Description

SAIC is seeking a Cyber Threat Response Engineer to join our team of diverse Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) team. The highly-technical role will combine direct support to Cyber Threat Response Chief with non-signatory Information System Security Manager (ISSM) duties.

The PNT SE&I Team provides specialized engineering, analysis, operations support, and subject matter expertise to the US Space Force SSC/CG Directorate and other Global Positioning System (GPS) customers. The team also provides systems engineering and analysis services to include system development, enterprise and system architecture, acquisition, testing, operations, and sustainment support for existing and new capabilities. Team members also provide an enterprise perspective for identification and review of risks and risk mitigation plans and work to institutionalize systems engineering best practices across the SSC/CG Directorate organization.

Major duties of the position include:

• Analyze cyber threats targeting the organization.

• Conduct regular vulnerability assessments and penetration tests.

• Incorporate intelligence on classified vulnerabilities and develop advanced countermeasures using the existing security infrastructure.

• Identify Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) and develop strategies to mitigate potential risks.

• Proactively search for signs of advanced threats applicable to the organization's environment using various threat hunting techniques.

• Conduct technical research and experimentation, to include threat modeling and Zero Trust applications.

• Support Risk Management Framework (RMF) Assessment and Authorization (A&A) activities for many programs.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's and fourteen (14) years or more experience; Master's and twelve (12) years or more experience; PhD or JD and nine (9) years or more related experience.

• Ability to hold TS/SCI clearance.

• Experience with Cyber Threat Modeling, Cyber Threat Hunting, and/or Cyber Threat Response.

• Extremely motivated individual who is a self-starter and works well in a team environment.

• Experience writing and delivering technical documents and briefings.

• Strong interpersonal skills to enable working, interfacing, and interrelating with diverse personnel and dynamic teams.

Desired Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI clearance.

• Experience with Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing.

• Demonstrated experience working with Air Force/Space Force/DoD customers.

• Experience with Military Communications (MilComm) and/or Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) programs is highly desirable.

Target salary range: $175,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site. REQNUMBER: 2406966

SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability