Systems Engineer

• Location: Linthicum, Maryland
• Type: Contract
• Job #3648

Title: Cyber Systems Engineer
Location: Linthicum, MD
Compensation Range: $160 -$180K
*Clearance: *Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply *
Company Overview:
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government. Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission. Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation's toughest and most secure problems. If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don't look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

Benefits Overview:
Cornerstone Defense offers a very comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to: Medical, Dental and Vision Plans * Generous PTO Policy * 401(k) * HSA and FSA options * Life and Disability Insurance * Tuition Reimbursement and Training * Perks at Work Discount Program * Referral Program * Leads Generation Program * CollegeAmerica 529 * Fitness Reimbursement Program * Travel Assistance * Norton Lifelock Benefit Solutions * Life Planning Financial & Legal Services *

Core Tasks:

• Provide systems engineering/cybersecurity support to weapons and space cybersecurity assessments
• Agnostic of threat, help translate adversarial mindset, threat intelligence into actionable mitigations within possible areas of CNO and CND (Computer Network Defense), System design, Network architecture / administration, Continuity of Operations.
• Evaluate different vulnerability findings and determine conceptual mitigations / next steps
• Support Risk Management and other business process frameworks to close the gap between technical and non-technical understanding of threats/vulnerabilities
• Ensure that evaluation/mitigation techniques are technically sound. Ensure the technical solution articulates the mission impact and threat effectively

Qualifications:

• The System Engineer shall have a minimum of eight [8] years of experience (BS in STEM related field will account for 4 years)
• Experience with Cybersecurity / System Engineering and vulnerability analysis.
• Experience with prioritization of vulnerabilities and understanding of mission impacts
• System Engineering of DoD command, control, communications and intelligence (C3I) systems
• Analyzing needs, deriving system level requirements, and contributing to the design, development, and implementation and maintenance of computer networks and systems

Preferred:

• Familiarity with weapons systems or large-scale systems
• Working knowledge of the DoD Information Network (DODIN), DoD IT system and network certification and accreditation processes (i.e., RMF), to include system security authorization agreements and current and emerging cybersecurity threats
• Zero Trust preferred
• Possess working knowledge of DoD's IT systems and network certification and accreditation processes to include system security authorization agreements