Principal, Cyber Security Engineer

Are you searching for an opportunity to take your career to the next level? Ignite Digital Services is a fast-growing digital transformation company serving the national security sector. Our small business applies data science, program management and technical domain expertise to help clients implement data-driven approaches that maximize operational efficiencies.

We've redefined what it means to be a leader in our industry by creating and maintaining effective and rewarding working relationships with our clients, partners and internal team members. Our company culture is built upon a team-based approach, which offers continuous opportunities for personal growth and innovation, while providing unmatched value to our clients.

• Competitive pay and benefits, including PTO
• Education stipends and referral bonuses
• Compelling work with the U.S. federal government
• Strong emphasis on volunteer and community engagement
• Opportunity to shape the future of our industry
• Supportive colleagues and management who invest in your growth

Ignite Digital, has an exciting opportunity for a Principal, Cyber Security Engineer in Charleston, SC to support our client engagements within the federal government. The ideal candidate is a self-starter with strong cybersecurity skills and a strong work ethic. This position serves an important role in supporting a Dev Sec Ops  software development program and producing business process improvements. The individual will implement state-of-the-art best cybersecurity practices to ensure software code meets rigorous security audits and testing.

• Evaluate, develop, and implement cybersecurity code review solutions within current business processes to optimize efficiencies in collaboration with software developers.
• Identify methods to collect, analyze, and manage data with the goal of making recommendations to accelerate the Risk Management Framework process within a Dev Sec Ops  environment.
• Conduct vulnerability testing and scanning, incident response, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning and provides analytical support for security policy development and analysis.
• Evaluate incident response procedures and capabilities through Red Team exercises.
• Exploit system and network vulnerabilities and misconfigurations to gather data from target or adversary automated information systems or networks and enable operations and intelligence collection capabilities.
• Monitor, analyze, and detect cyber events and incidents within information systems and networks.
• Plan, implement, manage, monitor, and upgrade security measures for the protection of the organization’s data, systems and networks.
• Develop security assessment plans for systems, including objectives, scope, schedule, required documentation, possible risks, and other logistical items for security assessments; develop cloud service provider testing approach from a security perspective.
• Evaluate the performance and applicability of software code review tools against customer and client requirements.
• Foster collaborative business relationships with stakeholders, business partners, and team members.
• Assist in the training and development of the command workforce to increase the ability to produce secure software code.

• Ability to obtain a DoD security clearance.
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or Information Systems.
• Fifteen (15) years in cyber security including maintaining information security activities to preserve the availability, integrity, and confidentiality of information resources in compliance with applicable security policies and standards.
• Experience performing cybersecurity requirements definition, security risk assessment, systems analysis, systems design, security test and evaluation, certification and accreditation, and systems hardening.
• Demonstrated experience supporting Risk Management Framework (RMF)/FedRAMP system certification.
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative and work independently and quickly transition to reassess priorities.
• Must have Security+ certification.

• Active DoD security clearance.
• Knowledge of the system development life cycle, software project management approaches and requirements, design and test techniques including experience working in a Dev Ops/Dev Sec Ops  delivery environment.
• Experience in mentoring/training/coaching others in technical concepts.
• Adapt quickly to new situations, willingness to learn new technologies, and works well in a team environment, leading individual projects without the need for supervision.

* Ability to obtain a DoD Government Security Clearance is mandatory for this position*

Salary: $150k+ to align with education, certification, & experience.

Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

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