Test and Evaluation Cyber Expert

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MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Test and Evaluation Cyber Expert to join our team in Washington, D.C. This is a hybrid position with one day per month onsite.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Provide operational Test and Evaluation expertise on a wide range of activities and missions supporting systems for cyber security and cyber resilience to include review of requirements, test planning, test execution, data management, and test reporting with a strong focus on assessing the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of systems and data against cyber threats

Perform T&E technical analysis on a multi-disciplinary team, providing technical advisory and technical oversight to the government T&E division lead with a focus on cyber systems, industrial control systems, operational technology (OT) security, cyber table top exercises and cyber vulnerability and penetration assessment (CVPA) testing, and adversarial assessments

Analyze and provide input to T&E Master Plans with an emphasis on cyber resilience, security controls validation (e.g., NIST SP 800-53), and compliance with cybersecurity regulations

Work with government clients on T&E WIPT’s to establish and monitor the program’s execution towards milestones, key events, significant accomplishment criteria, and coordinate information between organizations with a focus on identifying and mitigating cyber risks throughout the system lifecycle

Review and provide feedback to Acquisition Program documents such as the Mission Needs Statement, Operational Requirements Documents, Concept of Operations, and Test and Evaluation Master Plan, specifically addressing cybersecurity requirements, threat modeling, and security testing strategies

Provide Cyber Resilience testing input and updates to Cyber Resilience guidebooks, Letter of Assessment, and other T&E documents

Teach Cyber Resilience T&E topics in DHS T&E workshops or T&E classes

Required Qualifications:

Master’s degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field

15+ years of Test and Evaluation experience with a significant portion dedicated to cyber security testing and evaluation of complex IT, OT, and cloud-based systems

Ability to teach T&E topics, particularly in the domain of cyber security testing methodologies, (e.g., Cyber Table Tops, Adversarial Assessment, Cyber Attack Methods, Cyber threats) and best practices

Technical writing experience, with the ability to document complex cybersecurity test plans, penetration test reports, vulnerability assessment findings, and mitigation recommendations

Experience working on a DOD or DHS acquisition program performing cyber resilience testing

Desired

Qualifications:

Experience with DHS acquisition policy and DHS systems engineering lifecycle with specific experience in cybersecurity frameworks (e.g., NIST Cybersecurity Framework, ISO 27001), red teaming, and blue teaming methodologies

Defense Acquisition University or DHS Level III Test and Evaluation Certification or equivalent

Knowledge and/or experience with DHS Acquisition Directives and Acquisition Lifecycle Framework (MD102/ALF); knowledge, understanding and/or experience with the DHS (or DoD equivalent) Test and…