Cyber Security Engineer with Security Clearance

Cybersecurity Engineer

Location:

Aurora, CO Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Design, implement and maintain complex systems and infrastructure that support business objectives
• Deploys solutions to proactively mitigate cyber threats to customer networks
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure that our systems and infrastructure meet security, scalability, and performance requirements
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex system issues, including performance and availability problems
• Makes recommendations to improve overall security posture to senior management
• Plan and execute system upgrades, patches, and migrations
• Develop and maintain disaster recovery plans and procedures
• Develop and implement system monitoring and alerting strategies
• Mentor and train junior team members
• Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry trends
• Familiar with IC, DoD, and NIST Risk Management Framework directives and guidelines and security accreditation processes
• Assesses the performance of security controls within IT projects
• Evaluates potential system security risks and takes appropriate corrective, mitigation, and recovery actions
• Researches, evaluates, and provides feedback on problematic security trends and patterns in customer support requirements

Basic Qualifications:

• Requires Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in the fields of mathematics, telecommunications, electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science and 7-10 years related experience.
• Strong IT system and application engineering background
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required.
• Ability to function in a fast-paced environment and effectively manage multiple tasks simultaneously; coordinating resources and ensuring scheduled goals are met.
• Experience with certification testing, Risk Management Framework (RMF), information assurance tools, DoD STIG, and vulnerability assessment
• Experience with VMWare infrastructure. vCenter and ESXi configuration and maintenance.
• Experience with one or more scripting languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript, Perl)
• Experience and knowledge of network devices (routers and switches), TCP/UDP traffic, firewall technologies, IDS technologies, proxy technologies, and antivirus, spam and spyware solutions.
• Familiarity with Elastic to include Logstash and Kibana concepts
• DoD 8570 certification meeting IAT Level II required