MAXISIQ is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer SME to be part of a dynamic team and provide support for a Sponsor’s program. The Cybersecurity Engineer will target, assess, exploit, and report risks and vulnerabilities of information systems to provide senior decision makers with actionable data. Cybersecurity Engineers are responsible for IT security/vulnerability assessments and managing overall network security using network and security-related hardware and software. This position is a full-time opportunity in Chantilly, VA. Award expected in March 2025.

Primary Responsibilities

Identify and define applicable security controls and responses for the project
Review responses, enter responses into the cyber risk management platform, and update risks
Identify common controls and draft common control language for the cyber risk management platform
Perform security maintenance duties, such as performing analyses of vulnerabilities and providing recommended resolutions
Maintain awareness of system level changes, ensure proper patch levels, and upload cyclic scans to the appropriate repositories
Achieve and maintain system accreditation, including providing guidance, plans, and evidence and maintaining documentation
Perform regular reviews, such as audits, and review security test results
Participate in or lead technical exchange meetings and application review boards and document action items and results
Brief management on status

Required Qualifications

Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph
Prior experience with programs of similar size and complexity
Experience with the Sponsor and the Sponsor’s mission
Bachelor's degree and 15+ years' experience.
Demonstrated work experience in cyber security or related IT field
Demonstrated experience performing complex technical tasks with minimal direction
Demonstrated experience designing, testing, or implementing IT security architecture
Demonstrated experience performing network security analysis
Demonstrated experience developing risk management methodologies
Demonstrated experience analyzing test results to develop risk/threat mitigation plans
Demonstrated experience communicating vulnerability results and risk posture to senior executives

Desired Qualifications

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Experience with the Sponsor’s entitlement management programs
PMP, SAFe Agile Certification, AWS certification

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