Senior Staff / Senior Cybersecurity Engineer (Clearance Required)

SciTec, a Firefly Aerospace company is a dynamic leader in delivering advanced sensor data processing technologies and scientific instrumentation capabilities in support of National Security and Defense, and we are growing our creative team! We support customers throughout the Department of Defense and U.S. Government in building innovative new tools to deliver unique world-class data exploitation capabilities.

Important Notice: SciTec exclusively works on U.S. government contracts that require U.S. citizenship for all employees. Applicants that do not meet this requirement will not be considered.

SciTec has immediate opportunities for an experienced Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to work in our Boulder, CO office.

Responsibilities:

Participate in security development, configuration, and auditing at different environments

Harden and secure program infrastructure assets, including servers, network devices, storage systems, and supporting platforms

Develop and maintain secure change management processes and documentation

Coordinate work for individual tasks across multiple functional technical teams

Participate in security controls related to CI/CD work

Participate in STIG and ATO audit processes

Create and maintain SIEM queries in response to emerging threats around environment.

Ensure logging, monitoring, and access controls meet security and compliance requirements

Identify and mitigate operational cybersecurity risks

Support incident response preparation, mission resiliency, and operational continuity planning efforts

Collaborate security implementations and documentation across program teams

Other duties as assigned

Requirements

Combined total of 7+ years in system administration, network engineering, and cybersecurity

3+ years as a system administrator or with direct experience security RedHat environments

DoD 8570 IAT Level II Certification

Secret clearance and ability to obtain TS/SCI

Experience securing development and operations environments

Experience with ACAS vulnerability scans, OpenSCAP, Anchore

Experience with configuring alerting for SIEM tools

Experience with Security Technical Implementation Guides ( STIGs ) and applying them

Experience decomposing high-level operational requirements into functional definitions, verification objectives, and full system specifications, and identifying enabling and critical technologies, constraints, and risks

Knowledge of ATOs and other government compliance frameworks

Applicants MUST be willing to work on-site from various sites as-needed in the Boulder and Denver area

Detail oriented

Strong oral and written communication skills

Candidates who have any of the following skills will be preferred:

Experience with PKI administration and certificate lifecycle management

Experience analyzing network configurations and network architecture diagrams

Specific experience with ACAS scanning, Anchore, OpenSCAP, ClamAV, Bitdefender EDR, or ELK security

Experience with applying hardening configurations and implementing compliance tools

Knowledge of network security and incident response procedures

Experience with technical documentation or tech writing skills

Secure development lifecycle and secure data lifecycle processes

Bachelor's degree in related field

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Benefits

SciTec offers a highly competitive salary and benefits package, including:

4% Safe Harbor 401(k) match

100% company paid HSA Medical insurance, with a choice of 2 buy-up options

80% company paid Dental insurance

100% company paid Vision insurance

100% company paid Life insurance

100% company paid Long-term Disability insurance

Short-term Disability insurance

Annual Profit-Sharing Plan

Discretionary Performance Bonus

Paid Parental Leave

Generous Paid Time Off, including Holiday, Vacation, and Sick Pay

Flexible work hours

The pay range for this position is $125,000 - $193,000/ year. SciTec considers several factors when extending an offer of employment, including but not limited to the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, education/training, and key skills. This is not a guarantee of compensation.

SciTec is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. VET/Disabled.