Senior Systems Engineer

Cyber Event Lead / Sr. Systems Engineer
North Charleston SC
TS w/ SCI Eligibility Required to Start

Position Requirements and Duties:
Were seeking a Cyber Event Lead with a flexible skillset who enjoys learning new technologies to join its cyber range team. The Event Lead is responsible for day-to-day leadership of event support staff for development execution and closeout of the cyber test event lifecycle.
Responsibilities include:
Coordination with the Event Designer to translate cyber test event design and requirements to actionable tasks with the event staff to integrate equipment under test into a realistic closed test environment. This can include integration of equipment into the test environment development/configuration of traffic generation tools and network design based on each individual event.
Manage backlog for cyber event software and systems development and preparation phases to meet technical requirements
Develop test event technical schedules strategy for testbed configuration and execution support logistics
Regularly communicate event status risks and recovery plans to management
Prepare and deliver event report and contract deliverable documents
Manage local customer interactions for events including receiving deliverables coordinating customer visits and preparing and delivering event briefings
Coordinate test constraints objectives and tool requirements with cyber penetration test and cyber evaluation teams

Qualifications:
US Citizen
TS Clearance with SCI eligibility
Bachelors degree from an accredited college in a related discipline or equivalent experience/combined education and 9 years of related engineering experience with proven engineering leadership.
Willingness to travel to customer sites; approximately 10% travel
At least five years overall experience with DCO and cyber security tools

Desired Qualifications:
Experienced with custom Python scripting
Experienced with Active Directory and VMware troubleshooting between systems
Agile DevSecOps implementations
High-level knowledge of cyber concepts penetration testing methods vulnerabilities information assurance and security methodology
Software development leadership
DT&E and OT&E experience
Experienced with test ranges/facilities
Ability to build and assess network and software systems architectures.
Understanding and appropriate application of network sensors and traffic generation tools as applied toward a test/range environment
Demonstrated experience with technical writing and oral communication focused wither leadership and customer stakeholders

Preferred Certifications (not required):
Possess DoDD 8570 IAT Level II certification or greater

Company Overview

Adapt Forward is a cybersecurity solutions provider for some of the nations most valuable information systems. Leveraging advanced threat assessment technology and experience in building high-level information security infrastructure we develop adaptive solutions uniquely tailored to our customers business objectives to protect sensitive data against sophisticated threats in an increasingly complex security environment.

Summary of Benefits

• Comprehensive Physical Wellness Package including Medical Dental Vision Care plus Flexible Spending Accounts for health- and dependent-care are included in our standard benefits plan.
• 401k Retirement Plan with Matching Contribution is immediately available and vested.
• Annual Training Budget to be used for conference attendance school enrollment certification programs and associated travel expenses.
• Eleven Federal Holidays plus three weeks of PTO/vacation/sick leave that accrues at a rate of ten hours per month.
• Employee Assistance Program: Counseling/legal assistance and other employee well-being programs are also offered.

Equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

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