Cyberspace Operations Engineer II

MKS2 Technologies, LLC, an award-winning high growth small business, creates innovative and customer-centric technology solutions in the areas of Cyber Security, Instructional Design and Training, Software Engineering, and IT Support Services to improve the security and well-being of our clients. Our commitment to excellence and our “Mission First” orientation has resulted in steady growth and an expanding client base across government agencies. Headquartered in Austin, TX we have employees nationwide and for the past three consecutive years were named one of the fastest growing Veteran-owned companies in the nation.

 

Position: Cyberspace Operations Engineer II (CO2)

Security Requirements: TS/SCI with CI Poly (both active).

Education: Minimum of bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Computer Engineering, or related discipline.

Certifications: Minimum DOD 8140/DOD 8570 IAM Level III Certification.

Experience (Ten years Required):

- Researches and analyzes cybersecurity capabilities to satisfy data protection requirements.

- Evaluates products against the customer’s operational requirements.

- Assists with the implementation of security solutions.

- Researches, develops requirements, evaluates, tests, and implements new or improved information security software, devices, or systems.

- Applies a combination of expert engineering knowledge of enterprise IT and security solutions to design, develop, and/or implement solutions to ensure they are consistent with enterprise architecture security policies.

- Provides planning, policy, requirements, and integration support for cyber capabilities and identifies opportunities for mission enhancement.

- Researches, designs, develops, and implements proof of concept data protection solutions to address vulnerabilities and assists in highly focused, quick-turnaround market research regarding technology trends and/or potential solutions to address specific requirements.

- Assists in the evaluation of industry offerings to identify products and technologies with the potential to support the security design and troubleshoot and problem solve technical and non-technical issues.

- Applies advanced telecommunications knowledge of DOD network designs and operations to analyze and define global network centric solutions.

- Analyzes and evaluates voice/video/data system solutions and provide support for joint full spectrum (terrestrial and space) system and network integration.

- Conducts enterprise assessments of threats and vulnerabilities, determines deviations from acceptable configurations and security controls, assesses the level of risk, and develops and/or recommends appropriate remediation strategies.

- Maintains thorough knowledge on DODIN operations, U.S. cyberspace operations community architecture, and potential defensive capabilities for countering cyber threats.

- Assesses operational risks and issues, develops effective COAs and mitigation strategies, mediates, and coordinates actions.

- Analyzes and reports on technical issues of current and future DOD plans, programs, policies, and activity related to the assessment of the DODIN.