Apogee Engineering, LLC

Cyber Security Engineer

Location US-OH-Wright Patterson AFB
ID 2025-1120
Category
Cybersecurity
Position Type
Full-Time
Remote
No

Overview

Apogee has an exciting new opportunity for a Cyber Security Engineer to support the Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Special Operations Forces (ISR & SOF) Directorate within AFLCMC.

 

This is a full time position located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (AFB).  This opportunity may allow for a hybrid work schedule (2 days work from home) at the customer's discretion.

 

 

Responsibilities

  • Provide expert weapons system cybersecurity guidance and recommendations to acquisition authorities and Authorizing Official (AO) to develop secure, resilient systems.
  • Translate and provide comprehensive NIST 800-53 requirements to ensure Systems Security Engineering (SSE) and solutions are incorporated into an integrated program protection scheme.
  • Provide subject matter expertise to execute Risk Management Framework (RMF) to support Assessment & Authorization (A&A) of assigned systems including generating required artifacts (Interim Authority to Test [IATT], Authority to Connect [ATC], and Authority to Operate [ATO]).
  • Execute risk reduction-based policies and procedures, and develop system specific comprehensive cybersecurity processes to include implementation of continuous monitoring.
  • Document system architectures to support the cyber analysis, identification, selection, and tailoring of security and privacy controls necessary to protect the system.
  • Provide expert level evaluation of designs and proposed implementation solutions to defend weapon systems and critical networks against malicious and non-malicious exploitation.
  • Evaluate threat data and develop residual risk recommendations and mitigations to senior DoD and AF leadership based on identification and analysis of weapons vulnerabilities.
  • Review and analyze interoperability requirements and shall review, develop and evaluate resultant specifications and internal and external Interface Control Documents (ICDs).
  • Review and propose technical recommendations regarding critical technologies requiring Program Protection Plans (PPP), Anti-tamper (AT) plans, cyber findings, vulnerabilities, and risks.
  • Ensure contractual documentation (such as Statements of Work and contract deliverable lists) incorporate cybersecurity requirements and conduct technical evaluations on vendors' proposals to ensure that cybersecurity requirements are properly addressed.
  • Provide expert identification, documentation, and assessment of threats, cyber findings, vulnerabilities, attack scenarios, impacts if exploited, and likely timelines for exploitation.
  • Provide stakeholders with on-time deliverables, RMF artifacts, cyber impact assessments, and approaches to meet growing ISR & SOF requirements.

 

Qualifications

Minimum Experience:

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen 
Clearance: Top Secret w/SCI
Certifications: IAT Level III (CISSP or other) OR IAT Level II (Security+ CE or other)
Education: High School Diploma

Years of Experience: 20 years relevant experience of which 8 years are supporting the DoD to include:

  • Knowledge of and experience adhering to NIST 800-53 requrirements
  • Experience advising and executing Risk Mangement Frameworks
  • Experience with Program Protection Plans
  • Experience with Anti-Tamper plans

Preferred Qualifications:
Education and Experience: Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of 15 years relevant exerience of which 5 years are supporting the DoD, OR Master's degree with a minimum of 12 years relevant experience of which 5 years supporting the DoD.

 

Additional Information
Location: Wright-Patterson, AFB, OH
On-site/Hybrid/Remote (only list one of the three upon creating a new job): Hybrid
Travel: 10%

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