This position will provide operational and technical support to National & Navy missions in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. Successful candidates will have detailed knowledge of National SIGINT systems and their application to support Navy missions, the ability to work across intelligence disciplines to provide real-time support to operations and experimentation, apply technical expertise to complex analytical problems, and work as part of a team or independently. Candidates must also possess a demonstrated ability to operate shifting priorities, adapt to a fast-paced environment, and deliver under pressure. This position is located on a client site and may require on-call support to a 24x7 military operations team.
Skills and Responsibilities
- Ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of systems, networks, and data through the planning, analysis, development, implementation, maintenance, and enhancement of information systems security program, policies, procedures, and tools.
- Support cybersecurity operations for IT networks, systems, and cloud platforms by applying cybersecurity policies and security engineering principles, including identity and access management, encryption, continuous monitoring, secure configuration, and automation.
- Administer enterprise security tools, to include but not limited to firewalls, zero-trust technologies, logging and metrics systems.
- Ensure necessary security controls are in place and operate as intended; advising users of risks to systems and assessing risk; completes and maintains appropriate security documentation including systems security plans.
- Prepare and update documentation IA and ATO documentation, working with the US Government to ensure continuous accreditation.
- Conduct cybersecurity risk assessments, evaluating security control implementations, analyzing residual risk, and supporting Risk Management Framework (RMF) activities and documentation.
Required Qualifications and Skills
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- REQUIRED: Active TS/SCI Clearance with Full-Scope Poly (or agreement to take poly when requested)
- At least 3 years of experience as a Software Engineer or DevSecOps, system engineering or closely related technical role
- Knowledge of: Container (Docker) Build and Infrastructures, Kubernetes, Software Configuration Management tools such as GitLab, CI/CD processes, GitLab procedures/documentation
- Experience with SBOM generation, SCA, container scanning, artifact signing, provenance, or software supply-chain security
- Experience with policy-as-code, OPA/Gatekeeper, Kubernetes admission controls, or secure workload policies
- Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code or Configuration-as-Code practices using Terraform, Ansible, Bicep, CloudFormation, or similar tools
- Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, or similar observability platforms
- Experience in defense contracting, government programs, CMMC, NIST 800-171, RMF, STIGs, or other compliance-driven environments
Desired Qualifications
- Experience programming in Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python or C++
- Familiarity with full-stack web application development in any frameworks/languages
Position location: Aurora, CO or Laurel, MD
the selected individual will be required to work onsite, 5 days a week