Senior Cyber Security Engineer
at The Computer Merchant

Date Posted: 4/18/2024

Job Description

Job Title : Senior Cyber Security Engineer
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Wage Range: 65-72 depending on years of experience and qualifications
Job Number: 24-00794

Job Description: Our client, a large defense contractor, has an immediate opening for a Senior Cyber Security Engineer to work from their Pittsburgh, PA facility.

Qualifications: Requires a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, or a related Science or Mathematics field. Also requires 8+ years of job-related experience, or a Master's degree plus 6 years of job-related experience.


Clearance Requirements: Department of Defense TS/SCI security clearance is required at time of hire. Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.


Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
  • Experience with applying NIST Risk Management Framework
  • Experience with specific RMF overlays
  • Strong knowledge of cyber security technology and trends
  • Recognizes and incorporates various security designs and lessons learned
  • Effective in communicating issues, impacts, and corrective actions as they affect the cyber design and implementation
  • Strong ability in reporting relevant cyber systems engineering design
  • Regular contact with senior levels of security work groups
  • Ability to lead security work groups
  • Works under limited direction
  • Contact with project leaders and other professionals within the Engineering department and with project teams
  • Frequent contact with the external customers' security professionals
  • Experience with FedRAMP, DoD Impact Levels, and cloud SRG and reference implementations
  • Strong security and administration skills in Linux and Windows
  • Familiarity with cloud native environments and tools such as containers and container orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes, Rancher)
  • Knowledge of standard DoD security tools – STIGs, ACAS / Nessus, HBSS / EPO, etc.
  • Hands-on knowledge with Identity Management systems – Active Directory, LDAP/Kerberos, SAML, OAuth, etc.
  • Strong knowledge of network security: DNS, TLS, firewalls, NAT, intrusion detection, etc. Software-Defined Networks (SDN) a plus.
  • Broad understanding of security standards such as CVE, CVSS, various NIST standards, FIPS 140 and 199, etc.
  • Experience working in a modern software development environment (Agile, CI/CD, DevSecOps)
  • Strong written and verbal communications skills
  • Good data analysis skills with, e.g., Word, Excel, Python, or other tools
  • Good communications skills: interpersonal, written, and public speaking / presentations
  • Experience with doc-as-code, markdown, ansible and test automation frameworks
  • Requires TS//SCI Clearance

Equal Opportunity Employer Veterans/Disabled

* While an hourly range is posted for this position, an eventual hourly rate is determined by a comprehensive salary analysis which considers multiple factors including but not limited to: job-related knowledge, skills and qualifications, education and experience as compared to others in the organization doing substantially similar work, if applicable, and market and business considerations. Benefits offered include medical, dental and vision benefits; dependent care flexible spending account; 401(k) plan; voluntary life/short term disability/whole life/term life/accident and critical illness coverage; employee assistance program; sick leave in accordance with regulation. Benefits may be subject to generally applicable eligibility, waiting period, contribution, and other requirements and conditions.

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Job Snapshot

  • Employee Type: Full-Time
  • Location: Pittsburgh, PA
  • Job Type: Other
  • Experience: Not Specified
  • Date Posted: 4/18/2024

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The Computer Merchant, Ltd. (TCM) has provided Information Technology solutions and enterprise staffing services to Fortune 1000, mid to small sized corporations, as well as Federal, state, and local governments for over 30 years.

From our recruiting centers in Boston, New York, Reston and Dallas, we serve employers and IT professionals throughout the United States. The Computer Merchant provides people with the knowledge, experience and both industry and application expertise to enable our clients to manage their technical infrastructures more efficiently, more productively and less expensively.

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