Cybersecurity Engineer

Blackstone Talent Group, an award-winning technology consulting and talent agency is seeking a Product Security Engineer to join our Client's team.

Responsibilities:

• Process and track DD Form 2875 user account forms and required training for privileged and non-privileged accounts, perform annual validation of accounts, and work with system administrator on creation, modification, and removal of accounts 
• Perform assessment of systems and networks within a virtual environment and identify where those systems deviate from acceptable configurations, enclave policy, or local policy. This is achieved through passive evaluations such as compliance audits using STIG Viewer, SCAP, etc and active evaluations such as vulnerability assessments utilizing ACAS. 
• Perform Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) assessments and hardening for both Windows, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) systems, and networking equipment utilizing ConfigOS - Develop test plans reflecting how STIG checks are implemented and be able to show expected outcomes of those checks
• Update Risk Management Framework (RMF) artifact documentation to ensure system hardening non-compliant is tracked and remediated.
• Establish strict program control processes to ensure mitigation of risks and supports obtaining assessment and authorization of systems. Includes support of process, analysis, coordination, control certification test, compliance documentation, as well as investigations, software research, hardware introduction and release, emerging technology research, inspections, and periodic audits.
• Assist in the implementation of the required government policy (i.e., NISPOM, NIST, DoD), making recommendations on process tailoring, participating in and documenting process activities.
• Perform analyses to validate established cybersecurity controls and requirements and to recommend cybersecurity safeguards. 
• Support program test milestones through pre-test preparations, participating in the tests, analysis of the results, and preparation of required artifacts supporting authorization.
• Prepare artifacts such as Test Results (TR), Authorization Boundary Diagrams (ABD), Network Topologies, Flow-diagrams, Hardware and Software listings, Ports, Protocols, and Services Management documentation, supporting Assessment and Authorization activities and maintain the Plan of Actions and Milestones (POA&M). 
• Periodically conduct a complete review of each program support and operational system\\'s audits and monitor corrective actions until all actions are closed. 
• Coordinate across the program to address identified deficiencies during RMF assessment activities. 

Requirements:

• Active Top Secret clearance required to start
• IAT Level II/ IAM Level I DoD 8570 certification (Sec+ CE or equivalent)
• Security engineering skills with a working knowledge of cybersecurity technology and DoD/Federal cybersecurity policy (i.e., DoDI 8500.01, NIST SP 800-53, etc.).

Required Qualifications:

• Understanding and utilization of Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Service (eMASS)
• Understanding of Risk Management Framework (RMF) Cybersecurity Lifecycle to include: identifying controls and overlays, generating testable requirements, identifying resilient architecture design, configuring, running, and scripting audit tools, providing analysis of vulnerability analyses, conducting verification testing for compliance assessment.
• Knowledge of Software Assurance (SwA) static and dynamic code analysis (e.g. Fortify/SonarQube)

Career level typically with an advanced degree and 3+ years experience or bachelors with 5+ years experience or equivalent; wide application of principles, theories, and concepts in their field and provides solutions to a wide range of difficult problems with imaginative and thorough solutions; works under general direction, and results are reviewed upon completion for adequacy in meeting objectives; failure to achieve results normally results in serious program delays and considerable expenditure of resources; frequent internal and external customer contacts and represents the organization in providing solutions to difficult technical issues associated with specific projects.

Strongly Desired Skills:

• Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) system administration skills
• Previous background working in a virtual environment.
• Previous background working with dockers and containers
• Administer ACAS and ESS (formally HBSS)
• Previous experience with ConfigOS

Security Clearance Required: Top Secret

Blackstone Talent Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of Blackstone Technology Group, a global IT services and software firm that implements technological solutions across commercial industry verticals and the US Federal Government. Blackstone's global talent augmentation practice was founded in 1998. Blackstone Talent Group has offices in San Francisco, Denver, Houston, Colorado Springs, and Washington, DC. We specialize in providing clients the best talent across a variety of industries and sectors.

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