Cybersecurity Systems Engineer - Northern VA - (VAXCOM)

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Job Description:

Join Vaxcom Services LLC and be part of a committed team of professionals working together to have a positive impact on our nation's national security. We strive for 100% customer satisfaction in every action and communication. If this matches your value system, Vaxcom offers the opportunities and work environment where you can thrive and advance in your career.

Vaxcom Services LLC (a Parsons company) is looking for a talented Cybersecurity Systems Engineer to join our team! In this role you will get to support dynamic, challenging, and evolving mission requirements as a member of the Program's Compliance and Automation Team (CAT).

What You'll Be Doing:

• Will apply advanced principles, theories, and concepts, including contributing to the development of innovative ideas.

• Will work independently in an extremely fast paced environment in support of a high priority, evolving, and expanding Program.

• Be a strong team player with exceptional customer service and communication (written and verbal) skills.

• Will be able to gather requirements, communicate solutions, and remain actively engaged with the Program Office throughout the life of the project and associated tasks.

• Will represent the Program Office in interagency working groups.

• Will respond to ad hoc needs and take the initiative for identifying and developing necessary response strategies created for long range plans and objectives.

• Will support authoritative records of software/firmware certification dates, compliance requirement dates, test start and end dates, customer release dates, overall pass/fail results for each release version.

• Will identify system integration opportunities and authoritative source recommendations of disparate datasets that provide efficiencies in systems development lifecycle.

• Will support Customer-facing intranet site and content.

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or an equivalent technical/scientific discipline degree related to area of specialty, or 8+ years of applicable experience.

• With related degree, will possess 5+ years of applicable experience, preferably in cybersecurity or systems engineering.

• Ability to qualify for overseas travel through the medical screening program.

• Previous experience providing briefings to large and small audiences with varying levels of expertise and technical acumen.

• Experience in systems development lifecycle support and processes, workflow, documentation, data collection, data-driven analysis and reporting.

• Experience in application and database design and/or support: Apache, Tomcat, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and PLSQL.

• Experience in troubleshooting and resolution: hardware, operating system, network, application, database, and system-wide.

• Experience in configuring, repairing, testing, and providing limited maintenance on specialized technical equipment.

• Experience in the use and development of system and asset documentation, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), technical guides, test and compliance, and configuration management.

• Active and current TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

• Experience with Program Office's or the IC /DoD cryptographic networks and technologies.

• Familiarity with IC and/or DoD cryptographic technology working groups.

• Experience and understanding of COMSEC equipment, maintenance, device upgrades, and configuration management.

• Understanding of national-level authoritative COMSEC policies, procedures, and material control: accountability, reporting, distribution, and operational security doctrine.

• Experience as a COMSEC account manager utilizing CARDS or iApp systems.

• Experience in network engineering including network devices, routers, switches, firewalls, and load balancers.

• Experience working with network protocols such as TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, and routing protocols like OSPF and EIGRP.

• Experience in writing and optimizing database queries.

• Certification in cybersecurity and/or info security disciplines including but not limited to: CompTIA Security+, ISC2, GSEC, and the Google Cybersecurity Professional certificate.

Security Clearance Requirement:

An active Top Secret SCI w/Polygraph security clearance is required for this position.​

This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.

The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.

Salary Range: $103,500.00 - $181,100.00

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.

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About Us

Parsons is a digitally enabled solutions provider focused on the defense, security, and infrastructure markets. With nearly 75 years of experience, Parsons is uniquely qualified to deliver cyber/converged security, technology-based intellectual property, and other innovative services to federal, regional, and local government agencies, as well as to private industrial customers worldwide.

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