Cyber Project Engineer (Active Polygraph Required) at General Dynamics Information Technology in McLean, Virginia

Job Description:

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Suitability:

Polygraph

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Cyber Engineering

Job Description:

We are GDIT. We support and secure some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects across the country. At GDIT, cyber security is not just a singular part of our mission—it connects every one of us because it’s embedded into every aspect of what we do.

GDIT is your place. You make it your own by bringing your ideas and unique perspective to our culture. By owning your opportunity at GDIT, you are helping us ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Cyber Security Project Engineer joining our team to support ODNI Customer activities at McLean, VA.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Cyber Security Project Engineer supporting the ODNI Customer, you will be trusted to work on innovative solutions that will transform and enhance the Enterprise IT environment to meet the growing global mission. In this role, a typical day will include:

• Ability to create queries and alerts that feed into a dashboard for monitoring and analysis of various logs


• Experience with creating Splunk dashboards


• Provide analysis and review of Splunk audit logs to include OS, database, and application logs


• Experience in evaluating query results and reporting results to the customer in report format


• Strong writing skills to create documentation such as SOPs, internal process documents and input into cyber policies


• Ability to coordinate with external projects and customers to ensure audit log ingest


• Understanding of creating ITSI Glass Tables


• Performs all procedures necessary to ensure the safety of information systems assets and to protect systems from intentional or inadvertent access or destruction


• Ability to assess, plan, and enact security measures to help protect an organization from security breaches and attacks on its computer networks and systems


• Analyzes all relevant cyber security event data and other sources for attack indicators and potential security breaches


• Applies knowledge of Information Assurance Vulnerability Alerts (IAVAs)


• Detects, triages, investigates, responds and reports on all of the monitored networks


• Demonstrates experience with RMF, CNSSI 1253, NIST SP 800-53, and NISPOM


• Demonstrates experience with Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) and Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) Compliance Checker (SCC)


• Demonstrated experience with compliance and vulnerability scanning tools (XACTA, RedSeal, Nessus, Splunk, McAfee ePO, and/or other vulnerability scanners)


• Experience with cloud technologies to include Amazon and Azure


• Excellent writing and communication skills

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• Current TS/SCI clearance with polygraph


• BA/BS degree or equivalent work experience


• 5+ years of relevant work experience


• Desired Skills: Board certified in relevant security programs (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CISA, CEH, NCSF, CAP); Professional certifications in cloud technologies – Amazon and Microsoft Azure; Understanding of FISMA

WHAT GDIT CAN OFFER YOU:

• Full-flex work week


• 401K with company match


• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career


• Collaborative teams of highly motivated critical thinkers and innovators


• Ability to make a real impact on the world around you

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Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:

Onsite

Work Location:

USA VA McLean

Additional Work Locations:

COVID-19 Vaccination: GDIT does not have a vaccination mandate applicable to all employees. To protect the health and safety of its employees and to comply with customer requirements, however, GDIT may require employees in certain positions to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Vaccination requirements will depend on the status of the federal contractor mandate and customer site requirements.

We are GDIT. The people supporting some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects across the country. We deliver. Bringing the expertise needed to understand and advance critical missions. We transform. Shifting the ways clients invest in, integrate, and innovate technology solutions. We ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. We are there. On the ground, beside our clients, in the lab, and everywhere in between. Offering the technology transformations, strategy, and mission services needed to get the job done.

GDIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.

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