Cyber Systems Engineer

Responsibilities

Peraton is actively seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer to support our Defense Mission and Health Solutions Sector on the Defense Travel System (DTS) program.

- Must be US Citizen and have active/current DoW Public Trust designation and Common Access Card or be able to obtain prior to starting.

- This is a remote opportunity, but you must reside in the U.S. to be considered.

- Hold current (non-expired) DoW 8140 approved Cybersecurity Certification: Security+ CE or CISSP.

The DTS Security Team is responsible for maintaining Authorization to Operate and compliance with DoW Cybersecurity requirements.
The successful candidate will:

- Perform cybersecurity requirements analysis and security systems engineering functions necessary to integrate new cybersecurity requirements and maintain DTS’s security posture

- Serve as a liaison to the DTS Program Management Office (PMO) and customer technical SMEs for cybersecurity tool compliance.

- Coordinate the integration of new cybersecurity requirements within DTS Program Teams

- Support program application security compliance efforts, including processing Fortify and Sonatype workflows in GitLab, and managing application POA&Ms in Fortify SSC for release approval

- Assist with automating STIG checklist compliance and remediation monitoring

- Utilize approved DoW AI resources to support enhanced analysis of audit log and vulnerability scan data, and automate compliance processes

Qualifications
Required Qualifications:

- Minimum of 12 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 10 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 7 years with Ph.D, 16 years with HS diploma.

- US Citizen

- Must have active Public Trust clearance

- Hold current (non-expired) DoW 8140 approved Cybersecurity Certification: Security+ CE or CISSP

- Excellent communication skills with a diverse technical background, ability to interface with senior technical staff in government and on the program

- Experience presenting status and compliance information to leadership

- Ability to manage positive cross-team relationships within DTS and the government

- Ability to assess and communicate potential risks to the program associated with new security requirements

- Minimum 5 years of experience performing Cybersecurity requirements analysis and Cybersecurity systems engineering in a DoW environment or similar

- Minimum 5 years of Linux systems administration experience

- Minimum 5 years of experience with Wireshark, tcpdump, packet captures, and ability to converse with Network Engineers regarding security compliance for network infrastructure (Firewalls, Load Balancers, IDS/IPS), WANs, LANs, VPNs, ports and protocols

- Minimum 5 years of experience integrating one or more of the following Cybersecurity tools into a DoW or similar operational environment: Trellix ESS, Tanium, ACAS, Nessus Network Monitor, Splunk

- Minimum 5 years of systems and network infrastructure vulnerability management experience using Nessus or ACAS

- Minimum of 5 years of experience analyzing application security vulnerabilities

- Minimum 5 years of experience with software development lifecycles, DevSecOps, and on-prem or cloud environments

- Minimum 5 years of experience completing and maintaining STIG checklists

- Basic understanding of how to read code, including Java, SQL, and shell scripts

- Background performing security requirements analysis, including translating customer security requirements to actionable program requirements

- Ability to quickly learn new technologies and processes

- Strong technical writing skills

- Experience supporting 24x7 operational environments

- Ability to support surges in workloads and meet deadlines as new compliance requirements are released by the customer

- Ability to work with minimal oversight and direction, motivated performer and ability to quickly re-prioritize tasks

- Ability to support a flexible work schedule which may include weekend and after-hours support of the operati