Specialist, Systems Engineer - Cybersecurity

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Job Title: Specialist, Systems Engineering - Cybersecurity

Job Code: 44576

Job Location: Cincinnati, OH

Job Schedule: 4/10: Employees work 10 hour days, 4 days per week

Job Description:

The Cybersecurity Specialist is responsible for ensuring delivered information systems meet required cybersecurity standards and for developing documentation that clearly communicates cybersecurity posture to customers and authorization officials. This role integrates security into system design, supports accreditation activities, and collaborates closely with Systems Engineers, Software Engineers, Program Management, and IT teams. The individual maintains current knowledge of applicable cybersecurity policies, NIST standards, and RMF processes while supporting both internal engineering teams and external customer requirements .

Essential Functions:

Participate in system design activities, providing cybersecurity input to ensure secure architectural, physical, technical, and administrative controls.

Identify system and network information protection needs and support the integration of cybersecurity measures throughout the system lifecycle.

Support secure configuration and assessment of network components such as switches, routers, and firewalls.

Generate supporting technical artifacts such as functional block diagrams, cabling diagrams, and use-case diagrams.

Develops all applicable documents needed to satisfy contractual requirements and provide artifacts to customer to integrate into their government data package.

Interact directly with customers and authorization officials to define and achieve cybersecurity objectives.

Maintain awareness of current cybersecurity policies, directives, standards, and best practices, including NIST 800-171 and 800-53.

Assist Systems Engineers and other Cybersecurity Specialists with requirements analysis and constraint evaluation.

Manage cybersecurity-related task schedules, deliverables, and budgets as needed.

Ability to obtain a US Secret Clearance.

Be willing to work a flexible schedule and up to 10% travel.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant cybersecurity experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related cybersecurity experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related cybersecurity experience.

Security+ certification.

Preferred Additional Skills:

Security Engineering with accreditation experience.

Knowledge of NIST 800-171 and NIST 800-53r4 or later.

CISSP Preferred.

Familiarity with the Risk Management Framework (RMF) is a must.

Familiarity with Platform Information Technology (PIT).

Experience hardening Windows based operating systems.

Experience with routers and firewalls.

Experience with systems integration and cross-domain engineering teams.

Experience with RMF processes (DoDI 8510.01) and cybersecurity accreditation.

Familiarity with vulnerability assessment tools.

Experience analyzing system specifications and requirements to derive cybersecurity controls.

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