Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

MAINSAIL Group has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Systems Cybersecurity role located at Hanscom AFB in Bedford, MA.  The Contractor shall ensure that all system and application deliverables meet the requirements of all DoD and Air Force Cybersecurity policies as identified in the following paragraphs.

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• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• DoD 8570.01 MMGT512 compliant certification.
• Experience with the Risk Management Framework (RMF).
• Baseline Certifications: CISSP

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• Support the system/application authorization and accreditation (A&A) effort for weapon systems and PIT Systems, to include assessing and guiding the quality and completeness of A&A activities, tasks, and resulting artifacts mandated by governing DoD and Air Force policies (i.e., Risk Management Framework (RMF). Understanding of how RMF intersects with the acquisition process and how it’s used to generate requirements; how RMF and Cybersecurity should be covered in contracts – requirements, deliverables/SOW language.  Understanding how to work through RMF and controls with a program to establish appropriate levels of risk based on program lifecycle and mission requirements.
• Recommend policies and procedures to ensure the reliability of and accessibility to information systems and to prevent and defend against unauthorized access to systems, networks, and data.
• Develop, execute, and track the performance of security measures to protect information and network infrastructure and computer systems.
• Review and assess architectures and recommend cybersecurity strategies to developmental and legacy system designs.
• Assess threats to determine impact and recommendcorrective actions to program managers to reduce risk.
• Translate program/system requirements into technical requirements and architectures needed to meet program objectives.
• Life cycle development Promote awareness of security issues among management and ensuring sound security principles are reflected in programs’ visions and goals. Participate in systems design.
• Understanding of DevSecOps environments to check for security flaws and vulnerabilities during code review.
• Understanding of operating systems including Linux, Ubuntu, IoT systems, ZTA environments and Cloud development.
• Identify, define, and document system security requirements and recommend solutions to management.
• Plan, develop, implement, and update Cyber Security Strategy Information within the Program Protection Plan (PPP) and assess CPI (Critical Program Information) and CC (Critical Components) analysis.
• Recommend and review Tempest requirements, systemssecurity contingency plans and disaster recovery procedures.
• Experience with compliance and vulnerability andsoftware scanning tools (STIGs, Nessus, ACAS, SCC/ SCAP, etc.) to include thereview and creation of mitigation reports.
• Review the Vendor submitted Contract Data RequirementList (CDRL) items for Cybersecurity related areas, to ensure technicalrequirements have been met, and provided substantial comments andrecommendations to the Program Management (PM) team as to adequacy of the CDRL.
• Other duties as assigned.

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