Security Engineer with Security Clearance - Washington, DC, United States - NAIS

Description

Contract/Location:

National Capital Region / Pensacola, FL Overview:
NAIS LLC is seeking an experienced Security Engineer to provide services on a contract supporting a U.S
Government agency
The ideal candidate will have excellent problem-solving and communications skills as well as a previous work history of managing and executing security engineering activities during the analysis, design, development, and sustainment phases
This position requires a positive attitude, strong organizational skills, a drive to focus and produce results, and the ability to lead a team to meet objectives and foster strong customer relationships in a complex environment
This is a full-time salaried position with compensation to be based on experience and overall strength of the candidate
In addition to receiving a competitive salary and generous health and personal benefits, the opportunity offers the ability to enhance the selectee's skill set among a talented and technically accomplished group of colleagues
On this contract, our team will support the U.S
Government agency across the following activities: 1) Direct interface with the client as the lead for designing security related capabilities for each project

Qualifications:

Clearance:
Top Secret / SCI

Citizenship:
Must be a U.S
Citizen


Education:
B.A./B.S

or M.A./M.S
degree from an accredited academic institution in a relevant field
An associate degree plus 4 years work experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree

Experience: 3+ years of experience required

Preferred:
Experience working in government IT and cybersecurity environments in U.S
civilian government or other federal government agencies

• One or

More Certifications Required:

ISC2 – Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), ISC2 – Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), ISC2 – Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP), ISACA – Certified Information Security Manager (ISSM), SANS – Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC), Cloud Security Essentials (GCLD), Cloud Security Automation (GCSA), and Security Essentials (GSEC).

Core Duties:

• Analyzes the security of the pipelines, applications, and services to achieve release and deployment and provides integration and implementation of security solutions and security features for system architectures
• Implements, maintains, and improves existing industry best practices of NIST security controls such as identity and access management, IDS/IPS, log analytics, encryption and data security
• Resolves and mitigates vulnerabilities, design security functions, and provides evidence-based reasoning to substantiate claims for trustworthy and secure work products
• Defines holistic cloud security strategy and implement cloud orchestration tools and solutions to meet cloud security architecture requirements, policies, and procedures.