Cybersecurity Engineer

Overview

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Test & Evaluation, Program Mission Support, Engineering & Analysis, and Training.

• Participate in Cybersecurity assessments to include conducting residual risk analysis and compiling Risk Management Framework for DoD IT artifacts.
• Research and recommend cybersecurity architectures and procedures, providing advanced systems administration and executing cybersecurity vulnerability testing in mixed network environments.
• Participate in technical meetings, providing cybersecurity services and systems administration for military tactical/non-tactical, Electronics Support Measures suites and relational database applications.
• Provide input to monthly cyber security analysis reports.
• This position is a 100% on-site role.

• Bachelor of Science degree in Information Technology field or 3 years of military IT experience.
• DoD 8570.1-M Cybersecurity Technician Level II or III certifications (e.g., CompTIA Security+/Network+, CISSP and related operating systems certifications such as Microsoft Technology Professional, CompTIA Linux+ and Cisco Certified Network Administrator (CCNA)).
• Ability to obtain Secret level security clearance.
• U.S. Citizenship required for the purposes of obtaining/holding a U.S. security clearance.

• Cybersecurity, Risk Management Framework, and/or Information Technology/networks.
• Using Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Service (eMass).
• Familiarity with information systems vulnerability scanning tools, e.g., DISA Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG), Assured Compliance Assessment Reports Security Readiness Review (SRR) scripts, and implementation.
• MS Windows 10 and Server operating systems and UNIX/Linux, Solaris, VMware, Real-Time Operating Systems, routers, and embedded processor networking environments.