Cyber Security Project Engineer - TS/SCI Polygraph
Listed on 2026-01-07
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IT/Tech
Cybersecurity, Information Security, IT Consultant, Data Security
Req : RQ211338
Type of Requisition: Regular
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret SCI + Polygraph
Public Trust/Other
Required:
None
Job Family: Cyber and IT Risk Management
Skills:
Cybersecurity Risk Management,Documentations,Information Assurance
Experience:
8 + years of related experience
US Citizenship
Required:
Yes
Job Description:
Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Cyber Security Project Engineer supporting customer activities. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.
At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Cyber Security Project Engineer, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Cyber Security Project Engineer joining our highly skilled team to be a premier provider of cyber security services to the customer. We provide consummate cyber security risk management “as a service” platform across multiple fabrics and centers.
We have responsibility to ensure operational IT capabilities provide the client with necessary timeliness, accuracy and security of information demanded from all our highly professional roles. Be the change, lead our change – join us!
HOW A CYBER SECURITY PROJECT ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT
- Ability to create queries and alerts that feed into a dashboard for monitoring and analysis of various logs
- Experience with creating Splunk dashboards
- Provide analysis and review of Splunk audit logs to include OS, database, and application logs
- Experience in evaluating query results and reporting results to the customer in report format
- Strong writing skills to create documentation such as SOPs, internal process documents and input into cyber policies
- Ability to coordinate with external projects and customers to ensure audit log ingest
- Understanding of creating ITSI Glass Tables
- Performs all procedures necessary to ensure the safety of information systems assets and to protect systems from intentional or inadvertent access or destruction
- Ability to assess, plan, and enact security measures to help protect an organization from security breaches and attacks on its computer networks and systems.
- Analyzes all relevant cyber security event data and other sources for attack indicators and potential security breaches
- Applies knowledge of Information Assurance Vulnerability Alerts (IAVAs)
- Detects, triages, investigates, responds and reports on all of the monitored networks
- Demonstrates experience with RMF, CNSSI 1253, NIST SP 800-53, and NISPOM
- Demonstrates experience with Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) and Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) Compliance Checker (SCC)
- Demonstrated experience with compliance and vulnerability scanning tools (XACTA, Red Seal, Nessus, Splunk, McAfee ePO, and/or other vulnerability scanners)
- Experience with cloud technologies to include Amazon and Azure
- Excellent writing and communication skills
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:
- Education :
Bachelor's Degree (Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a closely related discipline) - Required Experience : 8+ yrs
- Clearance : TS/SCI with Polygraph
- Required Technical
Skills: - Experience in executing scans using vulnerability scanning tools to include Nessus, App Detective, Web Inspect and other vulnerability scanners
- Experience with using compliance and risk management tools such XACTA, Splunk, Continuum
- Strong understanding of NIST SP 800-53, RMF, CNSSI 1253, NISPOM
- Experience with Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) and Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) Compliance Checker (SCC)
- Creates and maintains documentation to include internal processes, procedures, relevant instructions, policies, and guidance
- Strong project management skills to include creating schedules and presentations, identifying project risks, and outlining project plans
- Strong technical writing skills
- Demonstrated experience with cyber security concepts to include encryption services, access control, information protection, network security
- Experience with AWS and Azure cloud security compliance
- Knowledgeable of various cloud…
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