Senior Cybersecurity Engineer - SME

Job Title:

Senior Cybersecurity Engineer - SME

Job Category:
Information Technology

Time Type:
Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: TS/SCI

Employee Type:
Regular

Percentage of

Travel Required:

Up to 10%

Type of Travel:
Local

The Senior Cybersecurity Engineer will directly report to the Chief of Cyber Engineering. The candidate will leverage previous experience within multiple domains within a Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO) mission-set to achieve both strategic and tactical goals. The Senior Cybersecurity Engineer will oversee the day-to-day execution of all teams aligned under the Cyber Front Office. This includes identifying opportunities to mature processes and personnel with the intent to execute the mission effectively and efficiently.

When appropriate, will provide guidance and recommendations to senior leadership on matters relating to the prioritization of resources.

The Senior Cybersecurity Engineer will be required to effectively work with and communicate with varying levels of stakeholders to include TCS leadership, technical customers, non-technical customers, and all TCS staff of varying skillsets and experience. Responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining an organization’s cybersecurity infrastructure and systems. This role involves overseeing the security of networks, data, and systems, responding to security breaches, and ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and policies.

It often includes strategic planning, risk assessment, collaboration with other teams and stakeholders, and conducting Analysis of Alternatives (AoA), design studies, and authoring white papers.

• Support the DCO mission as directed by the Chief of TCS Cyber and within the contract. With special emphasis on capturing metrics as it relates to resources and priorities.
• You will continue to mature processes and personnel through the direction of subordinate supervisory staff.
• Sufficient knowledge of complex enterprise cybersecurity systems and technologies with the ability to interpret network and web architecture documentation.
• Demonstrated experience providing briefings to an executive audience.
• Strategic Planning and Implementation
• Developing and implementing comprehensive cybersecurity strategies and plans that align with the organization’s overall goals and objectives.
• Good understanding of CSSP model and how it pertains to the DoD. To include the mandated DoD policies and their respective audits as they relate to the mission ATO and accreditation.
• Excellent verbal and writing skills with the ability to write clear and concise assessment reports.
• Good understanding of adversarial tactics and techniques as it applies to defensive cyber operations.
• Supporting teams, developing cybersecurity strategies, and ensuring the organization’s cyber capabilities are robust and effective.
• Work directly with the Chief of TCS Cyber to deliver the design, development, implementation, operations, and sustainment of cybersecurity services that enhance the cybersecurity posture of NGA Programs, Systems, and the Enterprise.
• When required, will provide input to mitigate the absence of necessary capability gaps within the environment.
• You will assist with the monitoring of personnel performance and morale of staff across the Cybersecurity Division by providing recommended courses of action, to resolve issues, to TCS leadership.
• You will contribute to the identification and remediation of personnel staffing gaps.
• As needed, will provide guidance or direction to lower-level staff.
• Assists with the research and evaluation of new concepts, processes, and technology to improve performance and gain efficiencies within Cyber Engineering. With the intent to provide recommendations to the…