Cyber Security Engineer III

Caribou Thunder

Location: Longmont, CO

Requisition#: MS10003

Date Posted: 8/30/2023

Salary: $165K-$185K

Security Clearance: Active Secret with ability to obtain TS/SCI

Education: Bachelor’s degree (STEM)

Experience: 9 years

7 years with an advanced degree)

Position Summary

Caribou Thunder is seeking a skilled and experienced Cyber Security Engineer III to join our dynamic Cyber engineering team. As a Cyber Security Engineer III, you will play a crucial role in designing, developing, documenting, testing, and maintaining comprehensive cyber solutions. Your expertise will contribute to evaluating system architecture, analyzing security designs, assessing risks and vulnerabilities, implementing remediations, and ensuring compliance with DoD cybersecurity requirements.

Join Caribou Thunder and contribute your expertise to the development of cutting-edge cyber solutions. Help us protect our systems and safeguard critical information in a challenging and rewarding environment.

Complete Description

As a Cyber Security Engineer III, you will collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to evaluate and analyze system architecture and security designs. You will support modifications related to the design and accreditation of new mission capabilities, ensuring compliance with DoD cybersecurity requirements, policies, and procedures.

• Responsible for applying an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to plan, design, develop, validate, and verify Cyber solutions across the lifecycle.
• Conduct cyber risk assessment activities including threat modeling, vulnerability analysis, and analysis of mitigation solutions.
• Coordinates and addresses Supply Chain risk management concerns.
• Develop, evaluate, and analyze design constraints, trade-offs, and detailed system and security design as they pertain to the Cyber domain.
• Coordinate with Cyber and system architects and developers to provide oversight in the development of solutions.
• Conduct cybersecurity tests and evaluation of hardware and/or software designs to verify and validate compliance with defined specifications and requirements.
• Employs cyber security processes, methods, techniques, and tools and ensures their consistent application.
• Implements appropriate Assessment and Authorization activities as required by customers.
  
  

Minimum Requirements

• Hands-on, solutions-oriented experience in the field of cybersecurity.
• Proficiency in RHEL and Windows systems.
• Strong understanding of DoD cybersecurity requirements, policies, and procedures.
• Experience in developing Risk Management Framework (RMF) packages.
• Knowledge of cyber-hardening operating systems (STIGS or similar).
• Familiarity with cyber-hardening network equipment such as switches, firewalls, and routers (STIGS or similar).
• Proficiency in tools such as Splunk, Regex, ACAS, HBSS, and Wireshark.
  
  

Preferred Requirements

• Experience with Ansible
• Experience with NIST Special Publication 800-53.
• Familiarity with Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP).
• Experience with Assured Compliance Assessment Solution.
• Knowledge of secure configuration and hardening of DoD Information Systems.
• Ability to effectively communicate complex cyber security principles to individuals with varying levels of knowledge and skill.
• Experience briefing high-level customer stakeholders on cyber security concerns and remediation tactics.
• DoD 8570 IAT II or III Certification.
• Ability to provide guidance on DoD Cyber regulations and requirements.
• Experience performing vulnerability assessments.
  
  

Company Description

Caribou Thunder, LLC is a Woman Owned, HUBZone Certified, Native American Owned, SBA and SDB Certified global engineering services company, incorporated in 2006.

Caribou Thunder is a Global Service Provider supporting a wide variety of DoD, Space, and Intelligence programs with consistent growth since inception to over 100 associates and $10M in annual sales with solid performance in 35 states across the U.S. and 22 countries around the world. Caribou Thunder, LLC is an established Defense contractor with nearly 20 years of experience delivering engineering services worldwide.  We offer industry-leading salaries, flexible work-life balance, full range of benefits (career development and mentoring, PTO, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401k match).  Caribou Thunder, LLC offers meaningful career opportunities within a true team-based environment, where each and every employee matters, contributing to a higher goal of supporting National Security programs.

Caribou Thunder, LLC is committed to hiring and maintaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. United States citizenship is a requirement for all positions.

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