Job ID: 2403716
Location: SAN DIEGO, CA, US
Date Posted: 2024-03-12
Category: Cyber
Subcategory: Cyber Engineer
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time
Minimum Clearance Required: Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret
Potential for Remote Work: No
Description

SAIC is the premier Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) integrator with expertise in transforming legacy command and control systems into a modern hybrid cloud environment to accelerate decision making and increase mission success. This new program is part of a broader effort to provide a tactical operational picture aligned with the JADC2 and Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) to adapt to new and emerging threats.

SAIC is seeking an experienced Cyber Security individual to support our United States Air Force customer. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in large, complex system of systems design, development, and integration projects. The position requires an individual with strong technical project management skills. The successful candidate will have excellent communication, team skills and DoD Program Management experience. They will be expected to continually balance and adjust work priorities to meet short deadlines.

Key responsibilities:

• Designs, tests, and implements secure operating systems, networks, security monitoring, tuning and management of IT security systems and applications, incident response, digital forensics, loss prevention, and eDiscovery actions
• Conducts risk and vulnerability assessment at the network, system and application level
• Conducts threat modeling exercises
• Develops and implements security controls and formulates operational risk mitigations along with assisting in security awareness programs. Involved in a wide range of security issues including architectures, firewalls, electronic data traffic, and network access
• Researches, evaluates and recommends new security tools, techniques, and technologies and introduces them to the enterprise in alignment with IT security strategy
• Utilizes COTS/GOTS and custom tools and processes/procedures in order to scan, identify, contain, mitigate and remediate vulnerabilities, and intrusions
• Assists in the implementation of the required government policy (i.e., NISPOM, DCID 6/3), and makes recommendations on process tailoring. Performs analyses to validate established security requirements and to recommend additional security requirements and safeguards
• Supports the formal Security Test and Evaluation (ST&E) required by each government accrediting authority through pretest preparations, participation in the tests, analysis of the results, and preparation of required reports
• Periodically conducts a review of each system's audits and monitors corrective actions until all actions are closed
• May support cyber metrics development, maintenance and reporting
• May provide briefings to senior staff

Qualifications

TYPICAL EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Bachelors and fourteen (14) years or more of related experience; Masters and twelve (12) years or more experience; PhD or JD and nine (9) years or more experience.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• ship and hold an active Secret clearance with the ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance (TS/SCI)
• Industry certification IAT Level II certifications
• CCNA Security
• CySA
• GICSP
• GSEC
• Security CE
• CND - SSCP

DESIRED:

• IAT Level III Certification
• CASP CE
• CCNP Security
• CISA
• CISSP (or Associate)
• GCED
• GCIH
• Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
• Certified Risk and Information Systems Controller (CRISC)
• Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
• Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) and GIAC Security Essentials

Target salary range: $175,001 - $185,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.
Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.