Sustainment Cyber Security Test Engineer

Acuity Innovations LLC is a small, woman-owned defense contracting company that provides enterprise architecture, solution design, digital engineering, defensive cyberspace operations, system integration, and test and evaluation products and services that improve performance and decrease decision timelines. Our fundamental, repeatable service offering is bound in architecting, designing, securing, integrating, and verifying the operational readiness of data ecosystems.   

Do you want to be part of a unique, small business that differentiates itself by:

• delivering the best products, integrated systems, and mission capabilities for the warfighter
• building long-term relationships and treating its employees as family
• deploying small but powerful High-Performance Teams, like elite Special Forces teams to each task
• collaborating within and across the Acuity Innovations teams as well as with the customer
• providing a growth path to partnership/ownership opportunities

If you have this type of passion and desire to be part of a collaborative team environment with the innovation, initiative, and confidence to make things better, then Acuity Innovations may be the right place to realize your personal and professional goals. 

Package includes:

• Competitive salary
• 3 weeks paid time off
• 11 Federal Holidays
• Flexible Hours
• Benefits 
• Career Development/Mentorship Opportunities
• Company Sponsored Social Events
  

https://acuityinnovationsllc.com

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Required Skills & Experiences: 

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, mathematics, physics, computer science, or equivalent technical discipline
• 5-10 years of relevant experience
• Understand fundamentals of various Operating Systems
• Ability to troubleshoot problems involving complex systems
• Within 6 months of hire, must meet position and certification requirements outlined in DoDD 8140 and DoDD 8570.01-M for Information Assurance
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Motivated, self-starter capable of autonomous on-the-job learning/improvement with minimal supervision
• Familiarity with Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM) processes
• Familiarity in military, aerospace, DoD government, academia, or industry
• Familiarity using Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG) and benchmarks
• Must be a US Citizen and be able to obtain a DoD SECRET Security Clearance

Preferred Skills & Experiences: 

• International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) Certification (i.e. ASEP, CSEP, ESEP)
• Understand fundamental concepts of software design and implementation
• Ability to undertake new challenges with limited guidance
• Knowledge of DoD mission system sustainment
• Active SECRET clearance or higher
• Experience with Secure Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) Compliance Checker (SCC) and STIG Viewer
• Experience with Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS)
• Experience using the Command-Line-Interface (CLI)
• Experience with administrating Linux and Windows systems
• Experience with Database Management (e.g. Microsoft SQL Server)
• Experience with Cisco network devices
• Experience with developing and maintaining scripts (primarily PowerShell)
• Experience with working in a highly competitive multi-contractor environment
• Familiarity with software vulnerability assessment and code analysis
• Familiarity with DoD RMF Assessment and Authorization (A&A) process
• Familiarity with AF/DoD/CNSSI/NIST security policy/manuals and other guiding policy documents
• Familiarity with penetration testing methodology and tools
• Active Secret clearance or higher

Clearance: 

• All applicants selected will be subject to a background check and a security investigation and will need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

COVID-19 Compliance Guidelines: 

• As a federal contractor, all Acuity Innovations members may be required to comply with Executive Order 14042- Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors, which may include mandatory vaccination and ability to provide proof of vaccination status prior to start of employment. Additionally, team members are expected to comply with all safety protocols related to mask-wearing and physical distancing while in covered contractor workplaces. If applicable, new members may seek an exemption to the vaccination requirement through Acuity Innovations Human Resources and must have an approved exemption prior to the start of their employment