Cyber Security Test Engineer

Acuity Innovations LLC is a small, defense contracting company that provides enterprise architecture, solution design, digital engineering, defensive cyberspace operations, system integration, and test and evaluation products and services that improve performance and decrease decision timelines. Our fundamental, repeatable service offering is bound in architecting, designing, securing, integrating, and verifying the operational readiness of data ecosystems.   

Do you want to be part of a unique, small business that differentiates itself by:

• delivering the best products, integrated systems, and mission capabilities for the warfighter
• building long-term relationships and treating its employees as family
• deploying small but powerful High-Performance Teams, like elite Special Forces teams to each task
• collaborating within and across the Acuity Innovations teams as well as with the customer
• providing a growth path to partnership/ownership opportunities

If you have this type of passion and desire to be part of a collaborative team environment with the innovation, initiative, and confidence to make things better, then Acuity Innovations may be the right place to realize your personal and professional goals. 

Package includes:

• Competitive salary
• 3 weeks paid time off
• 11 Federal Holidays
• Flexible Hours
• Benefits 
• Career Development/Mentorship Opportunities
• Company Sponsored Social Events

Brief Job Description: 

Acuity Innovations is seeking a Cyber Security Test Engineer to join our team supporting a MILSATCOM Program Management Office (PMO) within the US Space Force’s (USSF), Space Systems Command (SSC) at Peterson Space Force Base (PSFB), CO.  Applicant must be a US Citizen and be able to obtain a DoD SECRET Security Clearance.

The candidate will provide support to the cyber security operations staff in resolving cyber security issues as requested. Also, the candidate will assist in the identification of non-compliant system settings, exploitable threats, and other system vulnerabilities.

The MILSATCOM Systems Engineering, Integration, and Test (MSEIT) effort provides leading edge Systems Engineering & Integration (SE&I) for the Air Force’s Space and Missiles System Center. We support the Air Force’s acquisition of state of the art Military Satellite Communications systems, providing global secure, survivable, and protected communications for our nation’s warfighters. We seek technical individuals who will thrive in a highly collaborative work environment of small teams, using the most modern tools and methodologies to tackle the challenges of integrating complex space and ground communications systems.

Responsibilities: 

• Assist in authoring technical documentation including test plans, test procedures, technical white papers, and test reports
• Use industry accepted and in-house developed tools to collect and aggregate cyber security data for use in identifying non-compliant system settings, exploitable threats, and other system vulnerabilities
• Assist in the communication with system developers to further understanding of cyber security concepts and implemented controls
• Provide the collected data to Information Systems Security Engineers (ISSE) in support of their assessment of system cyber security posture and support the cyber security operations staff in resolving complex cyber security issues as requested
• Assist in the authoring and peer-reviews cyber security test plans and detailed test procedures that include step-by-step instructions for using advanced cyber security tools
• Enhance cyber security testing processes and procedures through feedback and implementation
• Assist in the reporting on cyber security program activities to upper management as requested
  

Required Skills & Experiences: 

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, mathematics, physics, computer science, or Cyber discipline
• 3+ years of experience with Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM) processes
• 3+ years of experience in military, aerospace, DoD government, academia, or industry
• 3+ years of experience using Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG) and benchmarks
• Understand fundamentals of various Operating Systems
• Ability to troubleshoot problems involving complex systems
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Motivated, self-starter capable of autonomous on-the-job learning/improvement with minimal supervision
• Must be a US Citizen and be able to obtain a DoD SECRET Security Clearance

Preferred Skills & Experiences: 

• International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) Certification (i.e. ASEP, CSEP, ESEP)
• Understand fundamental concepts of software design and implementation
• Ability to undertake new challenges with limited guidance
• Knowledge of DoD mission system sustainment
• Experience with Secure Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) Compliance Checker (SCC) and STIG Viewer
• Experience with Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS)
• Experience using the Command-Line-Interface (CLI)
• Experience with administrating Linux and Windows systems
• Experience with Database Management (e.g. Microsoft SQL Server)
• Experience with Cisco network devices
• Experience with developing and maintaining scripts (primarily PowerShell)
• Experience with working in a highly competitive multi-contractor environment
• Familiarity with software vulnerability assessment and code analysis
• Familiarity with DoD RMF Assessment and Authorization (A&A) process
• Familiarity with AF/DoD/CNSSI/NIST security policy/manuals and other guiding policy documents
• Familiarity with penetration testing methodology and tools

Clearance: 

• All applicants selected will be subject to a background check and a security investigation and will need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.