ACAS Cybersecurity Engineer

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Serve as an Assured Compliance Assessment Solution ( ACAS ) cybersecurity systems engineer responsible for deploying, configuring, and maintaining ACAS suite, including Tenable Security Center and Nessus scanners, which are used for vulnerability management and security compliance. Conduct scans, analyze reports, implement patches and updates, and ensure adherence to federal government security standards and other agency-specific policies. Use technical expertise with ACAS components and scripting languages, and a strong understanding of network infrastructure and risk management.

Provide on‑site and remote engineering and integration services for the enterprise architecture and integration of products, including system architecture, solution design, performance audits, system reviews, documentation and data migration, scanning, and remediation. Perform and support site audits, and provide cybersecurity recommendations in support of ATO activities. Assist with authoring custom security policies and signatures, and assist with configuring file updates.

Apply leading‑edge principles, theories, and concepts and contribute to the development of new principles and concepts to advance mission requirements. Perform as part of a team as they troubleshoot and analyze complex challenges for customers using your knowledge of network and security devices and applications. Work with other teams to integrate ACAS capabilities into broader security operations and troubleshoot issues.

Develop and implement security solutions in alignment with security strategy, and maintain an awareness of market and technology trends to bring best of breed solutions to the client.

• 3+ years of experience deploying, maintaining, administrating, and integrating the ACAS tool set, including Tenable Security Center, Nessus Vulnerability Scanner, and Nessus Agents, in an enterprise environment
• 3+ years of experience with system engineering, computer science, information systems, engineering science, or engineering management
• Knowledge of security architecture design and integration
• Ability to integrate cybersecurity engineering principles into infrastructure planning, design, and deployment
• Ability to meet schedule, performance, and quality within the systems development life cycle (SDLC)
• Top Secret clearance
• Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years of experience providing IT support, or Master’s degree and 8+ years of experience providing IT support
• IAT Level III Certification such as CISSP or CISM Certification

• Experience with deployment, maintenance, or integration using cybersecurity tools such as Trellix, Splunk, Fire Power, or Fire Eye
• Experience using Solar Winds
• Linux+ or RHEL Certification

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information;
Top Secret clearance is required.

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