Cyber Security Engineer II

at  Bay State

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE/SKILLS:

• Extensive experience (5+ years) in information security operations and/or related IT operational functions

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

• Candidates must either be US Citizens or Permanent Residents
• Candidates must have resided in the United States for the past 5 years
• Candidates must not have traveled outside of the United States for a combined total of 6 months or greater in the past 5 years
• This position requires successful completion of a background check, drug screen, and a credit check.

DESIRED EXPERIENCE/SKILLS:

• One or more desired:
  o CompTIA Network+ CE
  o CompTIA A+ CE
  o CompTIA Security+ CE
  o CPTE - Certified Penetration Testing Engineer
  o CEH - Certified Ethical Hacker
  Education: Must possess a minimum of a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or Information Security (Masters Degree preferred).
  Benefits: Full-time employees are eligible for benefits including time-off benefits, such as vacation time and holiday pay, and insurance and other plan benefits.
  Location: Falls Church, VA – Candidates will be able to work remotely but must be local to the Washington, DC area

ABOUT US:

Bay State Computers, Inc. is a professional services firm and a leading provider of Information Technology (IT) services and products to the U.S. Federal Government and Industry. Bay State brings together experienced IT professionals and the latest state-of-the-art technology tools, practices, and products to support projects and task order requirements for our customers. For more information about Bay State visit our website and connect with us on LinkedIn.
Bay State Computers, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for this position regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, sex, citizenship, ethnicity, veteran status, marital status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

• Responsible for the security architecture across a variety of applications or domains, to include cloud computing, and assigned to project/initiatives of large size, complexity and risk.
• The Senior Cyber Security Engineer develops actionable security blueprints, principles, models, designs, standards and guidelines to ensure enterprise information technology architecture and support is consistent, usable, secure and adds value to the business.
• Review user needs and requirements, and interprets and uses IT architectural guidelines to review system architecture designs
• Document design specifications, installation instructions, and other system-related information to integrate and migrate existing and planned platforms in support of an organization’s enterprise architecture
• Discern protection needs (e.g., security controls) to compare an organization’s protection requirements to its information security guidance; identifies gaps in its security architecture, presents considerations for applicability and risk, and provides recommendations for remediation