Cybersecurity Specialist 6 - Boston, MA

Overview

About M.C. Dean

M.C. Dean is Building Intelligence. We design, build, operate, and maintain cyber-physical solutions for the nation’s most mission-critical facilities, secure environments, complex infrastructure, and global enterprises. With over 7,000 employees, our capabilities span electrical, electronic security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audiovisual, and IT systems. Headquarters in Tysons, Virginia, M.C. Dean delivers resilient, secure, and innovative power and technology solutions through engineering expertise and smart systems integration.

Why Join Us?

Our people are passionate about engineering innovation that improves lives and drives impactful change. Guided by our core values—agility, expertise, and trust—we foster a collaborative and forward-thinking work environment. At M.C. Dean, we are committed to building the next generation of technical leaders in electrical, engineering, and cybersecurity industries.

Responsibilities

Seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Specialist that is able to work with a dynamic team that is responsible for design, implementation, operations & maintenance, and cybersecurity for large complex resilient hardware and virtualized infrastructure. This position will Manage a team of engineers, analysts, and cybersecurity specialists—general staff supervision and evaluation, task coordination, manpower planning, risk mitigation, communications, and status tracking.

• Be the contract Subject Matter Expert (SME) all matters related to Cybersecurity and the Risk Management Framework (RMF), and cyber compliance/tools (e.g., eMASS/XACTA, Nessus, HBSS, Splunk, etc.).

• Drive team awareness of newly emerging Department of Defense cyber requirements.

• Bring forward suggestions on potential new cybersecurity related tools that will drive automation of team processes.

• Ensure Risk Assessments, Exemption/Exception requests and RMF Packages meet compliance.

• Ensure team is monitoring, reporting, and assessing Cyber compliance for all Operations and Infrastructure on schedule and in accordance with government policies.

• Ensure team maintenance, monitoring, reporting, and assessment of Cyber compliance on all security tools and technology.

• Ensure team is monitoring, reporting, and assessment of Cyber internal and external policy compliance.

• Work to mitigate risk across security system’s infrastructure.

• Interface daily with program management, operations, and engineers leads to ensure coordinated performance of program requirements and increase the security posture of the supported environment.

• Conduct manual STIG reviews.

• Support preparation of Plan of Action & Milestones (POAM) development to support compliance and authorization/reauthorization activities.

• Prepare and disseminate regular Cyber Compliance/vulnerability reporting; interact with the customer to explain results and address issues.

• Contribute to the development of Standard Operating Procedures, Work Instructions, User Guides, and checklists.

• Work as a team to consistently learn and share advanced skills and foster team excellence.

• Actively collaborate with the ISSO to develop, maintain, and enhance cyber security controls.

• Collaborate with security groups such as red teams, threat intelligence and risk management to form a holistic team dedicated to thwarting attackers and reducing attack surface.

Qualifications

Clearance/Citizen Type: Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and may meet eligibility requirements, including U.S. Citizenship, for access to classified information; Active Secret clearance is required. Ability to obtain a Top Secret/SCI clearance is required

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree; Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or Cybersecurity Discipline preferred, with 12+ years of demonstrated experience in Information Security, with a good working knowledge of both DoD and Federal Government Cybersecurity/Information Assurance Security policies and procedures.

• 9+ years of applicable experience with a Master's Degree

• 15+ years of applicable experience with an Associate's Degree

Required Progressive Experience:

• Demonstrated experience leading Cybersecurity Teams.

• Demonstrated experience with combined Risk Management Framework (RMF) and/or other system authorization and accreditation processes and NIST 800-53 controls.

• Demonstrated experience accrediting systems using Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Service (eMASS)/Xacta or similar, McAfee Host Based Security System (HBSS) or similar, and Nessus.

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with technical peers/leads.

• Current DoD 8570 IAT Level-II certificate; IAM-II or IAM-III preferred.

• Strong oral, written and presentation skills with the ability and experience communicating with customers at various levels.

• Demonstrated background working with multidisciplinary teams.

• Demonstrated time management and organization skills to meet deadlines and quality objectives.

• Strong MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills.

• Experience with Intelligence Community customers desired.

What we offer:

• A collaborative team inspired by the way engineering and innovation enhance customer outcomes, improve lives, and change the world for the better. We are driven by our core values of agility, expertise, and trust.

• An opportunity to lead and build a business with the support of an industry-leading firm that has been in business for 75 years.

• Investment in your skills and expertise through a combination of professional and technical training programs, including leadership training and tuition reimbursement.

• Open and transparent communication with senior leadership as well as local office management.

We offer an excellent benefits package including:

• A competitive salary

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance

• Paid time off

• Tuition reimbursement

• 401k Retirement Plan

• Military Reserve pay offset

• Paid maternity leave

Abilities:

• Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.

• Sitting for extended periods of time.

• Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.

• Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.

• Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

• Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

• Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

• Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

• Identify and understand the speech of another person.