What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cybersecurity Engineer position at SAIC?
Job Details
Job ID: 2501551
Location: SAN DIEGO, CA, US
Date Posted: 2025-02-10
Category: Cyber
Subcategory: Cyber Engineer
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time
Minimum Clearance Required: Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Potential for Remote Work: No
Description
SAIC is seeking cleared (Secret) Cybersecurity Engineer to support our recent award for Project Overmatch. Candidates will be responsible for providing high-quality cybersecurity engineering. In this role, the Cybersecurity Engineer will be an integral team member supporting assured Command and Control capabilities for our DoD customer within the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) in San Diego, CA.
Work is performed on-site in San Diego, CA.
The Cybersecurity Engineer will need knowledge and experience in Network Engineering and a network architecture background in supporting resilient networks.
In addition, the Cybersecurity Engineer may also perform the following duties:
View additional opportunities for this program here: jobs.saic.com/overmatch
Qualifications
Required Education & years experience:
Required Clearance:
Required Certification:
Experience with the following:
Target salary range: $80,001 - $120,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.
Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.
Location: SAN DIEGO, CA, US
Date Posted: 2025-02-10
Category: Cyber
Subcategory: Cyber Engineer
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time
Minimum Clearance Required: Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Potential for Remote Work: No
Description
SAIC is seeking cleared (Secret) Cybersecurity Engineer to support our recent award for Project Overmatch. Candidates will be responsible for providing high-quality cybersecurity engineering. In this role, the Cybersecurity Engineer will be an integral team member supporting assured Command and Control capabilities for our DoD customer within the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) in San Diego, CA.
Work is performed on-site in San Diego, CA.
The Cybersecurity Engineer will need knowledge and experience in Network Engineering and a network architecture background in supporting resilient networks.
In addition, the Cybersecurity Engineer may also perform the following duties:
- Prepare, implement, and ensure compliance with cybersecurity policy, to include Assessment and Authorization requirements.
- Plan, implement, upgrade, and/or monitor cybersecurity measures to improve cyber defense and maintain a cyber-resilient network.
- Assess cybersecurity vulnerabilities for risks and propose and implement remediation actions or risk mitigation strategies.
- Ensure appropriate security controls are in place that will safeguard digital files and electronic infrastructure.
- Respond to computer security breaches to re-establish protections and make required reports.
View additional opportunities for this program here: jobs.saic.com/overmatch
Qualifications
Required Education & years experience:
- Three (3) years of professional experience with cybersecurity engineering Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer, Electrical, or Electronics Engineering, or Mathematics with a concentration in computer science or equivalent.
Required Clearance:
- Active Secret Clearance
Required Certification:
- Information Assurance Management (IAM) or Information Assurance Technical (IAT) or Information Assurance System Architect and Engineer (IASAE) Level I (position-based) per DoD 8570.1M.
Experience with the following:
- Knowledge and experience in Network Engineering and network architecture background supporting Resilient Networks.
- Performing Cybersecurity risk assessments on deployed Navy systems, system functions and interconnection, to the degree sufficient to provide relevant Cybersecurity input.
- Providing recommended changes to the DoD and DON cybersecurity initiatives after evaluating the evolving changes and provide recommendations concerning priorities and identify policies affecting requirements criteria to support Navy cybersecurity goals and initiatives in order to develop and defend existing and future budgets, program plans, and policies.
- Tracking operational changes to the DoD and DON cybersecurity initiatives and provide implementation guidance and identify policies affecting cost, schedule and performance criteria to support Navy cybersecurity goals and initiatives in order to develop and defend existing and future budgets, program plans and policies.
- Enhancing the Cybersecurity strategy and governance to ensure that it is consistent with DoD and DON policies, standards, and architectures.
- Providing recommendations and assistance to the Government during engineering events and with certification related functions required by NAVWAR's Information Assurance Technical Authority (IATA) mission.
- Evaluating cybersecurity requirements implementation across the acquisition lifecycle to make recommendations on cybersecurity risks and mitigations in support of IPTs, both internal and external to NAVWAR.
- Identifying risks associated with the development of enterprise architectures to address system of system cybersecurity designs, maximizing common and inheritable security controls in support of a defense in depth strategy through the utilization of digital engineering methods.
- Tracking cybersecurity implementation across the acquisition lifecycle to make recommendations on cybersecurity risks and mitigations in support of IPTs, SETRs, Platform Technical Review Boards (PTRBs), Configuration Control Board (CCBs), both internal and external to NAVWAR.
- Monitoring cybersecurity technical approaches to ensure consistency with the IA TA objectives.
- Experience with Symantec Endpoint Protections (SEPs), Cybersecurity Strategy, System-Level Continuous Monitoring (SLCM) strategy, System Security Accreditation Plans, and System Design Specification (SDS).
Target salary range: $80,001 - $120,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.
Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.
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Salary : $80,001 - $120,000
