Peraton drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the worlds leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. Every day, our employees do the cant be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers.
Responsibilities
Perform technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems. Perform analysis at all levels of total system product to include: concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal. Ensure the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints. Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications. Work is performed without appreciable direction. Exercises considerable latitude in determining technical objectives of assignment. Interacts with senior external personnel on significant technical matters often requiring coordination between organizations.
This position is contingent upon contract award.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications
To be considered for this position, you must minimally meet the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed below:
This position is able to be worked from Arlington, VA or Pensacola, FL.
- Bachelors Degree with 18+ years experience or Masters Degree with 16+ years experience or 12+ years with Ph.D. in Cybersecurity Engineering and/or Cybersecurity Project Management
- US Citizenship and a current active DoD TOP SECRET Clearance; with SCI ELIGIBILITY
- Must possess at least one of the following Cybersecurity Certifications: CISSP, CCSP, CCNA, CISSP-ISSAP, CISSP-ISSEP, GIAC, SSCP, Security+ (or equivalent as approved by the Government)
- Experienced with developing system security context, a preliminary system security CONOPS, and define baseline system security requirements in accordance with applicable cybersecurity requirements
- Ability to develop a system security context, a preliminary system security CONOPS, and define baseline system security requirements in accordance with applicable cybersecurity requirements
- Experienced with securing at least one of the following cloud service provider types: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Software a Service (SaaS), and Platfo1m as a Service (PaaS)
Preferred Qualifications
Candidates with these desired skills will be given preferential consideration:
- Current SCI Clearance
- 2+ years of leadership experience managing Cybersecurity engineering teams
- Experienced with developing/integrating cybersecurity designs for systems and networks Experience or knowledge of implementing Zero Trust architecture principles
- Experienced with documenting and addressing organizational information security, cybersecurity architecture, and systems security engineering requirements
- Experienced with documenting the protection needs (i.e., security controls) for information system(s) and network(s)
- Ability to perform security reviews, identify gaps in security architecture, and develop a security risk management plan
- Experienced with vulnerability scanning tools to include those supporting operation system, web application, database assessments, skill in translating operational requirements into protection needs (i.e. security controls)
- Experienced with architecting, engineering, deploying, and tuning of Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDS)
- Experienced with Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) technologies
- Experienced or knowledge of Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) solutions Security Information & Event Management (SIEM)
- Mobile security engineering knowledge or experience to include at least one of the following: Mobile Threat Detection (MTD), Mobile Device Management (MDM) security controls, Mobile Application Management (MAM) security controls
- Ability to provide technical security engineering support for secure authentication. Integrate security tools implementing secure authentication / Single Sign On (SSO)
- Experienced with at least one of the following: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), Secure Assertion Markup Language (SAML), OpenID Connect (OIDC), and Derived credential integrations
- Experience with tuning and optimizing Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) and Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) tools supporting anti-malware, host intrusion protection, incident response, and Data Loss Protection (DLP) capabilities
- Hands on experience with Windows/Linux operations to include configuration, maintenance, and management