Cybersecurity Systems Engineer

• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to establish architecture content and develop solutions that achieve customer needs.
• Have fundamental knowledge of Systems Engineering practices, network technologies, system developmentlife cyclesand methodologies, and insight into information technology infrastructure management/monitoring and applications
• Provide analysis, design, development,implementationand security assessments to ensure compliance with JSIG/RMF Continuous Monitoring tools and processes.
• Perform system-level analyses, determine and undertake necessary trade studies, define and allocate the functional requirements to subsystem.
• Ensure all program requirements are met, program risks are identified and mitigated, and company processes are followed.
• Recommend and implement system enhancements that will improve the performance, reliability, and security of the system including installing, upgrading, monitoring, problem resolution, and configuration
• Serve as a Cyber Security engineer (ISSE) supporting high-level technical and practicalexpertise

Here's what you'll get:

Pay: $144,300 - $176,300 /year.

Hours: 9x80 hrs/Week. (1^st shift).

Length: Direct Hire.

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About Acara Solutions

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum 8 years of systems experience.
• Minimum 8 years of experience within the DoD space

• Current Special Access Program (SAP) access.
• Experience supporting military or defense programs.
• Proven experience with Risk Management Framework (RMF) and NIST800-53.
• Experience in developingandmaintainingsecurity documentation, including SSPs, SARs, and POA&Ms.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management.
• Good critical thinking and logical reasoning skills with the ability to solve issues and predict potential programmatic and technical risks.
• Proven track record of building relationships, fostering collaboration, and working cross-functionally with multidisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated experience interpreting customer needs into achievable requirements or capabilities.
• Experience working in air-gapped, classified, or highly secure environments with no direct internet access.
• Experience using compliance and vulnerability assessment tools, including ACAS, Tenable, Nessus, SCAP, or HBSS
• Monitoring and correlating data (logs, events, activity) from various sources (Splunk, ELA, ePO, ESS, ACAS) to identify and mitigate threats, vulnerabilities, and non-compliance issues.
• Basic scripting for automation (Bash/Powershell)
• Networking experience - TCP/IP, DNS, NetBIOS, switching, firewalls
• Experience in Open Mission Systems/Universal Command and Control Interface (OMS/UCI).
• Familiarity with open system architectures (ASPN, CMOSS, PNTOS, JADC2).
• Working knowledge of industry standards such as MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-704, for airworthiness, ARINC and RTCA standards.

Additional Information:

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check and a drug screen.
• Flexibility to support occasional overtime, weekend work, shift work and site travel (CONUS).
• In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.
• Active Secret Clearance.