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BAE Systems Cyber Security Systems Engineer (ISSE) Expert in Herndon, Virginia

Job Description

BAE Systems, a top-ten prime contractor to the U.S. Department of Defense, enables the U.S. government to transform data into intelligence and provides engineering, integration and sustainment support for critical military platforms and systems. Intelligence & Security provides services and products to the Department of Defense, the government, federal law enforcement officials, and troops deployed around the world.

At BAE Systems, we promote a strong, collaborative culture and provide our employees with the tools, skills and training they need to succeed. We are all about trust, camaraderie and a shared ambition to lead the world in defense technologies and national security services. We offer flexible work environment to support the balance in your life and keep you performing at your best. Be a part of a company that is part of the community; driven to improve our future and protect our freedom.

We are looking for experienced Cyber Security Systems Engineers (ISSE) to join our technology-based program supporting a key government customer. This program will deliver engineering services for network infrastructure as well as sophisticated enterprise computing infrastructure including end-point devices, data center hosted servers, multi-Cloud services as well as virtualized applications, and storage systems. Enterprise Computing Engineering services include modern application technology including containerized solutions with orchestrated workflow that function both on customer premise, and via remote Cloud services. Network infrastructure engineering services are comprised of core infrastructure, voice and video engineering, field engineering, application management and development for networks, network analytics, firewalls, network access controls and bandwidth service delivery. This is a fast paced, challenging, and career rewarding experience to recruit and develop provide top talent and solutions on one of the most complex and high-profile programs within the government.

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Required Education, Experience, & Skills

We are actively seeking a Cyber Security System Engineer (ISSE) with a minimum of 11 years' experience. Bachelor's or Master's Degrees are preferred in one or more of the disciplines described below where specific skills may include the following:

  • Possess a proficiency in multi-tasking, as well as being a good communicator/facilitator. Comfortable communicating at all levels from engineer to senior staff.

  • Possess the ability to bridge the technical implementation (i.e. engineer talk), into commonly understood security wording and communicate security working to others not familiar with security. Often this is a skillset and is not an actual language, but frequently translation or a basic understand needs to be conveyed by the ISSE when speaking with others or in writing the documentation in order to ensure it s easy to understand.

  • Posses a demonstrated skillset in documenting the various security control implementations as well as gather the artifacts that support the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and ICD 503 Security Accreditation for various Assessment and Authorization (A&A) efforts

  • Document and obtain a general understanding of the architecture being developed or that was developed for each project in order to represent the systems architecture in the customers security tracking application.

  • Gather the information by working with various team members in order to write various additional A&A related documents such as Contingency Plan (CP), Configuration Management Plan (CMP), Privileged User Guide (PUG), Standard Operating Procedures (SOP s), etc.

  • Support Accreditation and Authorization (A&A) reviews by ISSM, as well as the Security Controls Assessor (SCA), and auditors.

  • Document the Risk Elements coming out of the Assessment and make Plans of Actions and Milestones (POA&Ms) timeframe and plan recommendations, implementation responses or mitigations, as well as provide all required artifacts (i.e. evidence gathering from the teams)

  • Coordinating with various contractor and staff personnel to obtain the A&A content, as well as working with various customer organizations to navigate the customer s A&A process in order to achieve Authority to Develop (ATD), Interim Authority to Operation (IATT), as well as Authority to Operate (ATO).

  • Keep track of where each of the various A&A projects are within the customer s A&A process in order to know when it s time to re-submit for accreditation or an accreditation extension.

  • Support all activities associated with the ATO Continuous Monitoring process.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

  • Previous ISSE experience directly supporting the customer.

  • Various security tools and reports such as Xacta, RoadRunner, Rapid 7, WebInspect, App Detective, and Splunk

  • Public, private and hybrid Cloud experience (AWS, Microsoft Azure, etc.)

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $140690 - $239140

Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20 hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

Cyber Security Systems Engineer (ISSE) Expert

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