Cyber Engineer SME

Auria is looking to hire a Cyber Engineer SME –Staff Cyber Systems Engineer to join our team and support the Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC) program here in Colorado Springs, CO.

This position ensures the developed system realizes the architecture, requirements, and technical baseline. This Cyber SME will represent the program from a Cyber perspective in assorted Senior meetings, Conferences, and Program Milestones with both Program and Customer Leadership. This position will be pivotal in providing a forward look at the Cybersecurity strategy across multiple task orders for the C2BMC Program. The Cybersecurity SME will work closely with the Chief Engineer and Chief Architect. Documenting lessons learned, as well as the best security engineering practices and industry standards, will be required in daily tasks. Responsible for working with program Operations leadership to mature cyber operations and protection measures. The primary work location is the Missile Defense Integration and Operations Center (MDIOC) at Schriever AFB, Colorado.

Essential Functions:

• Apply security policies to applications that interface with one another.
• Assess the effectiveness of information protection measures utilized by system(s).
• Assess threats to and vulnerabilities of the computer system(s) to develop a security risk profile.
• Build, test, and modify product prototypes using working or theoretical models.
• Assess the application's security design for appropriate security controls that protect the confidentiality and integrity of information.
• Integrate information assurance (IA) or IA-enabled products.
• Design and develop secure interface specifications between interconnected systems.
• Design, develop, integrate, and update system security measures (including policies and requirements) that provide confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, and non-repudiation.
• Design hardware, operating systems, and software applications that adequately address information assurance (IA) security requirements.
• Design or integrate appropriate data backup capabilities into overall system designs and ensure proper technical and procedural processes exist for secure system backups and protected backup data storage.
• Design to minimum security requirements to ensure requirements are met for all systems and applications.
• Develop architectures or system components consistent with technical specifications.
• Develop detailed security design documentation for component and interface specifications to support system design and development.
• Analyze information to determine, recommend, and plan the development of a new application or modification of an existing application.
• Analyze user needs and software requirements to determine the feasibility of design within time and cost constraints.

Basic Qualifications:

Please note your updated security clearance and IAT/relevant certifications on your resume, if applicable.

• An active TS/SCI clearance is required to start.
• 12 years experience with a Bachelor’s degree in a related field; 10 years with a master's degree in a related field, or 16 years experience in lieu of a degree.
• Must possess a DoD 8140 certification at IASAE – Level II or higher (Security+, GSEC, SCNP, SSCP, CISSP, CISA, GSE, SCNA)
• Strong Cybersecurity background to include knowledge of:
• Identity and Access Management methodologies, encryption algorithms, cryptology, database, and enterprise information security architecture.
• Proficiency in implementing information assurance (IA) principles and requirements relevant to confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, and non-repudiation.
• Experience in cybersecurity requirements evaluation and validation.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity systems engineering principles.
• Familiarity with network protocols (e.g., Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol [TCP/IP], Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol [DHCP]) and directory services (e.g., Domain Name System [DNS]).
• Knowledge of STIG application and hardening operating systems.
• Knowledge of Cyber technologies (e.g., HBSS, ArcSight, ACAS, etc.) and how they impact a mission system.
• Experience in Cyber threat assessment and risk management of a mission system.
• Knowledge of cyber operations and operational impacts.
• Analyzing design constraints, trade-offs, and detailed system and security designs to identify necessary lifecycle support.

Salary Range:The salary offered will be based on the selected candidate’s qualifications - skills, education & experience - and the position level ($153,000 - $170,000).

About Auria

Auria is a provider of solutions and software in support of complex Space, National Security, and Cyber missions of federal, international, and commercial customers. Headquartered in Colorado Springs, CO and with operations in Boulder, CO, Washington, DC, Huntsville, AL, Albuquerque, NM, Ogden, UT, and San Diego, CA, our success is built on the excellence of diverse teams advancing innovative systems and operational software to strengthen our customers’ superiority in Space. With a distinguished track record and a spirit of relentless pursuit, we set the pace for progress and execute every mission with the utmost precision.

When you join Auria as a full-time employee, you get many benefits which include:

• Generous PTO package with yearly tenure increases
• Flex time policy providing you the flexibility needed
• 11 Company-Paid Holidays per year
• Up to 4% match on 401(k) employee contributions, employer and employee contributions immediately vested
• Tuition and Certification Fee Assistance
• Low-cost medical plans that include company-sponsored HSA
• No-cost life insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• And much more!

Auria is committed to hiring and retaining 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.