Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

Torch Technologies

Thank you for your interest in employment with Torch Technologies. We are a 100% employee-owned, Certified Great Place To Work and named Best Places to Work in Huntsville/Madison County, headquartered in Huntsville, AL with over 1200 employee-owners. Our team provides superior research, development, and engineering services to the Federal Government and Department of Defense. As one of the nation's top 100 defense companies, the services we provide directly support the men and women who serve our country. Our corporate mission sums up the pride our employee-owners take in the work we do: "Lighting the Pathway of Freedom". And, as a Certified Evergreen ESOP, we have made the commitment to grow and sustain our company for the next 100 years! Come grow with us!

Torch Technologies has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer providing support to the Command, Control, Communications, and Battle Management Division (C3BM) at Hanscom AFB, MA. Command, Control, Communications, and Battle Management (C3BM) has been tasked with delivering an integrated Department of the Air Force (DAF) Battle Network providing resilient decision advantage and enabling the USAF, USSF, Joint, and Coalition Force to win against the pacing challenge. C3BM supports execution in many different focus areas. C3BM's main efforts are Architecture and Systems Engineering (ASE), Operational Response Team (ORT), and multiple mission integration teams such as Air, Maritime and multiple acquisitions consisting of both the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) and Space.

As a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer your duties will include the following, but are not limited to:

• Provide support to perform administrative security functions under the direction of the activity security manager without regard for job series or title or for rank, rate, or grade if they have the clearance required for the access needed to perform their assigned duties and tasks.

• Assist the AF Cognizant Security Authority (CSA) in oversight of national security objectives supporting AF interests.

• Provide day-to-day support for collateral and/or, as specifically directed, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) activities. This will be accomplished through active and integrated security operations, processes, mechanisms and performed under the direction of Government security administrator.

• Provide multi-disciplinary security support, including aspects of information security, personnel security, operations security, industrial security, communications security, acquisition security, general security, physical security, and anti-terrorism/force protection duties, while also being responsive and flexible to dynamic security situations.

• Perform analytical, planning, advisory, operational, or evaluative work that has as its principal purpose the development and implementation of policies, procedures, standards, training, and methods for identifying and protecting information, personnel, property, facilities, operations, or material from unauthorized disclosure, misuse, theft, assault, vandalism, espionage, sabotage, or loss.

• Ensure AOC WS 10.1 baseline aligns with OPORDS and Cyber Tasking Orders. Review ARE/FT ACAS documentation and redline as necessary. Support the research and analysis of DoD and AF policies and tasking orders to mitigate implementation problems that may impact the AOC WS 10.1 ACAS implementation.

• Provide subject matter expertise (SME) on ACAS (Assured Compliance Assessment Solution) systems and related processes.

• Promoting awareness of security issues among management and ensuring sound security principles are reflected in organizations' visions and goals.

• Assist in the design, implementation, configuration, and maintenance of ACAS tools and applications for the KR enterprise.

• Standardize ACAS reporting and provide oversight to internal and external leadership, 20+ sites (CONUS and OCONUS), and ACAS cyber team members.

• Review and approve reports and metrics related to ACAS scans and vulnerability management efforts before released to KR leadership.

• Analyze security vulnerabilities identified by ACAS scans and provide oversite and recommendations for remediation.

• Collaborate with ACAS teams to ensure proper integration and utilization of ACAS tools within KR.

• Stay updated on industry best practices and emerging trends related to ACAS and cybersecurity.

• Support training efforts for staff members on the use of ACAS tools and interpretation of scan results for KR.

• Develop scripting to work with the ACAS applications to reduce manual assessment of compliance reporting.

• Update and maintain the KR ACAS (Nessus scanners and Security Centers) system at Hanscom AFB, including planning, delivery, installation, security hardening, configuration, integration, and testing.

• Administering Red Hat Enterprise Linux, including:

• Building, patching, and configuring RHEL systems (RHEL 7/8) to meet STIG requirements.

• Configuring DNS, NTP, and network settings to support ACAS installation.

• Performing backups and restores of system OS and installed software.

• Provide SME level support to define, analyze, implement, secure, test, and deploy new requirements and enhancements for network monitoring, vulnerability identification, remediation, and security compliance IAW current OPORDS.

• Assist with automation and implementation of periodic vulnerability reporting from ACAS to internal and external KR organizations.

• Review of discovery scan results to identify systems not being vulnerability scanned and automated reporting.

• Review of vulnerability scan results to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve credential and other common scan issues, and automated reporting.

• Review and compilation of scan results to support asset inventory requirements and automation.

• Assessment of scan results to identify areas where vulnerability remediation has the greatest impact on risk and automated reporting.

• Configuration of ACAS components to align with DISA Best Practice Guidance.

• Troubleshooting and resolution of communication issues between ACAS software components, failed plugin updates, and other common software issues with the Hansom ACAS Servers.

Job Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship
• B.S. Degree in a related field and 10+ years of experience is required.
• Must have an active Top Secret clearance. Must maintain clearance at required level.

• Travel may be required.

Schedule: M-F; 8AM to 5PM

Work Location: Hanscom AFB, MA

Travel: 10% travel is required.

Relocation Assistance Available: No

Position Contingent Upon Award of Contract: No

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Benefits:

Torch Technologies is proud to offer a stable and professional work environment, a competitive salary, and an excellent, comprehensive benefit package including: ESOP participation, 401(k) match and safe-harbor contribution, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, Health Saving Accounts and Health Reimbursement Accounts, EAP, education assistance, paid time off, and holidays.

Applying to Torch Technologies:

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