Principal Cyber Engineer - Force Point

Location:Fort Belvoir, VA

Job Category: Information Technology

Time Type: Monday through Friday

Potential for Telework: No

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph (FSP)

Employee Type: W2 or 1099

Citizenship: US Citizen

NexThreat is a leading cybersecurity solutions provider that is looking for talented and highly motivated cyber engineers to join its team. If you are passionate about cybersecurity and want to work on challenging and complex projects, then this is the perfect opportunity for you.

In this role, you will be responsible for providing support to the U.S. Government by solving complex and fast-moving cybersecurity challenges. You will work closely with customers to understand their unique needs and develop customized solutions to meet their requirements.

As a member of our Cross Domain solutions team, you will be responsible for the deployment and maintenance of enterprise solutions. This will involve working closely with customers to ensure that our solutions are integrated seamlessly into their existing infrastructure.

You will play a key role in ensuring customer success by providing ongoing support and maintenance for our solutions. This will involve troubleshooting issues, resolving problems, and providing training and guidance to customers as needed.

To be successful in this role, you should have a strong background in cybersecurity and be familiar with the latest tools and technologies used in the industry. You should also be a strong communicator and be comfortable working with customers to understand their needs and develop customized solutions.

If you are looking for an exciting and challenging opportunity to work on cutting-edge cybersecurity solutions, then we encourage you to apply for this position today

Responsibilities:

- Utilize your Linux and networking expertise to support and field critical customer-driven requirements, enabling secure cross-domain data transfer

- Utilize interpersonal skills to engage directly with the customer to provide advanced design, analysis and implementation of our software

- Demonstrate competency working hands-on in Linux-based environments, troubleshooting on-site technical issues, using and configuring the Forcepoint solution to deliver critical customer driver requirements

- Leverage standard networking concepts to support the design and implementation of Forcepoint solutions to include failover, co-op, and load balancing as well as interoperability with other components within the enterprise

- Provide technical briefings to customers and Forcepoint corporate leadership as required

- Provide training, troubleshooting, and on-site/remote support to customers

Requirements:

- Active (currently in Use) TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph (FSP)

- 8+ years of experience in a cyber engineer role supporting enterprise software solutions

- Strong experience in Linux and scripting

- Excellent communication skills and ability to relay technical information to customers and laypersons

- Interest or experience in cyber security to include practices/methodologies, associated technologies, application design and development and/or experience in an operational environment

- Intermediate to advanced Linux/Unix administration knowledge Intermediate to advanced knowledge of networking concepts (e.g. TCP/IP, firewalls, routers, etc.)

- BS Computer Science, Computer Engineer, Information Security or equivalent

- DODI 8570.1-M Compliance at IAT Level I; SANS GSEC, CISSP preferred

NexThreat provides extensive fringe benefits include the following:

- Medical

- Dental

- Vision

- 401k

- Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance

- Short Term Disability Insurance

- Long Term Disability Insurance

- 529 College Savings Plan

- Employee Learning Program with Tuition reimbursement