1562 - Cybersecurity Engineer

Sigma Defense is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer to evaluate the security posture of systems and make recommendations for improvements to better meet compliance or risk mitigations objectives. The hired candidate will assist in the certification and accreditation of systems and coordinate with other engineering competencies to improve the security posture of the system based on the provided threat analysis and security architecture.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled: Sigma Defense Systems is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Requirements

• 2-5 years of relevant experience.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.

Personnel Clearance Level:

• Candidate must possess or have the ability to obtain an active Secret security clearance or higher.
• Clearance will be sponsored for the right candidate.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Cyber Security, Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or related field of study.
• Degree may be substituted for comparable additional industry experience and/or industry accepted training and certification.

Essential Job Duties (not all inclusive):

• Assist in remediation of cyber security findings.
• Assist in the development of cyber security packages.
• Support DevSecOps and Software Engineers in developing secure platforms and effectively communicating regarding the risk posture of the platform.
• Establish communication mechanisms working with the customer.
• Communicate regularly and meet virtually with customer POCs.
• Submit cybersecurity Change Requests using the customer's procedures and templates.
• Evaluate risk for applications based on the customer's network security plan.
• Work with the customer's cybersecurity team to resolve comments.
• Provide evidentiary artifacts of scanning/reporting/remediation for container images.
• Contribute to container governance policy development, particularly in the areas of configuration management and vulnerability management.
• Evaluate compliance with the Application Security and Development STIG for software assets and environments such as:
• Classified/Unclassified Applications
• Container Orchestration Platform
• Gitlab
• Jira
• Confluence
• SonarQube
• Artifactory

Salary Range: $105,000 - $120,000 annually.

Benefits

• Dental and Vision Insurance

• Medical Insurance to Include HSA, FSA, and DFSA Plans
• Life and AD&D coverage
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401(k) Plan with Company Matching Contributions
• 160 Hours of Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 12 (Floating) Holidays
• Educational Assistance
• Highly Competitive Salary