The Role
Leads enterprise cybersecurity engineering efforts, including security requirements, architecture, system design, development, configuration, and technology evaluations. Guides development teams through systems development lifecycles, translates regulations into security processes, documents security roadmaps, and oversees junior, mid-level, and senior cybersecurity engineers. The role focuses on cloud and on-premises environments, automation, artificial intelligence, and advanced cybersecurity solutions.
Summary Generated by Built In
Cyber Security Engineer (Expert)
Location: Reston, VA
Clearance Required: TS/SCI and pass a poly
Responsibilities
Expert Cyber Security Engineers capture and refine information security requirements and ensure that the requirements are integrated into information technology component products and information systems through purposeful security architecting, design, development, and configuration.
Duties include:
- Assists with leading development teams working to design and develop information systems or upgrade legacy systems.
- Conducts product research and support Analysis of Alternative (AoA) activities that independently identify the most appropriate security solutions.
- Assists with leading the development of system concepts, contribute to the capability phase of the systems development lifecycle, and translate technology and environmental conditions (e.g., law and regulation) into system security designs and processes.
- Assists with leading the development and documentation of Security Architectures, Roadmaps, and investments.
- Oversees the work of Senior-, Mid-, and Junior-level contractor Cyber Security Engineers.
Qualifications
Required:
- Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or related STEM degree program, or 18+ years of work experience as a Cyber Security Engineer.
- 18+ years of working experience in government or industry within Cyber Security
- DoD 8570 Level II (IASAE) certification compliance
- TS/SCI clearance adjudication or ability to obtain SCI and pass a poly
Desired:
- Expert working experience in government or industry leading enterprise-level cyber security efforts involving architecting, designing, development, and configuration of cloud and on premise based systems and software.
- Experience engineering Cyber Security solutions using Cloud-based technologies.
- Experience engineering Cyber Security solutions using structured and unstructured Big Data.
- Experience engineering Cyber Security solutions using Automation, Augmentation and Artificial Intelligence technologies.
Skills Required
- Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or a related STEM program, or 18+ years of Cyber Security Engineer experience
- 18+ years of cybersecurity experience in government or industry
- DoD 8570 Level II IASAE certification compliance
- TS/SCI clearance adjudication or ability to obtain SCI and pass a polygraph
- Experience leading enterprise-level cybersecurity efforts involving architecture, design, development, and configuration of cloud and on-premises systems and software
- Experience engineering cybersecurity solutions using cloud-based technologies
- Experience engineering cybersecurity solutions using structured and unstructured big data
- Experience engineering cybersecurity solutions using automation, augmentation, and artificial intelligence technologies
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The Company
What We Do
AIS is dedicated to providing exceptional technical and management services aimed at optimizing our client’s performance in the Federal, National Security, Department of Defense, and Homeland Security Mission Areas







