SkyePoint Decisions is a leading Cybersecurity Architecture and Engineering, Critical Infrastructure and Operations, and Applications Development and Maintenance IT service provider headquartered in Dulles, Virginia with operations across the U.S. We provide innovative enterprise-wide solutions as well as targeted services addressing the complex challenges faced by our federal government clients. Our focus is on enabling our clients to deliver their mission most efficiently and effectively - anytime, anywhere, securely. We combine technical expertise, mission awareness, and an empowered workforce to produce meaningful results.
This is a contingent position based upon customer approval.
As a SkyePoint employee you will be given the opportunity to support some of our nation’s most critical information systems by utilizing not only your existing cybersecurity skills and talents, but those that you will learn in your new role. In your new role as a cyber security professional, you will protect our customer’s most sensitive data and complex systems from all forms of threats including cyber-attacks, insider threats, rogue network devices, and malicious software and applications. You will work with a team of like-minded professionals to share and collaborate upon your ideas to improve the cybersecurity infrastructure, architecture, and configuration deployments. Your ideas and contributions will matter.
What can you achieve and how you will make a difference
- Provide diverse Cybersecurity services that enforce, comply with, and support the DOD cybersecurity directives, policies and procedures.
- Provide Cybersecurity services that may include, but are not limited to, policy development; security technical assessment; insider threat assessment; security architecture development; security engineering; certification and accreditation; security compliance, audit, assessment, and reporting services; inspection services in accordance with DOD Directives; vulnerability assessment and management; metrics consolidation and reporting; computer network defense (CND) operations, monitoring, and analysis; cybersecurity and IT systems and tools administration and maintenance; incident response, tracking, and resolution; cross-domain solutions support.
- Responsible for developing dashboards and running ad-hoc, daily, weekly and monthly reports
- Responsible for notifying leadership of potential issues pertaining to the SPLUNK environment.
- Responsible for documenting hardware and software configurations and keeping them up to date.
- Knowledge in Splunk systems maintenance, indexes and data retention.
- Knowledge in Splunk systems architecture design and implementation.
- Knowledge with syslog servers and syslog NG administration
- Responsible for maintaining a small RedHat Enterprise Linux Environment (RHEL6 and RHEL 7).
- Knowledge with Red Hat licensing, subscriptions, entitlements and activation.
- Knowledge with monitoring and maintaining resources for virtual servers on a VMware infrastructure.
- Identify, analyze, define, develop, coordinate, implement and audit the security policies, procedures and processes for the DCAA systems and infrastructure.
- Evaluate, document, and report IT systems security posture and configuration for DCAA systems risk analysis.
- Utlize ACAS & Splunk to produce vulnerability management reporting for DCAA systems to aid in compliance with DOD Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM) policy.
- Provide guidance on remediation steps to close any identified vulnerabilities and minimize the agency’s attack footprint.
- Support Cybersecurity Operations, as required, to develop monitoring, response and handling procedures for intrusion and malicious code incidents. Tasks include conducting, supporting and coordinating network intrusion detection events and analysis.
- Monitor, respond to, and report computer security events for DCAA Endpoint Security (ESS). DCAA currently utilizes McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator and suite of host based products. The current security systems and tools may change as the trends in technology change and/or Government need/mandates are required.
- Actions must be taken to investigate, categorizes, respond to, and mitigate events/incidents in accordance with the DCAA Incident Response Plan and procedures. Level 2 Service Provider personnel must perform the following tasks and make every effort to meet the SLA requirements as set by the priority level of the incident.
- Document all changes, following up with a change request (CR), as required
- Develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) pertaining to Tenable/ACAS, Splunk and Red Hat environments.
The Talent You Bring with these Qualifications
- Secret Security Clearance
- 5 years of progressive experience in continuous monitoring, analyzing incidents and handling incident response tool sets.
- DoD 8570 IAT Level II Certification (IE. CompTIA Security+ CE, CYSA+)
- Splunk Certification (IE. Splunk Certified Administrator, Splunk Architect)
- Host Based System Security (HBSS) certification 201, 301 or 501
- Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS) Certification
- Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
- Knowledge with Tenable vulnerability scanner
- VMWare knowledge and certifications
Applicants selected for this position will require an active Secret clearance, and background screening. Applicants selected for a security clearance will be subject to a security investigation and must meet eligibility requirement for access to classified information.
What We Can Offer You -
- Great Benefits: >70%-80% of medical premiums cost share paid by SkyePoint, several insurance options including HMO and High Deductible plans with Health Savings Accounts [HSAs], Flex Spending Accounts [FSAs], Full Dental Plans, ST/LT Disability, Life Insurance, floating federal holiday options, and 401k matched
- Certification Incentive Program
- Corporate Sponsored Community Engagement (Giving Back) events every quarter
- SkyePoint DoD SkillBridge Industry Partner Fellowship Program
- SkyePoint Professional Growth Programs (Internal Training and Mentoring)
- SkyePoint Azure Development Environment available to all Developers and technical staff to develop solutions for customers and/or to create innovation to win new business
- SkyePoint Professional Sports Ticket Perks, Quarterly Employee Morale Lunches, and Semi-Annual team-building events
- Flexible Work Environment
SkyePoint Decisions is an established ISO 9001:2015 and ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certified small business and appraised at CMMI Level 3 (with SAM) for Services. We possess a common vision of excellence and foster a collaborative team culture built upon individual performance and accountability. We invest in our people and systems to create value for our clients. It is the SkyePoint Way. We are grateful for the opportunity to work with exceptional people and give back to the communities we serve. Our employees value the flexibility at SkyePoint that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives.
As a federal contractor, SkyePoint is subject to any federal vaccine mandates or other customer vaccination requirements. All new hires are required to report their vaccination status.
SkyePoint Decisions is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.