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Join Acuity’s team of experts to have an impact on our government’s critical missions. Acuity, Inc. is a consulting firm that supports federal agencies in the areas of IT Modernization, Data Enablement, and Hyperautomation. We are currently hiring for a Security Engineer.\nWhy Acuity?\nLooking to make a difference, to help keep people safe, or even to save lives through your work with technology? Join Acuity’s team of experts to have an impact on our government’s critical missions. Acuity, Inc. is a consulting firm that supports federal agencies in the areas of IT Modernization, Data Enablement, and Hyperautomation.Responsibilities\nProvide hands-on technical subject matter expertise with respect to setting up and administering Fortify SSC, Fortify Security Assistant IDE Plugin, OWASP ZAP, and Audit Workbench. Anticipate expanding to SonaType. \nAdminister applications and users.\nField troubleshooting questions for developers (i.e., connections to pipelines)\nField troubleshooting questions for front-end users (testers, security analysts -- \"is this a false positive?\", etc)\nWork with Project teams to review vulnerabilities. \nFamiliar with Windows Server\nWork autonomously in an area of specialization to analyze internal security and provide relevant information to internal and external customers, suppliers, and partners.\nHave skill sets to perform computer incident response and remediation practices as outlined in NIST 800-61 (Computer Security Incident Handling Guide) and DHS 4300A Sensitive Systems Policy Handbook, Attachment F Incident Response. The staff will assist the Security Operation Center (SOC) on incident response actions for security incidents affecting the Cloud environment.\nAssist with the implementation of monitoring capabilities for various audiences - developers, business owners, security, and infrastructure; analyze all platform level, network changes and monitor impact and provide appropriate technical solutions to resolve issues efficiently; evaluate and document operating baseline according to required standards.\nPerform other duties as assigned by the Government.\nQualifications\nMust have hands-on expertise with respect to setting up and administering Fortify SSC, Fortify Security Assistant IDE Plugin, OWASP ZAP, and Audit Workbench\nHave and maintain at least one active certification such as CISSP, CCISSP, CEH, CISM, CISA, Cloud+, CCSP, or other comparable certification which must be approved in advance by the Government PM (on a case-by-case basis)\nMinimum of five (5) years of experience in security engineering or security operations\nExperience in security process mapping, security process analysis, security process improvement concepts, models, and best practices\nExperience with cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS) and other cloud services\nExperience with Continuous Integration (CI)/Continuous Delivery (CD) - Deployment pipeline experience (Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform)\nExperience or a strong knowledge of Data at Rest Application Programing Interface (API) design\nExperience or a strong knowledge of programming languages (Python, Java etc.)\nExperience or a strong knowledge of container/orchestration tools (Kubernetes, Docker, Puppet, etc)\nHave a deep understanding of API Security, Container Security, Cloud Security\nAdvanced Microsoft Excel and Access skills to perform extensive data mining, correlation, and reporting\nContractor shall be staffed in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, unless explicitly approved by the Government PM\nExperience working with NIST SP 800-53, RMF, FISMA, DHS and DoD policies\nSome other tools besides Fortify that if they appear on the candidate’s experience could be reasonable substitutes:\nCAST\nCode Compare\nCodeScene Behavioral Code Analysis\nCodeSonar\nCoverity\nEmbold\n Fortify Static Code Analyzer\nParasoft\nPVS-Studio\nRaxis\nreshift\nRIPS Technologies\nSmartBear Collaborator\nUnderstand\nVisual Expert\nVeracode\nExcellent customer service, analytical, problem solving, team-building, and interpersonal skills\nAbility to work independently and function as an integral part of the team\nExcellent oral and written communication skills; technical and business focused, with the ability to document and describe security process information collected\nListening skills, the ability to detect explicit and implicit needs and wants\nDemonstrated ability to exercise good judgment, prioritize multiple tasks, and problem solve under pressure of deadlines and resource constraints\nProven experience in building consensus and managing cross-functional teams \nClearance Requirements: \nMust have an active clearance (Secret OR Top Secret)\nMin\nUSD $115,000.00/Yr.Max\nUSD $160,000.00/Yr.Salary Range\nThe salary range for this position represents Acuity's good faith estimate of the compensation for this job title at the time of posting. 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