Peraton is seeking a Cyber Security SME to join our innovative engineering team of qualified, diverse individuals. The ideal candidate will provide objective advice, expertise and specialized skills in, but not limited to, supporting projects related to the individual's subject matter expertise or functional domain. This role is pivotal in driving our efforts in one or more phases of software systems development, systems integration, or network engineering critical to the mission.
Required to be local to Washington, DC area. Remote work allowed.
Day to Day Work Responsibilities:
- Overall responsibility for the accuracy and integrity of the customer's private enclave while maintaining compliance with the customer's enterprise-wide architecture policies and guidelines.
- Provide security planning, assessment, risk analysis, and risk management.
- Validate and verify system security requirements definitions and analysis and establishes system security designs as required.
- Design, develop, implement and/or integrate IA and security systems and system components including those for networking, computing, and enclave environments to include those with multiple enclaves and with differing data protection/classification requirements.
- Build IA into systems deployed to operational environments.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree with 16 years' work experience, Master’s degree with 14 years' work experience or Ph.D. with 10 years' work experience.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
- U.S Citizenship or Green Card holder.
- Residing in the U.S for the past five years with no more than 6 months travel outside the U.S. during this time frame. Military Service excluded. (Exception does not include military family members)
- Experience designing, developing, implementing and/or integrating IA and security systems and system components.
- Experience with validating and verifying system security requirements definitions and analysis, along with establishing system security designs.
- Experience building IA into systems.
Certifications of at least ONE or more of the following required:
- CompTIA Net+
- CompTIA A+
- CompTIA Security +
- Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) Security Essentials Certification (GSEC)
- ISC2 Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP)
- Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Security
- Certified Penetration Testing Engineer (CPTE)
- Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
- Microsoft Certified Solution Expert (MCSE)
- Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $240,000.00 - $260,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Experience:
- integrating IA and security systems: 10 years (Required)
- Cybersecurity: 10 years (Required)
License/Certification:
- CompTIA Net+ or CompTIA A+ or CompTIA Security + cert (Preferred)
- GSEC or GIAC cert (Preferred)
- SSCP or CCNA cert (Preferred)
- CPTE or CEH cert (Preferred)
- MCSE or MCP cert (Preferred)
Location:
- Washington, DC (Required)
Work Location: Remote
