involves security oversight of more than 10,000 companies and approximately 13,000 facilities involved in classified work throughout the DoD and 31 Federal agencies. Specifically, on the DCSA One IT program, SAIC will provide an enterprise IT solution that delivers highly secured and adaptable IT infrastructure, provides customer support, and cutting-edge technologies that support operations and advance the DCSA mission under a single IT environment (i.e., One IT).

Job Responsibilities:
  • Providing guidance and architecture consulting from a security perspective to development and preparation of technology packages for DCSA's Technical Review Board Packages to support architecture and engineering efforts as part of the overall strategic objective of the DCSA IT modernization and One IT initiatives to provide a flexible enterprise IT environment.
  • Supporting preparation of decision briefs, design plans, and other supporting documentation required by the RMF.
  • Supporting preparation for implementation of the Government-approved design plans. Supports translation of IT strategic goals, commitments, requirements, risks, and objectives into plans, tasks, and activities for technology and/or process solutions and alternatives.
  • Researching, maintaining, and applying expertise in emerging technologies and industry developments, trends, best practices, and principles of cyber security and cyber engineering.
  • Supporting development of solution roadmaps and path forward. Implements design standards and appropriate interfaces that ensure the highest security for all DCSA networks, while best fulfilling interoperability and mission requirements.
  • Working with Cyber Security Defense Operations to design, implement, and configure security and firewall solutions, including implementing zero trust practices for network platforms. Analyzes current strategy, posture, polices, processes, capabilities, and operations to identify gaps, risks, and weaknesses, and provides improvement recommendations and impacts, based on best practices, lessons learned, and new technologies.
  • Providing inputs into the Activity Report.
Qualifications

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
  • Minimum of 14 years of experience with a Bachelor's Degree. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
  • CSSP-AU, Certification in one of the following areas, CEH, CSA+, CISA, GSNA.

REQUIRED SECURITY CLEARANCE:
  • Active Top Secret with SCI eligibility.

Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.