Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

About the role

CACI is offering a long-term contract position as a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer supporting the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) network and cybersecurity programs. The team designs, develops, procures, implements, operates and sustains NGA networks and cybersecurity posture, and the role requires a TS/SCI clearance. The position is full-time, regular, based in Springfield with up to 10% local travel.

Key responsibilities

• Architect, design, build, configure and deploy on-premises and cloud-based cybersecurity infrastructure and applications on Windows and Linux.
• Implement cybersecurity solutions using cloud services such as EC2, EBS, ELB, S3 and RDS, provision AMIs, install software and troubleshoot.
• Assist with research and implementation of enterprise-wide cybersecurity solutions and recommend upgrades addressing performance, standardization and best practices.
• Provide detailed guidance on hardware and software selection, implementation techniques and tools, including capacity planning.
• Represent customer requirements in technical exchanges with other government agencies and coordinate with stakeholders and external assessors on security assessments and authorization.
• Develop and maintain architecture diagrams and capability roadmaps, and assist with test plans and documentation of network configuration changes.
• May serve as a team or task lead.

Required profile

• TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain a polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field, or 8+ years of related experience in lieu of a degree.
• 6+ years of technical experience in network/cybersecurity engineering with large-scale enterprise and global networks, emphasizing DoD capabilities.
• Certified DoD 8140.01 and 8570.01-M IAT Level III, and CSSP Infrastructure Support certification within 6 months of start.
• Experience modernizing complex enterprise cybersecurity systems.

Required skills

• Deep expertise in one area and working knowledge of others: NDR (Vectra, Extrahop, Corelight), EDR (Carbon Black, CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender), NGFW (Palo Alto, Juniper, Cisco), IDS/IPS (Cisco Firepower), F5, and email/web security gateways (Proofpoint, Cisco).
• Cloud infrastructure, security principles, compute, storage and transport.
• Windows and Linux server operating systems.
• Writing, communication and presentation skills, and ability to work independently.

What we offer

• Proposed pay range of $113,200 - $237,800, depending on location, experience, skills and certifications.
• Healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education and time-off benefits.
• A culture of integrity, a flexible time-off benefit, and learning resources.