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We bring 120 years of successful mission support to improve security, streamline logistics, and enhance readiness. Aligned around a shared purpose, our $4.5B company and 16,000 people work alongside our clients, here and abroad, to tackle their most complex challenges with integrity, respect, responsibility, and professionalism.\nAs a part of the V2X Ground-Based Radar Development (GBRD) team, we are a part of an exciting opportunity to design and field a Common Radar Back End supporting UEWR, PARCS, COBRA DANE, and AN/FPS 85 radar sites.\nWe are seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to join our team and work alongside engineering, software, network, integration, test, and operations personnel on this modernization effort. This hands-on engineering position focuses on implementing, testing, documenting, and sustaining cybersecurity controls across development laboratories, integration environments, computing platforms, and operational radar sites. The position leads program cybersecurity and serves as the cybersecurity subject matter expert to provide technical leadership across requirements, architecture, integration, test, and fielding for modernization of strategic radar systems, across multiple integration laboratories serving operational radar sites.\nResponsibilities\nLead a cybersecurity team responsible for the design and architecture of a cybersecurity system to support a new radar modernization effort.\nDesign and implement cybersecurity controls and technical safeguards for Linux and Windows servers, workstations, virtualized environments, containers, networked devices, and supporting development infrastructure.\nApply secure configuration baselines, Security Technical Implementation Guides, patching, account controls, endpoint protections, and vulnerability remediation under approved engineering and cybersecurity direction.\nConfigure and maintain security logging, audit collection, telemetry, alerting, and data forwarding to approved monitoring and Defensive Cyber Operations tools.\nPerform vulnerability scanning, configuration compliance checks, remediation validation, and cybersecurity regression testing using approved tools and procedures.\nSupport Risk Management Framework activities by collecting objective evidence, maintaining control implementation records, updating technical artifacts, and supporting assessment preparation.\nSupport development and maintenance of System Security Plans, Plans of Action and Milestones, security assessment evidence, control implementation statements, and related technical documentation.\nIntegrate security checks into software and platform delivery workflows, including source and dependency scanning, container image scanning, artifact validation, Software Bill of Materials generation, and release verification.\nSupport secure deployment and sustainment of containerized applications and platform services in laboratory and operational environments.\nAssist with cybersecurity test planning and execution, including test procedures, test-fix-test cycles, vulnerability assessments, adversarial assessments, and verification of corrective actions.\nTroubleshoot cybersecurity findings with software, network, systems, hardware, test, and operations personnel and document technically supportable corrective actions.\nSupport installation, integration, cutover, and site acceptance activities at laboratories and operational radar locations.\nAssist with cybersecurity test planning and execution, including test procedures, test-fix-test cycles, vulnerability assessments, adversarial assessments, and verification of corrective actions.\nTroubleshoot cybersecurity findings with software, network, systems, hardware, test, and operations personnel and document technically supportable corrective actions.\nSupport installation, integration, cutover, and site acceptance activities at laboratories and operational radar locations.\nMaintain configuration-controlled cybersecurity procedures, scripts, checklists, test results, and implementation records.\nSupport incident response activities by preserving logs, gathering technical evidence, performing initial analysis, and implementing approved containment or recovery actions.\nSupport technical reviews and provide clear status, risk, issue, and remediation information to engineering and program stakeholders.\nOffice based environment. Maybe some occasional travel, CONUS, OCONUS and Remote.\nQualifications\nEducation/Certification:\nBachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline and at least 8 years of relevant experience.\nAn advanced degree in a related discipline and at least 5 years of relevant experience may be accepted.\nAdditional directly relevant cybersecurity engineering experience may be considered in place of a degree or generalized experience.\nAbility to obtain a IAT level I certification such as Security+, CySA+, GCIH, Linux+ or equivalent within 6 months.\nRequired Skills:\nMinimum 8 years of experience. \nHands-on experience designing and implementing cybersecurity controls on enterprise, mission-critical, industrial, or Department of Defense information systems.\nExperience securing and administering Linux and Windows operating systems, including hardening, patching, account management, service configuration, logging, and vulnerability remediation.\nExperience applying Security Technical Implementation Guides, secure configuration standards, or comparable technical baselines.\nExperience using vulnerability assessment and compliance tools such as Tenable Nessus, Tenable Security Center, OpenSCAP, ACAS, SCAP tools, or equivalent.\nExperience configuring or supporting centralized logging, audit collection, security telemetry, and monitoring platforms such as Splunk, Elastic Stack, syslog, or equivalent.\nWorking knowledge of Risk Management Framework processes and NIST SP 800-53 security controls.\nAbility to interpret cybersecurity requirements and convert them into testable technical configurations and implementation tasks.\nStrong troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.\nExperience with leading effectively with software, network, systems, hardware, integration, test, and operations teams.\nProficiency with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook. Ability to work across engineering, test, operations, and logistics teams and translate requirements into implementable cyber solutions.\nExperience supporting cybersecurity activities in a systems integration laboratory, development laboratory, test environment, or operational site.\nWillingness to support occasional travel (CONUS, OCONUS, Remote)\nU.S. citizenship and an active DoD Secret clearance.\nDesired Skills:\nExperience supporting radar, missile defense, space, command-and-control, intelligence, weapon, or other mission-critical systems.\nFamiliarity with NIST SP 800-171, DFARS 252.204-7012, Controlled Unclassified Information protection, and cybersecurity requirements for contractor environments.\nExperience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, virtualization platforms, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker, or other container technologies.\nExperience with DoD cybersecurity tools, processes, and evidence packages used to support authorization and continuous monitoring.\nExperience supporting cybersecurity test and evaluation, vulnerability assessments, adversarial assessments, or incident response.\nFamiliarity with Zero Trust principles, identity and access management, endpoint security, privileged access management, and data protection.\nRelevant certifications such as Security+, CySA+, CASP+, CISSP, GSEC, GCIH, Linux+, Red Hat, or equivalent.\nExperience producing technical evidence and documentation in support of security assessments, authorization activities, and corrective-action closure.\nFluent with Microsoft Office - Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio, Outlook\nAbility to develop and maintain scripts or automation using Python, PowerShell, Bash, Ansible, or comparable tools.\nFamiliarity with secure software development and DevSecOps controls, including code scanning, dependency scanning, container image scanning, artifact repositories, Software Bill of Materials, software licensing, and CI/CD security checks.\nWorking knowledge of network security concepts, including segmentation, access control, secure protocols, firewall rules, authentication, encryption, and privileged access.\nAt V2X, we are deeply committed to both equal employment opportunity, including protection for Veterans and individuals with disabilities, and fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We ensure all individuals are treated with fairness, respect, and dignity, recognizing the strength that comes from a workforce rich in diverse experiences, perspectives, and skills. 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