Senior Security Engineer

Koniag IT Systems LLC a Koniag Government Services company is seeking a Senior Security Engineer with a Secret security clearance to support KITS and our government customer in Smyrna GA. This position is for a Future New Business Opportunity. We offer competitive compensation and an extraordinary benefits package including health dental and vision insurance 401K with company matching flexible spending accounts paid holidays three weeks paid time off and IT Systems a Koniag Government Services company is seeking an experienced Senior Security Engineer to serve as the single point of contact in support of our government customer. The ideal candidate is a highly skilled cybersecurity professional with extensive experience in Security Architecture and Engineering within the DoW environment possessing deep knowledge of DoW Security Requirements Guides (SRGs) Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) and DoW Instructions Policies and Directives. An active ADP-II/Secret clearance is required for this position. The Senior Security Engineer will serve as the primary government point of contact for all Security Architecture and Engineering tasks applying security baselines implementing Common Security Architecture and ensuring compliance with DoW security requirements across the responsibilities will include but are not limited to:Serve as the single point of contact for the Government ensuring effective communication and coordination between the technical team and government stakeholders on all security engineering expert leadership and technical guidance in Security Architecture and Engineering within the DoW environment ensuring alignment with applicable DoW Instructions Policies and and enforce DoW Security Requirements Guides (SRGs) and Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) across information systems and infrastructure components to maintain compliance with DoW security and apply expertise in the DoW Ports Protocols and Services Management (PPSM) Program ensuring all ports protocols and services are properly registered managed and compliant with DoW and manage activities related to the DoW ensuring appropriate approvals and documentation are maintained for authorized ports protocols and security baselines across systems and environments ensuring consistent implementation of security controls in accordance with DoW and federal develop and implement a Common Security Architecture at the enclave level ensuring the integration of cybersecurity controls into the overall system architecture in accordance with IASAE-III the design and integration of cybersecurity systems at the enclave level ensuring security requirements are addressed throughout the system development and integration with system owners program managers and other stakeholders to ensure security architecture requirements are incorporated into new and existing systems and security architecture reviews and assessments identifying gaps and recommending improvements to strengthen the overall security posture of the and maintain security architecture documentation including system diagrams data flow diagrams and security design technical guidance and mentorship to team members supporting security engineering and architecture the evolving threat landscape and emerging DoW cybersecurity requirements recommending updates to security architectures and engineering approaches as with the RMF team and other cybersecurity stakeholders to ensure security architecture decisions are reflected in A&A documentation and ongoing risk management and Experience:Required:Bachelors Degree with an emphasis in Information Technology Security Cybersecurity or a related field from an accredited college or university. Extensive experience in the required discipline may serve as a substitution for the Bachelors Degree of 7 years of experience with an emphasis in Cybersecurity System Architecture and Engineering with at least 5 of those years in the U.S. Federal a Bachelors Degree a minimum of 10 years of experience in U.S. Federal Government Cybersecurity System Architecture and Engineering is in accordance with DoD 8570.01-M/8140.01 (or most current DoW guidance) as IASAE-III as designated per DoD 8570.01-M C10.3-C10.5.1 for the design development and implementation of the design and integration of cybersystems at the enclave Skills and Competencies:Exceptional communication skills in English both written and oral with the ability to effectively communicate complex security architecture and engineering concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders including senior government -depth knowledge and hands-on experience with DoW Security Requirements Guides (SRGs) and Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) with a demonstrated ability to apply them across diverse system experience applying security baselines and implementing Common Security Architecture across DoW or federal government expertise in designing developing and implementing cybersecurity systems at the enclave level in accordance with IASAE-III knowledge of DoW Instructions Policies and Directives governing cybersecurity architecture and to conduct thorough security architecture reviews and assessments identifying vulnerabilities and recommending effective mitigation developing and maintaining comprehensive security architecture documentation including system diagrams data flow diagrams and security design leadership and technical mentorship skills with the ability to provide direction and guidance to cybersecurity engineering team to serve as the primary point of contact and liaison between technical teams and government stakeholders on all security architecture and engineering ADP-II/Secret Skills and Competencies:Experience with cloud security architecture and engineering including the application of DoW security requirements within cloud-hosted or hybrid with additional cybersecurity frameworks such as NIST SP 800-53 FISMA FedRAMP or CMMC and their application within security architecture and engineering of zero trust architecture principles and experience implementing zero trust security models within DoW or federal certifications such as CISSP CISSP-ISSAP SABSA or other relevant security architecture and engineering credentials beyond the minimum DoD 8570.01-M/8140.01 with network security architecture including the design and implementation of secure network segmentation firewall rule sets and intrusion detection/prevention with DevSecOps principles and experience integrating security architecture requirements into agile or CI/CD development supporting or contributing to RMF and A&A activities particularly in the context of security architecture documentation and control of emerging cybersecurity technologies and trends with the ability to evaluate and recommend new tools and approaches to strengthen the enterprise security Equal Employment Opportunity PolicyThe company is an equal opportunity employer. The company shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race color religion creed ethnicity sex sexual orientation gender or gender identity (except where gender is a bona fide occupational qualification) national origin or ancestry age disability citizenship military/veteran status marital status genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local law. We are committed to equal employment opportunity in all decisions related to employment promotion wages benefits and all other privileges terms and conditions of company is dedicated to seeking all qualified applicants. 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