Description

SAIC is seeking a Cyber Defense Operations Security Specialist in Charlottesville, VA.

The candidate will:

• Play a critical role in the maintenance, modernization, and further development of continuous monitoring plans and actions for an Army intelligence system.

• Utilize various methods to identify and track potential threat vectors and security risks for the program, and will work with developers, engineers, and operations personnel to develop and implement fixes and mitigations for these issues.

• Utilize any existing security tools as well as be able to develop custom tools/scripts to fit specific security needs of the programs' cloud environment.

Job Duties:

• Perform analysis of cloud-based systems and identify potential security vulnerabilities and solutions.

• Create written reports/tickets detailing security deficiencies and recommended improvements.

• Develop and automate regular security checks for the system to produce a robust continuous monitoring plan.

• Work with Development team to help educate and inform decision making processes concerning security configuration of the system.

• Document security findings, and current practices as well as any additional automated security in support of system ATO.

• Work with development, and Operations teams to build security into their deployment pipelines.

• Produce repeatable processes and security automation and relevant documentation.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelors degree and (14) fourteen years of relevant experience; 4 years of additional experience may be substituted for degree.

Required Security Clearance:

• Active TS/SCI Clearance (US Citizenship required).

Required Certification:

• DOD 8140 (8570) IAM or IAT Level II Certification

Required Skills:

• Experience working with common security tools and devsecops methodologies (Nessus, HP Fortify, GuardDuty, Ncat, Prisma Cloud Compute, clair, ect)

• Familiarity with relevant DOD security standards

• Strong working knowledge of RHEL, networks, web applications, and cloud

• Ability to develop and brief material in front of groups of 10+ people.

• Eight years of IT related experience overall

• Four years of experience working in a cyber security role

Preferred Experience/Qualifications:

• Familiarity with Agile development practices

• Experience with scripting and task automation (python, PowerShell, Perl, etc.)

• AWS Certified Security- Specialty or other relevant cloud security certifications

• Experience assessing and architecting common security tools for enterprise environments.

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site. REQNUMBER: 2410082

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