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Cyber Tools Engineer
Beltsville, MDWe are looking for a Cyber Tool Engineer to support the Diplomatic Security Cyber Mission (DSCM) program providing leading cyber and technology security experience to enable innovative, effective, and secure business processes.
The Cyber Tools Engineer role will be located in Beltsville, MD supporting the Cyber Operations Division.
This position will work a rotating hybrid schedule in Beltsville, MD. WEEK 1 - 2 days onsite, 3 days remote WEEK 2 - 3 days onsite, 2 days remote.
As a Cyber Tools Engineer, you will prevent adversary network threats, identify advanced attack vectors, and thwart methods of exploitation. Work closely with clients serving as the principal technical advisor and subject matter expert as Cybersecurity Tools Engineer. Will oversee engineering, design, develop, direct, and implement enterprise network cyber defense capabilities to prevent sophisticated cyber threats and vulnerabilities from affecting the customer environment.
The Cyber Tools Engineer role will be located in Beltsville, MD supporting the Cyber Operations Division.
This position will work a rotating hybrid schedule in Beltsville, MD. WEEK 1 - 2 days onsite, 3 days remote WEEK 2 - 3 days onsite, 2 days remote.
As a Cyber Tools Engineer, you will prevent adversary network threats, identify advanced attack vectors, and thwart methods of exploitation. Work closely with clients serving as the principal technical advisor and subject matter expert as Cybersecurity Tools Engineer. Will oversee engineering, design, develop, direct, and implement enterprise network cyber defense capabilities to prevent sophisticated cyber threats and vulnerabilities from affecting the customer environment.
- Implement security measures that protect the enterprise while maintaining knowledge of the lifecycle of the emerging threats, attack vectors and methods of adversary exploitation.
- You will be responsible for maintaining proficiency and specialized knowledge in computer network theory and understand IT standards and cybersecurity tools including the OSI model, and the methods of exploiting those standards.
- Assess and support Cloud deployment and transition of new and existing cyber tools
- Support expansion of cyber tools monitoring to Department cloud environments
- Coordinate with Cyber Defense Analysts to manage and administer the updating of rules, security content, and signatures for specialized cyber defense applications.
- Build, install, configure, and test dedicated cyber defense solutions.
- Perform incident resolution and root cause problem determination to ensure availability and stability of cyber defense solutions
- Assist in assessing the impact of implementing and sustaining dedicated cyber defense infrastructure.
- Create, edit, and manage access controls on specialized cyber defense systems
- Develop and maintain documentation for operational procedures, troubleshooting aids, and technical analysis for products, features and capabilities
- Document procedures and execute backup and recovery activities on cyber defense solutions.
- Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 9 years’ experience required. An additional 4 years of experience may be substituted in lieu of degree.
- Active Secret clearance required. Ability to obtain a TS.
- Must be able to work a hybrid schedule.
- Possess one of the following certs:
- CASP+ CE,CCNA Cyber Ops, CCNA-Security, CCNP Security, CEH, CFR, CISA, CISSP (or Associate), Cloud+, CySA+, GCED, GCIA, GCIH, GICSP, SCYBER
- Ability to conduct research and evaluate technical and all-source intelligence with specific emphasis on network operations and cyber warfare tactics, techniques, and procedures focused on the threat to networked weapons platforms and US and DoD information networks.
- Familiar with analyzing network events to determine the impact on current operations and conducted all-source research to determine advisory capability and intent.
- Ability to prepare assessments and cyber threat profiles of current events based on the sophisticated collection, research and analysis of classified and open source information.
- US citizenship is required.