Cyber Security Engineer

Would you love to work for a fast-growing company with amazing perks and benefits including educational and professional development and a great Work-Life balance? Then Forward Slope wants you to join our team! We are a fast-paced global engineering company with a great reputation in the Department of Defense industry for over 20 years.
 

Forward Slope, Inc. has an exciting opportunity for a Cyber Security Engineer III. This is a full-time position located in San Diego, California with a hybrid schedule option under our Software Solutions group. Ideal candidate for this position will be required to be onsite in San Diego, as needed.

This position has the option to work a 9/80 schedule, which is a compressed work schedule, with alternate Fridays off.


Job Description:
Forward Slope, Inc. is seeking a Cyber Security Engineer III to provide Risk Management Framework (RMF) assessment and authorization (A&A) support for its Navy-focused software solutions. Day-to-day efforts include working with highly-talented professionals and subject matter experts to design, implement, and monitor cyber security and information assurance policies for mission-critical software systems used by US Navy warfighters.
 

Required qualifications:

• Currently hold an active Secret clearance
• Experience with implementing and supporting cybersecurity standards to include NIST and Risk Management Framework (RMF) Assessment and Authorization (A&A) standards as identified by NIST SP 800-37 and associated documentation.
• 5 year Department of Navy (DoN) accreditation experience related to:
  • Developing system IA documentation to support RMF accreditation through the Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Service (eMASS), such as:
    • System Categorization Forms
    • Security Plans
    • Hardware/Software/Information Flow Diagrams
    • Security Assessment Plans (SAP)
    • System Level Continuous Monitoring Plans
    • Risk Assessment Reports and Plan of Action and Milestones (POAM)
  • Supporting successful accreditations: ATO (Initial and Reauthorizations) and Interim Authorization to Test (IATT)
  • Working with systems owners, government managers, and other stakeholders to manage cybersecurity requirements.

Desired qualifications:

• Experience as a Navy Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO)
• Cyber Security Workforce (CSWF) Information Assurance Manager (IAM) Level 3 Certified
• Certified as a Navy Qualified Validator (NQV)

*Salary Range: $115,000 - 140,000 per year

Job Type: Full-Time Salary
 

Why Join Forward Slope?

• Fast-paced global company with a great reputation in the DoD industry for over 20 years
• Telework option available
• Flexible working hours based on job needs
• Great and fun work culture
• Amazing benefits package for full time employees (including 90% employer contribution for employee medical benefits)
• 3 weeks of PTO a year
• 11 paid company holidays a year
• Team Building - Continuous appreciation events for our employees
• Education and Professional Development – programs to help you with your educational and professional growth!
• Free coffee/snacks and occasional free food and so much more!

 

*The listed pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this position for the location for which it has been posted and is not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Other compensation considerations may include, but are not limited to, job responsibilities, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, or other applicable factors.

Forward Slope is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

 

**PAY TRANSPARENCY NONDISCRIMINATION - PROVISION The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c).

Salary : $115,000 - $140,000