Cybersecurity Engineer

Type of Requisition:

Pipeline

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

MBI (T2)

Job Family:

Cyber and IT Risk Management

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Analytical Thinking, Information Technology (IT), Systems Engineering

Certifications:

None

Experience:

8 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

GDIT is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer to support the United States Postal Service (USPS) Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Operations organization. The candidate will apply expert level AI/ML analytic approaches to large volume of data from disparate sources to uncover cybersecurity threats and fraud schemes against the organization. Leverage Databricks to develop analytic solutions using Python, SQL, and R to create, interpret, visualize, and report on complex data to stakeholders at all levels. Responds to ad hoc requests from stakeholders to investigate concerns. Responsible for working across business units to identify, collect, aggregate, analyze new data sources, advance the team’s mission, and reduce the time needed to deliver analytical insights. Responsible for highlighting and analyzing gaps in USPS systems and processes, as well as recommending remediation solutions to more effectively deter cybersecurity threats and fraudulent activity.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED

Education:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in engineering or other IT/security related major; or equivalent experience
• NOTE: If resources do not have a relevant college degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required.

Required skills:

• 8+ years relevant experience
• Applicant must be an expert with data science and AI/ML concepts used for fraud detection. Demonstrated expertise in AI/ML solution development, data science practice, data strategy and governance, and customer and stakeholder engagement – all developed over many years of client work delivering solutions.
• Ability to design AI-powered solutions, integrating large language models, computer vision, and advanced analytics into secure, high-performing environments
• Ability to direct specialized teams comprising of data scientists, data engineers, and business intelligence specialists driving key AI and advanced technology solutions across secure environments.
• Manages delivery across multiple engagements including business intelligence, technology and tradecraft, financial operations, workforce analytics, cyber, artificial intelligence, risk management, and product development to enhance organizational performance (Python, SQL, Tableau, AWS).
• Advanced skills applying AI/ML tools to accelerate business activities including but not limited to programming and script development.

Expert level knowledge of:

• AI/ML Solution Architecture
• Data Science and Advanced Analytics
• Technology Strategy and Implementation
• Data Strategy and Governance
• MLOps and Model Lifecycle Management
• Azure Databricks
• Python, SQL, R development

Security Clearance Level:

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance and successfully pass a thorough Government background screening process requiring the completion of detailed forms and fingerprinting.
• This position has a U.S. residency requirement. The USPS security clearance process requires the selected candidate to have resided in the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for the last five years as follows:
  • U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 6 months consecutively in the last 3 years (unless they meet certain exceptions).
  • Non-U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 90 days consecutively in the last 3 years.

Location:

• Remote
• Morrisville, NC
• Falls Church, VA
• Eagan, MN

 

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

• 401K with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

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The likely salary range for this position is $111,155 - $150,385. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:

Remote

Work Location:

Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

 

Our Identity Verification Process:

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

About Our Work:

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.

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