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Yakshna Solutions · 23 hours ago

Cyber Security Architect

Herndon, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$120K/yr - $140K/yr

5+ years exp

Yakshna Solutions, Inc. is a woman-owned small business providing professional IT solutions and services. They are seeking a highly skilled Cyber Security Architect to support government operations in Quantico, VA, responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining secure government IT systems to protect against cyber threats.

ConsultingGovernmentInformation ServicesInformation Technology

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Responsible for the overall maintenance of the government's information technology security systems and protocols

Design and implement security measures for hardware, software, and network platforms to ensure protection from cyber-attacks and any other possible harmful intrusions that could compromise or damage the government's data and network infrastructure

Assess existing cybersecurity systems and protocols and design and implement upgrades to existing measures and implement new procedures

Provides timely detection, identification, and alerting possible attacks/intrusions, anomalous activities, and misuse activities and distinguish these incidents and events from begin activities

Use cyber defense tools for continual monitoring and analysis of system activity to identify malicious activity

Document and escalate incidents that may cause ongoing and immediate impact to the environment and analyze identified malicious activity to determine weaknesses exploited, exploitation methods, effects on system and information

Perform event correlation to using information gathered for a variety of sources withing the enterprise to gain situational awareness and determine the effectiveness of an observed attack

Conduct research, analysis, and correlation across a wide variety of all source data sets (indications and warnings)

Notify the government of suspected cyber incidents and articulate the event's history, status, and potential impact for further action in accordance with the government's cyber incident response plan

Provides cybersecurity recommendations to leadership based on significant threats and vulnerabilities

Qualification

DoD cybersecurity toolsRisk management frameworksSecurity compliance processesDISA STIGsMcAfee Endpoint SecurityMicrosoft Cybersecurity Architect Expert CertificationCybersecurity recommendationsNetwork security methodologiesCompTIA Security +GSEC

Required

Active Top Secret Clearance

BA in Computer Science with 5 years' experience or AA in Computer Science with 7 years' experience

Experience with: DISA STIGs, DISA eMASS

Evaluate STIG/STIG Viewer

Artifacts

POA&Ms

ACAS/Tenable Nessus

McAfee Endpoint Security

Tanium

Tychon

Knowledge of cybersecurity and privacy principles, computer networking concepts, protocols, network security methodologies, laws, regulations, policies, and ethics as they relate to cybersecurity and privacy

Knowledge of risk management

Active CompTIA Security +, and GSEC (Ability to obtain)

Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Expert Certification (MCAE)