The Role
Support security and architecture team to design, accredit, and maintain systems handling extremely sensitive data across multiple network fabrics and cloud/on‑prem environments. Lead A&A activities, incident response, POA&M tracking, cloud cost optimization, vulnerability focal duties, technical reviews, and support adoption of security tools and encryption solutions.
Summary Generated by Built In
Swift is a privately held, mission-driven and employee-focused services and solutions company headquartered in Reston, VA. Our capabilities include Software Development, Engineering & IT, Data Science, Cyber Enablement, Logistics, and Training. Founded in 2019, Swift supports Civilian, Defense, and Intelligence Community customers across the country and around the globe.
Swift is looking for a Cyber Security Project Engineer to support a dynamic program in Chantilly, VA. In this role, you will support a group level security and architecture team responsible for safeguarding highly sensitive, co mingled data across multiple network environments. You will help research, design, develop, accredit, and maintain complex security systems, applying deep technical expertise to ensure the protection and resilience of the Customer’s most sensitive information.
Responsibilities:
- Assist with the Authorization and Assessment (A&A) process for all systems in the Customer's portfolio across all network fabrics.
- Serve as the focal point for responding to Computer Network Attacks (CNAs), malicious code incidents, data spills, and other cyber incidents.
- Track Plan of Action and Milestones (POAMs) through closure, including regular reporting.
- Understand and clearly articulate policy engine rules related to the Customer's portfolio.
- Act as a Point of Contact (POC) for IT operations.
- Participate in a Customer working group that handles extremely sensitive data and track/optimize cloud costs, including developing cost models for IC and DoW partners.
- Support the Customer’s technical forums and review boards.
- Review proposed technical solutions and architectures, provide findings, and research potential solutions, including producing whitepapers.
- Stay familiar with Cloud Service Provider offerings and evaluate them for use with highly sensitive data.
- Apply expertise in encryption techniques and products to determine the best solution for specific problem sets.
- Serve as the focal point for cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
- Maintain an in‑depth technical understanding of the Customer’s tools and assist external partners with adoption and use.
Requirements:
- Demonstrated experience accrediting systems that handle extremely sensitive data
- Demonstrated experience accrediting systems on multiple network fabric
- Demonstrated experience designing, developing, or maintaining systems that handle extremely sensitive data
- Demonstrated experience designing, developing, or maintaining systems on multiple network fabrics
- Demonstrated experience with Cloud Service Provider (CSP) offerings, specifically AWS, Azure, and Oracle
- Demonstrated experience optimizing cloud hosted systems for cost and performance efficiencies
- Demonstrated experience designing, developing, or maintaining systems used globally
- Demonstrated experience with hybrid cloud architectures
- Demonstrated experience designing or maintaining on prem architectures
- US citizenship and an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance required
Desired Experience:
- Demonstrated experience on Service of Common Concern (SoCC) programs.
- Demonstrated experience designing and standardizing DevOps processes.
- Demonstrated experience with the Customer's suite of tools.
- Demonstrated experience supporting IC and DoW programs
- Demonstrated experience with the Customer's Configuration Management Database (CMDB) processes and procedures.
- Demonstrated experience with the Customer's system accreditation suite of tools
- Certification(s): Cloud Service Provider certifications
Do you know anyone for this position, or other positions open at The Swift Group? We offer a $5,000 bonus for any referral candidate we hire, paid out at the new hire’s 90-day mark.
We are not working with outside staffing agencies to fill this position, and we will not be accepting unsolicited resumes. All inquiries must go through the recruiting team.
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The Swift Group and Subsidiaries are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.
Pay Range: $49,996.80 - $290,004.00
Pay ranges are a general guideline and not intended as a guaranteed and/or implied final compensation or salary for this job opening. Determination of official compensation or salary relies on several different factors including, but not limited to: level of position, complexity of job responsibilities, geographic location, work experience, education, certifications, Federal Government contract labor categories, and contract wage rates.
At The Swift Group and Subsidiaries, you will receive comprehensive benefits including but not limited to: healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, education, and time off benefits.
Skills Required
- Demonstrated experience accrediting systems that handle extremely sensitive data
- Demonstrated experience accrediting systems on multiple network fabrics
- Demonstrated experience designing, developing, or maintaining systems that handle extremely sensitive data
- Demonstrated experience designing, developing, or maintaining systems on multiple network fabrics
- Demonstrated experience with Cloud Service Provider offerings (AWS, Azure, Oracle)
- Demonstrated experience optimizing cloud hosted systems for cost and performance efficiencies
- Demonstrated experience designing, developing, or maintaining systems used globally
- Demonstrated experience with hybrid cloud architectures
- Demonstrated experience designing or maintaining on prem architectures
- US citizenship and an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance
- Demonstrated experience on Service of Common Concern (SoCC) programs
- Demonstrated experience designing and standardizing DevOps processes
- Demonstrated experience supporting IC and DoW programs
- Demonstrated experience with the Customer's CMDB processes and procedures
- Demonstrated experience with the Customer's system accreditation suite of tools
- Cloud Service Provider certifications
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The Company
What We Do
The Swift Group is a privately held, mission-driven and employee-focused services and solutions company headquartered in Reston, Virginia. Founded in 2019, Swift supports Civilian, Defense, and Intelligence Community customers, across the country and around the globe.
