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Cybersecurity Specialist

SAIC
Aberdeen, MD Full Time
POSTED ON 6/4/2024 CLOSED ON 6/7/2024

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Job Details

Job ID: 2407752

Location: ABERDEEN, MD, US

Date Posted: 2024-06-03

Category: Cyber

Subcategory: Cybersecurity Spec

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: No

Minimum Clearance Required: Top Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: TS/SCI

Potential for Remote Work: No

Description

SAIC is seeking a Cybersecurity Specialists to support the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDEVCOM), Engineering and Systems Integration (ESI) Directorate, Quick Reaction Capability (QRC) Branch.

This position is on-site in Aberdeen, MD.

Job Duties:
  • Designs, tests, and implements secure operating systems, networks, security monitoring, tuning and management of IT security systems and applications
  • Completes continuous monitoring and scanning for Risk Management Framework
  • Involved in a wide range of security issues including architectures, firewalls, electronic data traffic, and network access
  • Researches, evaluates and recommends new security tools, techniques, and technologies and introduces them to the enterprise in alignment with IT security strategy
  • Utilizes COTS/GOTS and custom tools and processes/procedures in order to scan, identify, contain, mitigate and remediate vulnerabilities, and intrusions
  • Assists in the implementation of the required government policy (i.e., NISPOM, DCID 6/3), and makes recommendations on process tailoring
  • Performs analyses to validate established security requirements and to recommend additional security requirements and safeguards
  • Supports the formal Security Test and Evaluation (STE) required by each government accrediting authority through pre-test preparations, participation in the tests, analysis of the results, and preparation of required reports

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience:
  • Bachelor's degree and zero (0) years experience; four (4) years of experience accepted in lieu of degree

Required Skills:
  • Experience with eMASS in support of RMF within a DoD environment
  • Experience with security risk assessment automation tools like Xacta
  • Experience in conducting risk and vulnerability assessment at the network, system and application level
  • Experience with developing and implementing security controls and formulates operational risk mitigations along with assisting in security awareness programs

Required Clearance:
  • Must have an active Top Secret clearance with the a bility to obtain a TS/SCI CI Poly Security Clearance


SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.


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