Principal Countermeasures Engineer (TS/SCI)
Principal Analytics and Countermeasures EngineerArlington, VA (remote until further notice)The Principal Countermeasures Engineer shall be the overall responsible person for the design and development of countermeasure capabilities.
This position will oversee the design of cybersecurity detection technologies and applications, evaluate alternatives, and make well informed recommendations on technical options for design and development.
Qualifications for this position include a four-year degree in a related technical field and 10
years' experience implementing custom and high-impact security platforms in critical program areas.
What you will do:
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Develop advanced countermeasures in accordance with client's Systems Engineering Lifecycle and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFE Methodology) that may be driven by manual or automated analytics.
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Use COTS or GOTS capabilities, or provide supporting expertise for the development of new platforms and analytic applications, to detect potential malicious activity within large data sets.
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Survey state of the art cybersecurity detection practices for potential use in new detection analytics.
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Perform threat modelling for use in potential countermeasures application development.
Develop cybersecurity countermeasures that adhere to the client's CI/CD pipeline and be flexible in their deployment as they may eventually be implemented at the Internet, border, LAN, and/or cloud layer either by government or commercial organizations.
Product supplements will include associated configuration items, implementation guidelines, and training material as appropriate.
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Create a linkage between analytic results and the ability to engage a specific countermeasure action in real or near real time as defined by the government.
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Prototype additional middleware platforms to support translation and/or linkage of analytics with countermeasures, including the development evolutionary prototypes to elicit requirements for production capabilities.
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Test the countermeasures against production traffic for effectiveness and deliver test results as to the functional, security and operational effects of each action.
Requirements:
TS-SCI (or SCI eligibility) ClearanceStrong background in enterprise software development with proficiency in Java and Python.
Ability to translate mission requirements into a variety of software products.
Ability to Identify optimal methods for aggregating, storing, correlating, and visually depicting various types of data.
Have a working familiarity of open source Distributed MPP databases.
Have a working familiarity of Big Data technologies such as:
Apache Hadoop, Apache Kafka, Elastic, Kibana, Spark, etc.
As a large employer and Federal contractor, Maximus is subject to various vaccine mandates across our lines of business.
Maximus is committed to complying with any applicable vaccine mandates.
The specific vaccine requirements for this position will be outlined throughout the selection process.
Individuals who believe they may qualify for a medical or religious accommodation will have the opportunity to apply for an accommodation following an offer of employment.
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Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
This position will oversee the design of cybersecurity detection technologies and applications, evaluate alternatives, and make well informed recommendations on technical options for design and development.
Qualifications for this position include a four-year degree in a related technical field and 10
years' experience implementing custom and high-impact security platforms in critical program areas.
What you will do:
.
Develop advanced countermeasures in accordance with client's Systems Engineering Lifecycle and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFE Methodology) that may be driven by manual or automated analytics.
.
Use COTS or GOTS capabilities, or provide supporting expertise for the development of new platforms and analytic applications, to detect potential malicious activity within large data sets.
.
Survey state of the art cybersecurity detection practices for potential use in new detection analytics.
.
Perform threat modelling for use in potential countermeasures application development.
Develop cybersecurity countermeasures that adhere to the client's CI/CD pipeline and be flexible in their deployment as they may eventually be implemented at the Internet, border, LAN, and/or cloud layer either by government or commercial organizations.
Product supplements will include associated configuration items, implementation guidelines, and training material as appropriate.
.
Create a linkage between analytic results and the ability to engage a specific countermeasure action in real or near real time as defined by the government.
.
Prototype additional middleware platforms to support translation and/or linkage of analytics with countermeasures, including the development evolutionary prototypes to elicit requirements for production capabilities.
.
Test the countermeasures against production traffic for effectiveness and deliver test results as to the functional, security and operational effects of each action.
Requirements:
TS-SCI (or SCI eligibility) ClearanceStrong background in enterprise software development with proficiency in Java and Python.
Ability to translate mission requirements into a variety of software products.
Ability to Identify optimal methods for aggregating, storing, correlating, and visually depicting various types of data.
Have a working familiarity of open source Distributed MPP databases.
Have a working familiarity of Big Data technologies such as:
Apache Hadoop, Apache Kafka, Elastic, Kibana, Spark, etc.
As a large employer and Federal contractor, Maximus is subject to various vaccine mandates across our lines of business.
Maximus is committed to complying with any applicable vaccine mandates.
The specific vaccine requirements for this position will be outlined throughout the selection process.
Individuals who believe they may qualify for a medical or religious accommodation will have the opportunity to apply for an accommodation following an offer of employment.
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Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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