Cyber Security Engineer

Cybersecurity Engineer SME

Advance your career while impacting our national security in cyber as a Cybersecurity Engineer SME at GDIT. Here, technologists have many paths to grow a meaningful career supporting cyber missions and operations across the federal government.

Cyber Engineering SME with the Defense CTO Cyber Capability Team, you will support the business strategy that helps us ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Cyber Engineering Expert joining our team to strengthen our Zero Trust initiatives across the Defense community that will enhance our customers' capabilities and provide interesting and compelling work for our employees.

How a Cybersecurity Engineer SME will make an impact:

• Lead engineering and implementation of Zero Trust (ZT) capabilities in our capability lab and support delivery of tailored solutions to program customers.
• Lean in and directly support program teams with unique related implementation and troubleshooting needs
• Work with various leading tool vendors in the ZT marketplace to research and identify solution capabilities that fit Defense customer requirements and align with new and evolving standards in the ZT space
• Engage hands on keyboard to create new integrations and capabilities to meet dynamic demonstration and mission specific use case scenarios that help customers understand the value of solutions for their mission
• Support the development of demonstration work products, to include PowerPoint slides, narrated videos, Graphics, and marketing materials to inspire our customers about mission possibilities by leveraging unique GDIT capabilities to meet mission requirements
• Act as the conduit for connecting tailored GDIT Enterprise capabilities to specific and unique requirements of the customer to positively shape final requirements for the related contract opportunities.
• Using your understanding of ZT, enhance deployments of ICAM capabilities such as multifactor authentication, identity management/governance and privilege access management across the defense enterprise.
• Leverage your passion for Zero Trust network design to include Software Defined Networking, Network Macro-segmentation, and Network Micro-segmentation into integrated solutions.
• Harness your Understanding of Comply to Connect and Vulnerability Management technologies and how those capabilities are applied in Zero Trust Networks.
• Push on the evolution of technical concepts into delivery environments such as Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Attribute-based Access Control (ABAC), Risk-Adaptive Based Access Control (RAdAC) to Department of Defense Networks.

What you'll need to succeed:

• Education: BS in a technical discipline such as computer science, electrical or computer engineering
• Required Experience: 15 years technical experience
• Desired Technical Skills: Demonstrated Technical Knowledge and Experience in Zero Trust Solutions, OCO, DCO, some development experience in one of the following languages: JAVA, C++, Python, .NET
• Security Clearance Level: Candidates must hold an active Secret clearance at time of hire, and must be eligible for a TS/SCI.
• Required Skills and Abilities: Strong communication, analytical, and time management skills that enable innovative design and technical thought leadership in a rapidly evolving business environment.
• Preferred Skills: Experience working with Government Customers, specifically the US Military.
• Location: Hybrid, commuting distance to our Falls Church office location.
• Travel: Up to 25%
• US Citizenship Required

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do. Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY Explore a career in cyber at GDIT and you'll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your focus on defending and protecting what matters.

The likely salary range for this position is $187,000 - $253,000. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Travel Required: 10-25%

Telecommuting Options: Hybrid

Work Location: USA VA Falls Church

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Total Rewards at GDIT: Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.