Principal Cyber Security Engineer

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Principal Cyber Security Engineer to join our team in Chantilly, VA .

The Principal Cyber Security Engineer will leverage their strong technical background and knowledge to support the Sponsor’s system accreditation efforts, to include creating Body of Evidence (BOE) documentation, responding to/implementing/documenting required controls, and completing required tasks/actions.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Designing, implementing, and maintaining complex systems and infrastructure that support critical business objectives.
• Deploying solutions to proactively mitigate cyber threats to customer networks while collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure security and performance requirements.
• Troubleshooting and resolving complex system issues and making recommendations to senior management to improve the overall security posture.
• Planning and executing system upgrades, patches, and migrations while developing robust disaster recovery plans and procedures.
• Developing and implementing system monitoring and alerting strategies and mentoring junior team members on emerging technologies and industry trends.
• Assessing the performance of security controls within IT projects and evaluating potential system security risks to take appropriate corrective, mitigation, and recovery actions.
• Researching, evaluating, and providing feedback on problematic security trends and patterns in customer support requirements.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or 4+ years of additional IT experience in lieu of degree
• 7+ years of cyber experience
• Experience navigating the Sponsor's accreditation process and ICD 503 requirements, especially as it relates to creating A&A Body of Evidence (BOE) documentation.
• Experience meeting security requirements in the Sponsor's environment or similar environments using RMF, information assurance tools, and DoD STIGs.
• Experience working across a large team to drive a security agenda and working with complex, intertwined systems and data flows in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience inventorying complex networks and with network documentation, including security compliance, configuration management, patching, and centralized authentication.
• Experience creating, maintaining, and communicating complex information technology documentation, particularly network and security documentation.
• Current IAT Level II Certification or the ability to obtain within six months of hire

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP certification).
• Experience with the Sponsor’s primary cyber risk and compliance automation tools and modern Windows, LINUX, and virtual computing environments.
• Knowledge of IDS solutions, implementation of counter-measures, and familiarity with scripting languages like Python, JavaScript, or Perl.
• Familiarity with Elastic (Logstash/Kibana) and experience with VMWare infrastructure, including vCenter and ESXi configuration.

Clearance Requirements:

• An active TS/SCI with Polygraph.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50%.
• Needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
• Frequently communicates with co-workers, management, and customers, which may involve delivering presentations.