Cyber Engineer

Cyber Engineer

Location: Dulles, VA

Must have an active Secret Security Clearance

Node is supporting a U.S. Government customer on a large mission-critical development and sustainment program to design, build, deliver, and operate a network operations environment, including introducing new cyber capabilities to address emerging threats.

Node is seeking a Cyber Engineer to support the design, development, and deployment of advanced cybersecurity capabilities.

The Cyber Engineer designs, develops, documents, analyzes, tests, integrates, debugs, conducts research, and/or discovers and analyzes security flaws or vulnerabilities in software, networks, systems, and applications. The Cyber Engineer ensures system security needs are established and maintained for various objects/matters.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze output from various security devices and malware and incident reports to improve detection of and minimize future incidents

• Assess and analyze system security to identify and mitigate risks and vulnerabilities

• Recommend countermeasures to mitigate risks and vulnerabilities

• Prepare/Update documentation, including incident reports, security recommendations, etc.

• Assist in identifying, prioritizing, and coordinating the protection of critical cybersecurity infrastructure and key resources

• Perform basic system design functions, including interpretive analyses, chart preparation, and associated diagrams/enhancement plans

• Test existing and new technologies

• Review/analyze requested changes for equipment, technology, and/or other factors/trends, which are planned for deployment in the customer space

• Support the configuration and administration of cyber security tools and systems.

Requirements

Required Skills:

• U.S. Citizenship

• Must have an active Secret clearance and be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance

• Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability

• 2+ years of applicable experience in cybersecurity

• Experience with commercial cyber tools and technologies

• Experience with standard security principles, policies, standards, and industry best practices

• Experience and knowledge of networking (TCP/IP, topology, sockets, and security) and web technologies (Internet security)

• Experience or knowledge of intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDS/IPS), log analysis, malware analysis, network traffic flow and packet analysis

• Understanding and ideally experience with Windows or Linux/Unix operating systems

• Possesses or quickly develops an understanding of Government Information Security policies, regulations, and guidelines

Desired Skills:

• Experience with Security Event Incident Management (SEIM), Log Correlation, and Network Behavior Anomaly detection systems

• Experience and/or familiarity with development languages such as Java, Swing, JUnit, Perl, Python, HTML

• Demonstrated experience and/or familiarity with VMware and virtual machines

• Ability to write custom tools and modify existing intrusion detection tools

• Experience with Agile development methodology

• Experience with automated testing tools

• Experience with one or more of the following:

o Security COTS integration

o Security Incident Event Management

o Insider Threat Monitoring

o Operating System Hardening

o Vulnerability Assessment testing

o Identification and Authentication schemes

o Public Key Infrastructure and Identity Management

o Cross Domain Solutions

o Computer Network Exploitation (CNE)

o Computer Network Operations (CNO)

o Malware Analysis

o Reverse Software Engineering

o Security engineering

Required Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Cyber Security, Information Security, Software Engineering, or a related discipline is required. [Four (4) years of experience (for a total of six (6) or more years) may be substituted for a degree.]

Desired Certifications:

DoD 8570.1-M Compliance at IAT Level I

Company Overview:

Node. Digital is an independent Digital Automation & Cognitive Engineering company that integrates best-of-breed technologies to accelerate business impact.

Our Core Values help us in our mission. They include:

OUR CORE VALUES

Identifying the~RIGHT PEOPLE~and developing them to their full capabilities

Our customer’s “Mission” is our “Mission”. Our~MISSION FIRST~approach is designed to keep our customers fully engaged while becoming their trusted partner

We believe in~SIMPLIFYING~complex problems with a relentless focus on agile delivery excellence

Our mantra is “~Simple*Secure*Speed~” in the delivery of innovative services and solutions

Benefits

We are proud to offer competitive compensation and benefits packages to include:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Basic Life
• Long-Term Disability
• Health Saving Account
• 401K
• Three weeks of PTO
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Pre-Approved Online Training