Operational Technology Asset Security Engineer

GDIT
Falls Church, VA

Responsibilities for this Position

Location: USA VA Falls Church
Full Part/Time: Full time
Job Req: RQ209192

Type of Requisition:
Pipeline

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
None

Public Trust/Other Required:
MBI (T2)

Job Family:
Cyber and IT Risk Management

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Cybersecurity, Database Development, Operational Technology (OT)
Certifications:
None
Experience:
8 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
No

Job Description:

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as an Operational Technology Asset Security Engineer supporting the United States Postal Service. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.

At GDIT, people are our differentiators. As an Operational Technology Asset Security Engineer , you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on an Operational Technology Asset Security Engineer joining our team to analyze design, develop, implement, and support code for our government customer, the United States Postal Service.

HOW AN OPERATIONAL TECHNOLOGY ASSET SECURITY ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

In this role, a typical day will include:
  • Implementing USPS cybersecurity strategies, protecting the digital network, connected assets, hosted applications and data, and employees within the Operational Technology (OT) environment supporting critical USPS mail and package handling systems.
  • Role is also responsible for continuing development and curation of proprietary database system managing asset details of proprietary systems leveraged by automation for identifying assets observed within the environment.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

Education :
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, preferred but not required.
  • NOTE: If resources do not have a relevant college degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required.
Required Experience :
  • Candidates must have strong demonstrated experience in large enterprise IT environment including 8+ years of OT security experience and application of asset visibility solutions towards OT hardware and software asset management security efforts supporting both OT operations and security efforts
  • Strong network access control, USB attached device control, vulnerability management, and security event investigation support.
  • Candidates must also have accredited and relevant college degree (computer science, information systems, etc.) or congruent work experience.
  • Candidates must also have documented enterprise-based experience as a Forescout CounterAct administrator, and Forescout Engineering certification.
  • Candidates must have documented experience implementing and maintaining proprietary database instances and leveraging them for automation purposes.
  • Specific technical knowledge, experience, and certifications with relevant tools such as Forescout, Armis Centrix, Splunk use and knowledge object development, Windows and Linux system administration, Database design and implementation.
  • Candidates would benefit from having relevant technical certifications (CISSP, CISA, CISM, GIAC, RHCE, CPTE, or CEH), strong oral and written communication skills, ability to prepare and interpret flowcharts, ability to build & maintain schedules and step-by-step action plans; strong interpersonal and organizational skills, and the demonstrated ability to positively influence peer organization and key stakeholders.
Security Clearance Level :
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance and successfully pass a thorough Government background screening process requiring the completion of detailed forms and fingerprinting
  • This position has a U.S. residency requirement. The USPS security clearance process requires the selected candidate to have resided in the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for the last five years as follows: U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 6 months consecutively in the last 3 years (unless they meet certain exceptions). Non-U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 90 days consecutively in the last 3 years.
Location :
  • Falls Church, VA - Required to be on site

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:
  • 401K with company match
  • Comprehensive health and wellness packages
  • Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career.
  • Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications.
  • Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
  • Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

#AssetVisibility #SecurityEngineer #DatabaseDeveloper #zxc726

The likely salary range for this position is $144,410 - $195,378. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

Travel Required:
Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:
Onsite

Work Location:
USA VA Falls Church

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

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Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as an Operational Technology Asset Security Engineer supporting the United States Postal Service. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.


At GDIT, people are our differentiators. As an Operational Technology Asset Security Engineer , you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on an Operational Technology Asset Security Engineer joining our team to analyze design, develop, implement, and support code for our government customer, the United States Postal Service.



HOW AN OPERATIONAL TECHNOLOGY ASSET SECURITY ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT


In this role, a typical day will include:

  • Implementing USPS cybersecurity strategies, protecting the digital network, connected assets, hosted applications and data, and employees within the Operational Technology (OT) environment supporting critical USPS mail and package handling systems.
  • Role is also responsible for continuing development and curation of proprietary database system managing asset details of proprietary systems leveraged by automation for identifying assets observed within the environment.




WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:



Education :

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, preferred but not required.
  • NOTE: If resources do not have a relevant college degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required.


Required Experience :

  • Candidates must have strong demonstrated experience in large enterprise IT environment including 8+ years of OT security experience and application of asset visibility solutions towards OT hardware and software asset management security efforts supporting both OT operations and security efforts
  • Strong network access control, USB attached device control, vulnerability management, and security event investigation support.
  • Candidates must also have accredited and relevant college degree (computer science, information systems, etc.) or congruent work experience.
  • Candidates must also have documented enterprise-based experience as a Forescout CounterAct administrator, and Forescout Engineering certification.
  • Candidates must have documented experience implementing and maintaining proprietary database instances and leveraging them for automation purposes.
  • Specific technical knowledge, experience, and certifications with relevant tools such as Forescout, Armis Centrix, Splunk use and knowledge object development, Windows and Linux system administration, Database design and implementation.
  • Candidates would benefit from having relevant technical certifications (CISSP, CISA, CISM, GIAC, RHCE, CPTE, or CEH), strong oral and written communication skills, ability to prepare and interpret flowcharts, ability to build & maintain schedules and step-by-step action plans; strong interpersonal and organizational skills, and the demonstrated ability to positively influence peer organization and key stakeholders.


Security Clearance Level :

  • Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance and successfully pass a thorough Government background screening process requiring the completion of detailed forms and fingerprinting
  • This position has a U.S. residency requirement. The USPS security clearance process requires the selected candidate to have resided in the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for the last five years as follows: U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 6 months consecutively in the last 3 years (unless they meet certain exceptions). Non-U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 90 days consecutively in the last 3 years.


Location :

  • Falls Church, VA - Required to be on site




GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

  • 401K with company match
  • Comprehensive health and wellness packages
  • Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career.
  • Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications.
  • Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
  • Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays



Posted 2025-10-23

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