Cyber A&A Engineer

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

Position Responsibilities:

• The Cyber A&A Engineer will utilize their Assessment & Authorization (A&A) background to analyze ACAS/SCC/ConfigOS scans and controls for continuous system Authorization.
• The successful candidate will be expected to work in collaboration with C2BMC & external stake holders to assess system vulnerabilities, account management, generate engineering responses for system POA&Ms, and conduct risk analysis for Risk Acceptance Requests (RARs). 

Technical Skills Required:

• Solid Cybersecurity engineering skills with working knowledge of Cyber technologies, DoDI 8500.2 and Risk Management Framework (RMF) 800-53. 
• Excellent technical document preparation and verbal communication. 
• Thorough understanding of ACAS/SCC outputs. Hands-on experience reviewing scan data, STIGs and RMF controls.

Technical Skills Desired: 

• Experience managing Cyber Tasking Orders (CTO)/IAVMs and POA&Ms.
• Experience working with 3rd party assessors and auditors. 
• Experience performing self-assessments and analyzing STIGs. 
• Experience with eMASS/Xacta and the accreditation of Cross Domain Solutions (CDS).
• Experience with the management & auditing of accounts.
• Knowledge/Understanding of patch & configuration management of complex and disparate enterprise systems.

Education Requirements:

• 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.

Security Clearance Required: 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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