Senior Cyber Engineer - El Segundo, United States - Axient, LLC

Description

Axient -:
SPACE

Overview:

Seeking a Sr Cyber Security Engineer to join our team in El Segundo, CA.

You will provide Information Assurance (IA) and Cybersecurity support for the MILSATCOM Capability area. The MILSATCOM portfolio of programs has an ongoing need for IA/Cybersecurity support, to meet the needs of our emerging next-generation protected SATCOM.

Responsibilities:

Obtain and maintain Authority to Operate (ATO) documentation, support continuous monitoring or periodic scans of networked assets and conduct/ oversee defensive cyber, threat intel, threat hunting, malware analysis, countermeasures/ corrective action, and network analysis
Support the SSC with ensuring security, quality, timeliness, mission partner support, completeness, and regulatory compliance of ATO RMF documentation
Support the following responsibilities: security control assessor (SCA) and Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) curated to DOD/DAF/USSF baselines, audit standards, and plan of actions and milestones (POAM)
Attend cleared expert threat briefings; have oversight of security program design, incident response plans, cyber risk assessments, and attack surface assessments; investigate security breaches, perform red, blue, purple, ethical hacking, orchestrate vulnerability assessment, develop security protocols, conduct tabletop exercises, and breach readiness reviews
Perform systems engineering activities in the areas of cybersecurity, Assessment & Authorization (A&A), cryptographic System Security Engineering (SSE), and Certification & Accreditation (C&A), in accordance to NIST RMF and NSA requirements and regulations

Required skills:

• Bachelors degree in Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related scientific or technical discipline
• 6+ years of work experience in Information Assurance/Cybersecurity
• 4 years of work experience in Cybersecurity may be considered in lieu of Bachelors degree
• Understanding of modern computing architectures including CI/CD, microservices, cloud, and container technologies
  Knowledge and experience with public and private key governance/theory, Encryption Algorithms (substitution and transposition) as a Service, and Mathematical principles behind encryption
  Experience with leading risk management efforts to achieve and maintain authorization for systems using DoD RMFs tools
  Experience with delivering cybersecurity architecture and engineering service

Preferred skills:

• Masters degree in Computer Science/Engineering with emphasis in IA/Cyber Security
  10+ years of work experience in IA/Cyber Security
  10+ years of work experience in System Engineering Architecture/Design
  DoD Space program experience
  RMF or DIACAP Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V)
  NIST and CNSSI 1253 RMF Analysis and Accreditation
  Network Engineering
  Communications Systems
  Security Test and Evaluation (ST&E)
  Security certification (CISSP)

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