What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cybersecurity Engineer (Secret Clearance) position at VMD Corp?
Company Description
This cybersecurity engineering position will be supporting the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Office of Information Technology, Technology Solutions Division (TSD), specifically their mission critical systems.
Job Description
Your Impact to the Mission:
As a Cybersecurity Engineer you will leverage technical knowledge and experience to support multiple IT projects, programs, and initiatives. You will be responsible for actively interacting and communicating with various departments, teams, and workgroups to provide hands-on technical cybersecurity support on potential security risks and recommendations. You will be interacting with technical staff to executive staff, adjusting the communication and feedback accordingly.
TheCybersecurity Engineerwill be responsible for:
Experience Needed to Be Successful:
VMD considers factors such as the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, and market and business considerations. Hiring decisions are made in alignment with market conditions, business needs, and compliance with applicable laws. Our compensation and benefits offerings include:
VMD provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable Federal, state and local laws. VMD maintains a drug-free workplace.
Additional Information
VMD provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable Federal, state and local laws. VMD maintains a drug-free workplace.
This cybersecurity engineering position will be supporting the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Office of Information Technology, Technology Solutions Division (TSD), specifically their mission critical systems.
Job Description
Your Impact to the Mission:
As a Cybersecurity Engineer you will leverage technical knowledge and experience to support multiple IT projects, programs, and initiatives. You will be responsible for actively interacting and communicating with various departments, teams, and workgroups to provide hands-on technical cybersecurity support on potential security risks and recommendations. You will be interacting with technical staff to executive staff, adjusting the communication and feedback accordingly.
TheCybersecurity Engineerwill be responsible for:
- Supporting the response for planned and unplanned security assessments including documentation collection and review, documentation creation and maintenance, and artifact/evidence review and validation.
- Analyzing and investigating potential security threats against technologies in use as well as those planned for future use.
- Performing an ongoing review of industry/government best practices for system security to provide expert technical guidance for translating NIST, DHS, and TSA cybersecurity standards, policies and procedures into actionable tasks.
- Determining the security impact of new technologies or policies on the TSA information security program.
- Developing and presenting recommendations for changes to improve security posture.
- Implementing security improvements as needed for protecting mission critical systems.
- Leveraging existing government-provided security scan tools such as Tenable Security Center, Nessus, DbProtect, Venafi, RedSeal, Burp Suite Pro and others.
- Providing security engineering subject matter expertise in coordination with enterprise architecture and technical review boards.
- Developing and maintaining information security program strategic and tactical goals and objectives and program outreach/communication plans.
- Identifying, developing, and maintaining a performance management program, that includes performance measures, tracking metrics, and trend analysis.
Experience Needed to Be Successful:
- 8 years of work experience in IT and cybersecurity, with a technical background in networking, operating system, and/or software development
- 5 years of cybersecurity experience
- Active Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) certification
- Experience with security development lifecycle management, DevSecOps, and CI/CD integration
- Ability to leverage programming languages where feasible such as Java, PHP, C, .NET, Go, or Python
- Experience with various operating systems including Windows, Linux and Unix
- Strong leadership and interpersonal skills to facilitate effective collaboration across a variety of stakeholders
- Demonstrated ability to function independently and define the proper methods & procedures
- Understanding of guiding cybersecurity principles and control guidance
- Effective writing skills to capture issues and recommendations
- Strong customer relationship building ability
- Education Requirement: Bachelor’s degree
- Can Additional Years of Experience Substitute for Degree?Yes
- Required Certification(s):Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
- Minimum Years of Overall Experience:8
- Minimum Years of Specific Experience in Field:5
- Minimum Clearance to Start:Secret
- Work Status Allowable:US Citizenship
- You are curious, inquisitive, and have demonstrated a constant eagerness to learn through actions.
- You have high attention to detail.
- You demonstrate personal accountability and integrity in all actions.
- Travel: Little (less than 10%) Telecommute Options: Hybrid Remote. 2-3 days onsite.
VMD considers factors such as the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, and market and business considerations. Hiring decisions are made in alignment with market conditions, business needs, and compliance with applicable laws. Our compensation and benefits offerings include:
- Salary: $125,000.00 to $150,000.00
- Medical Insurance – Health/Dental/ Vision
- Vacation and Sick Time
- 11 Paid Holidays Per Year
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- Voluntary Life/AD&D
- Group Life/Short & Long-Term Disability
- Generous Education and Professional Development Reimbursement
- Pre-Tax Commuter Benefit
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
VMD provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable Federal, state and local laws. VMD maintains a drug-free workplace.
Additional Information
VMD provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable Federal, state and local laws. VMD maintains a drug-free workplace.
Salary : $125,000 - $150,000
