FAA Security Engineer

Responsibilities

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Voice Switch and Recorder (VS&R) Program Office manages seven different programs that provide critical voice communications and legal recording systems that perform critical, high availability Air Traffic Control (ATC) communications within the FAA's National Airspace System (NAS). The VS&R Program Office is responsible for acquisition of modern Internet Protocol (IP) ATC Voice Communications Systems (VCSs), which includes development of requirements, procurement, verification, validation, testing, implementation and deployment. The VS&R Program Office also manages the full life cycle sustainment and logistics for the existing legacy ATC VCSs that are currently in use throughout the NAS.

The FAA Security Engineer will provide hands-on cybersecurity support to the FAA Security Lead and Technical Team at the William J. Hughes Technical Center for Advanced Aerospace to help FAA achieve security and technical milestones for the procurement, verification, validation, test and deployment of modern IP-VCSs and Air-to-Ground Protocol Converters (APCs). The Security Engineer will provide technical expertise on system implementations used to address security controls and will analyze, investigate and track security risks and / or issues on FAA and vendor systems, using common standards, certifications and methods. The Security Engineer will also utilize system hardening knowledge, Linux skills to generate security artifacts and collaborate with stakeholders from other functional and technical organizations to achieve security authorization for FAA ATC VCS systems and tools.

Required Qualifications

The candidate must possess a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Information System Security, Cybersecurity or similar discipline, plus 6-15 years of relevant hands-on experience.

The candidate must possess the following knowledge, skills, and abilities, across all three categories (Linux System Administration, Networking and System Security) :

• Linux System Administration :

Robust, hands-on experience on the Linux terminal, writing bash scripts, configuring packages and servers).

Working understanding of the OSI Model, including hands-on skills and knowledge of system networking, network design, VLAN / subnetting, configuring and managing routers & switches

Experience with system, port scanning & vulnerability scanning, including hands-on analysis of findings, validation findings are accurate / applicable and remediation of all findings

Desired Qualifications

The candidate should possess some of the following knowledge, skills, and abilities :

Overview

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Compensation at Noblis is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the combination of education, certifications, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, internal and external equity, location, clearance level, as well as contract-specific affordability, organizational requirements and applicable employment laws. The projected compensation range for this position is based on full time status. For part time or on-call staff, compensation is proportionately adjusted based on hours worked. While monetary compensation is important, it's just one component of Noblis' total compensation package.

Posted Salary Range

USD $95,500.00 - USD $149,200.00 / Yr.