Senior Cyber Engineer

Job Description

Description

SAIC is seeking a Senior Cyber Engineer to support our City of Irvine client in Irvine, CA. The contract is a comprehensive IT infrastructure initiative which aims to significantly improve the manner in which the Client’s IT systems are operated, supported, and controlled. The Security Architect position is concerned with the security services requirements section of this contract, providing technical leadership and oversight for the Security Operations Center (SOC). Services provided by the SOC are associated with (but not limited to) Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), incident response, Intrusion response, Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS), anti-virus and malware management, and firewall monitoring. 

Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Plans, configures, deploys, maintains, and upgrades COTS/GOTS and custom toolsets to address vulnerabilities and/or implement security controls.
• Applies a combination of expert engineering knowledge of enterprise IT and security solutions to design, develop and/or implement solutions to ensure they are consistent with enterprise architecture security policies and support full spectrum military cyberspace operations.
• Designs, tests, and implements secure operating systems, networks, security monitoring, tuning and management of IT security systems and applications, incident response, digital forensics, loss prevention, and eDiscovery actions.
• Includes security control design and solution planning at the system, mission, and enterprise level, security-in-depth/defense-in-depth, and other related IAM/ISSO/ISSE support functions.
• Involved in a wide range of security issues including architectures, firewalls, electronic data traffic, and network access.
• Researches and evaluates cyber capabilities and new security tools and products against operational requirements and introduces them to the enterprise in alignment with IT security strategy, and to support the offensive and defensive capability design and troubleshoot and problem solve technical and non-technical issues.
• At the Leadership level, this is senior technical staff dedicated to transforming customer environments into a more secure operating environment in a holistic manner.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience.
• Required Certifications: Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), GIAC Reverse Engineering Malware (GREM), or similar. 
• Professional experience providing technical leadership in support of a Security Operations Center (SOC) or similar organization providing cyber security services.

Overview

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® technology integrator driving our nation's technology transformation. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian, and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in engineering, digital, artificial intelligence, and mission solutions. Using our expertise and understanding of existing and emerging technologies, we integrate the best components from our own portfolio and our partner ecosystem to deliver innovative, effective, and efficient solutions that are critical to achieving our customers' missions.

We are approximately 26,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion, which is core to our values and important to attract and retain exceptional talent. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.4 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.