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Mission Operations Cybersecurity Engineer

Location Greenbelt, Maryland Category Support Services Job Type Full time Job Id R2100312 Posted Date 02/05/2025
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JOB DESCRIPTION

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Mission Operations Cybersecurity Engineer

BELONG. CONNECT. GROW. with KBR.

Around here, we define the future. We are a company of innovators, thinkers, creators, explorers, volunteers, and dreamers.  But we all share one goal:  to improve the world responsibly and safely.

Mission Operations Cybersecurity Engineer

Must be able to obtain and maintain a US government security clearance*

KBR is seeking an IT cybersecurity technical specialist as a Mission Operations Cybersecurity Engineer to join our team and support NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center under the Ground Systems & Mission Operations (GSMO-3) Contract. The specialist will join a multi-disciplined, integrated team of system administrators, network engineers, and IT security professionals.

The specialist will help maintain, establish, and operate a complete IT security program, including compliance, continuous monitoring, system design, and security controls assessment.  Working under the direction of a cybersecurity technical lead, this specialist will ensure technical controls are designed and implemented to reduce risk to an acceptable level and ensure appropriate system confidentiality, integrity, and availability according to Federal and NASA requirements.

The specialist must have strong technical skills, assisting engineers in security control implementation, assessing security controls, security monitoring, mitigating vulnerabilities, managing role-based access controls, reviewing security configuration, and generally ensuring NASA ground systems are appropriately protected. A primary responsibility of this role will be to design and administer technical tests to aid in the assessment of the program’s various external partners’ systems. These assessment activities will also encompass occasional documentation review, so familiarity with required security documentation is a plus.

They will investigate IT Security incidents and work with the Incident Response Team (IRT) for system forensics, diagnostics and/or malware tracking. The specialist will also discover, report, and mitigate vulnerabilities and respond to incidents as needed.

Additional Responsibilities:

  • Follow Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs) and Configuration Management documentation and suggest updates as appropriate
  • Monitor security audit logs for signs of issues or vulnerabilities
  • Participate in risk assessments, security controls assessments, and contingency plan tests
  • Perform support activities associated with the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of IT systems
  • Review results of Tenable Nessus scans and provide guidance to System Administrators for remediating vulnerabilities.
  • Automate security tasks
  • Perform security analysis of AWS accounts and ensure cloud migration activities have built-in security.

Required Education / Experience & Skills:

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • 4+ years of related experience
  • Extensive system admin experience with Windows Server and Linux operating systems
  • Familiarity with security control standards (e.g. NIST 800-53, ISO/IEC 27000-series, PCI DSS, etc.
  • Experience securing Linux and Windows operating systems
  • Experience securing a variety of technologies including modern, legacy, and custom.
  • Proven ability to research and problem solve both independently and within a team environment
  • Must be able to comprehend and follow complex procedural documentation and guidance
  • Perform compliance and risks analysis tasks to systems standards
  • Strong interpersonal skills to work directly with client, teammates, business partners, end-users, and other stakeholders to review, validate and implement requirements.
  • Demonstrated ability to work issues through to completion and resolve challenges independently.

Preferred certifications:

  • CISSP – Certified Information Systems Security Professional
  • AWS technical certification (Security, Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator, etc.)

Preferred Experience:

  • Experience with commercial cloud computing (AWS, Azure, Google)
  • Experience with Storage Area Networks (SANs), Fiber Channel, Fiber Connections, Cluster environment
  • Experience with networks, firewalls, switches, Virtual Machines (VMs), virtual snapshots
  • Experience with remote management tools, disk encryption, video surveillance systems, system backup solutions
  • Experience with agile project management, and agile project management tools such as Jira
  • Experience providing security in a NASA environment, including familiarity with NASA technical standards
  • Experience with the security controls assessment process

KBR BENEFITS

KBR offers a wide range of benefits for their employees; we offer medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, disability benefits, retirement 401k, travel benefits, PTO, holidays, flexible work schedules, parental leave, military leave, education assistance, and the list goes on and on! We also support career advancement through professional training and development.

Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR

At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture.  These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company.  That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver – Together. 

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

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