Cyber Security Project Engineering

Residency Status: ALL CANDIDATES MUST BE A U.S. CITIZEN

Security Clearance: ALL CANDIDATES MUST POSSESS AN ACTIVE TS/SCI w/FS poly for consideration of this position.

Time Type: Full-Time, Daytime Schedule

Length of Contract: The estimated Period of Performance (POP) is 1 (one) year.

Travel: Yes

Company Benefits: Yes

Travel Reimbursement: Yes (within a 50 mile radius to worksite)

Salary Range: $150k to $170k a year – Please note: The pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Close Date: 1/21/26

NAOVI Company Overview:

NAOVI (Novel Applications, Inc.) is a premier technology services company that provides solutions in the areas of Cyber Security, Information Management and Systems Integration. NAOVI is a business that combines experience, creativity, flexibility, pragmatism, and cost-effective solutions in order to deliver measurable business value to our clients.

Headquartered in Fredericksburg, Virginia, NAOVI employs engineers, analysts, IT specialists and other professionals who strive to be the best at everything they do.

NAOVI is an AA/EEO Employer - Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled. Visit our company website at www.novelapplications.com to review and apply for our current openings.

Job Description

NAOVI has a Cyber Security Project Engineering position to ensure the maintenance of cyber security compliance and to shepherd the program through the government Assessment and Authorization (A&A) process. The selected candidate will play a critical role in ensuring that the project's systems and infrastructure are designed and implemented with security in mind, and that they meet the agency’s cyber security requirements. This includes ensuring compliance with relevant security controls, conducting risk assessments, and developing mitigation strategies to address identified risks. The governments A&A process is a rigorous and complex process that requires a deep understanding of the agency's security requirements and the ability to navigate the various stages of the process. The selected candidate will be responsible for shepherding projects through this process, ensuring that all necessary documentation is completed and submitted, and that projects are properly authorized to operate. requirements.

Required Skills and Demonstrated Experience

The selected candidate shall have the following required skills, certifications, and demonstrated experience:

• Demonstrated experience with designing and implementing secure communication solutions and networks.
• Demonstrated experience with implementing infrastructure in public cloud domains.
• Demonstrated experience with the Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 503 Assessment and Accreditation (A&A) process and acquiring necessary approvals to develop, implement and operate systems.
• Demonstrated experience with the A&A processes and cyber security requirements as well as experience with coordinating with multiple entities or organizations to obtain necessary approvals to achieve and maintain Authority to Operate (ATO) status.
• Demonstrated experience addressing and implementing system security controls.
• Demonstrated experience triaging and troubleshooting system issues.
• Demonstrated experience producing technical system documentation.
• Demonstrated experience with designing and implementing cloud-hosted infrastructure for use with mobile and commercial applications.
• Demonstrated experience in information security.
• Demonstrated experience transferring, handling, and securing sensitive data.
• Demonstrated experience developing system design diagrams.
• Demonstrated experience developing and briefing system designs to both technical and non-technical audiences to obtain operational and security approvals.
• Certifications: CompTIA Network+, CompTIA Security+, and ISC2 Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

Highly Desired Skills and Demonstrated Experience

Skills and demonstrated experiences that are highly desired but not required to perform the work include:

• Demonstrated experience with Agency systems, architecture, and data.
• Demonstrated experience providing coordination across Agency’s organization and business partners to expedite technology approval.
• Demonstrated experience with the Agency’s A&A process and cyber security requirements as well as experience with coordinating across the Agency organization to obtain necessary approvals to achieve and maintain Authority to Operate (ATO) status
• Demonstrated experience working independently and collaboratively within a team environment.
• Demonstrated experience developing system design diagrams using Agency provided tools.
• Certification: EC-Council Ethical Hacker (CEH).

Travel

Travel is anticipated by the selected candidate upon the agency’s approval for the following categories:

• Local travel/POV will be on an as needed basis, within the local place of performance.

Company Benefits:

• 401k
• (Atena) Health, Dental and Vision
• Long-Term and Short-Term Disability
• 3 Weeks’ Paid Vacation
• 5 Day Paid Sick Leave
• 11 Paid Holidays
• Travel Reimbursement (50-mile radius to the work location).