Cybersecurity Engineer 6 Job at M.C. Dean, Inc in Sully Square
M.C. Dean, Inc, Sully Square, VA, United States
Overview
Your Future at M.C. Dean
We're seeking people driven to excellence and inspired to have a meaningful impact powering, automating, integrating, and securing the world’s most critical infrastructure and facilities. This translates into fulfilling opportunities for employees driven to excel in a meaningful career. As an employee at M.C. Dean, you will join more than 5,800 professionals who engineer and deploy automated, secure, and resilient power and technology systems, and deliver management platforms essential for long-term system sustainability. Together, we transform the way complex, large-scale systems are designed, delivered, and maintained—enhancing client outcomes, improving lives, and changing the world for the better.
We are seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer 6 to join our Security and Electronic Systems (SES) business unit. As part of SES, you will be involved in designing, engineering, integrating, operating, and maintaining electronic security services, including intrusion detection, access control, biometric authentication, video surveillance, audio-visual, IT systems, perimeter defense, and command and control systems for federal, local, and commercial clients across high-growth markets.
Responsibilities
Information System Security Engineer Position Summary
In this role, you will work on developmental and operational teams responsible for system security engineering services for our federal government client in a highly secure and sensitive environment.
- Collaborate with team members, vendors, and government customers
- Implement DoD Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) on IT and Operational Technology (OT) systems
- Assist in developing and verifying documentation for the DoD RMF assessment and authorization process
- Conduct ICS/SCADA system inventories following DoD guidance
- Perform vulnerability scans and document vulnerabilities
- Support ISO standardization and quality inspections
- Participate in continuous improvement of organizational cybersecurity posture
- Provide system security engineering services to ensure secure, reliable, and available systems and networks
- Design and implement security principles into information systems architecture
- Analyze and evaluate to design, test, and deploy secure systems, networks, and architectures
- Enforce trusted relations among external systems and architectures
- Assess and mitigate security threats throughout the system lifecycle
- Contribute to security planning, assessment, risk analysis, and certification activities
- Review assessment and accreditation documentation for completeness and compliance
- Apply security engineering expertise across various domains and solutions
- Provide security requirements to architects, engineers, and developers
- Verify system implementations and recommend mitigations for secure accreditation
- Serve as security SME for A&A and Continuous Monitoring processes
- Guide System Owners and Teams on security strategies
- Support resolution of conflicting security requirements
Qualifications
Clearance/Citizen Type: Applicants must be eligible for a ACTIVE TS/SCI w/ POLY clearance.
Education:
- 9+ years with Master's in IT, Risk Management, or Cybersecurity
- 12+ years with Bachelor's in the same fields
- 15+ years with Associate's degree
- 18+ years with High School diploma
Experience:
- Designing platforms and systems with industry and government agencies
- Implementing cybersecurity in industrial control systems
- Proficiency with ACAS and HBSS, mitigation strategies
- Developing policies for system reliability and security
- Managing vulnerabilities and POA&M
- Applying STIGs to various systems
- Understanding DoD RMF lifecycle and NIST 800-53 controls
- Knowledge of ICS security standards and UFC 4-010-06
- Familiarity with operational control systems and security assessment tools
Additional Skills
- Strong communication skills
- Experience working with multidisciplinary teams
- Good time management and organization
- Proficiency with MS Office, AutoCAD, Cameo, Visio
What We Offer
- A collaborative environment driven by innovation and core values
- Leadership opportunities supported by an industry-leading firm
- Professional development and training programs
- Transparent communication with leadership
Benefits include:
- Competitive salary and comprehensive insurance
- Paid time off, tuition reimbursement, 401k, military reserve pay offset, maternity leave
Abilities
- Extended computer use and sitting
- Manual dexterity and communication skills
- Ability to read, write, and understand technical information