Peraton Overview

Peraton drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the worlds leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. Every day, our 22,000 employees do the cant be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• A Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a scientific or technical discipline.
• Minimum of 8 years ' experience, including 1 years in IC
• Experience with various cybersecurity related items to include ATOs, A&As, and UAM
• Solid understanding of RBAC , hardening of an OS and required Sponsor documentation
• Demonstrated experience working and interacting with other engineering groups to define, document, analyze, perform and interpret tests for products, systems or components.
• Ability to convey technical information to non-technical individuals
• Strong oral and written communications and interpersonal skills
• Experience working with Xacta 360
• Experience working with scanning tools such as Nessus, AppDetective, and Weblnspect
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task and work independently; self-starter

Desired Qualifications:

• Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), EC-Council
• Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP)

Responsibilities

The Cyber Security Engineer will support the Sponsor that is responsible for bringing data and capabilities together in a secure manner to the end user in an on demand environment. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Providing technical and programmatic Information Assurance Services to internal and external customers in support of network and information security systems.
• Designing, developing and implementing security requirements within an organization's business processes.
• Providing technical and policy interpretation and guidance regarding information security issues in support of ICD 503 accreditation activities. Ensure that operational security for cloud solution is maintained for information systems.
• Developing and maintaining A&A documentation (SSP, Security Test Procedures, Security Controls Traceability Matrix, etc.) and conduct periodic reviews to ensure compliance Attained ATO in full cloud implementation.
• Providing technical direction in implementing defense in depth strategies for sensitive workloads
• Identifying deficiencies/weaknesses discovered in customer's systems and recommend corrective actions to address identified vulnerabilities and non-compliance of systems, including infrastructure.
• Utilizing applications and AWS services to support audit and continuous monitoring functions to ensure the security posture of system.
• Performing insider threat mitigation, and alignment to NIST Standards