Regional Cyber Security Assessor (RCSA) Analyst

Peraton is looking for a Regional Cyber Security Assessor (RCSA) Analyst to become part of our Federal Strategic Cyber Group. 

RCSO's are cyber security consultants and experts whose core function is to support and implement the cyber security policies to secure the Department's critical information infrastructure by ensuring that classified and unclassified networks are installed, maintained, operated, and secured in accordance with the current department and U.S. Government regulations. The CSA goals are to objectively determine conformance with regulations; provide a cohesive and detailed computer and systems security improvement plan; as well as document the constructive results.

Location: Beltsville, MD with support in Northern VA and Washington D.C.

• Position requires up to 50% travel within the CONUS and OCONUS.
• Position requires on-site with situational telework.

What you'll do:

• Perform security assessments of classified, unclassified, and other networked systems within the Contiguous United States (CONUS) and Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS).
• Monitor compliance to security controls and polices within established operating procedures for data access controls, storage, transmission, and destruction of data.
• Maintain user accounts, servers, and security tools to include research, testing, and secure configuration of toolset to meet constantly evolving cyber assessment needs.
• Provide technical assistance to the customer in support of criminal, counterintelligence, and countermeasures investigations.
• Perform vulnerability scans and data analysis for enterprise systems and networks.
• Support specialized projects as assigned.
• Establish guidance and procedures to improve technical controls and processes.
• Coordinate annual efforts to update security mechanisms and audits.
• Review security assessment reports for quality, accuracy, timeliness and follow-on coordination of corrective actions.
• Manage and execute on contract deliverables.
• Support operational planning and technology lifecycle management.
• Strategize, develop, and deliver targeted training to the customer to ensure alignment with overall program objectives.

Required:

• Bachelor's degree and minimum of 9 years of related experience. 4 additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree requirement.
• Experience in network and system administration, tools development and assessing cyber hygiene.
• Must be able to travel up to 50% - CONUS and OCONUS.
• Possess and maintain, or obtain, at least 1 of the following certifications prior to start date:
• CISA, CISSP (or Associate), Cloud+, CySA+, GCED, GCIA, GCIH, GICSP, SCYBER, VCA DCV, PPDA, Agile IC, SNOW App Dev.
• U.S. citizenship required. 
• Active Secret security clearance is required.
• Ability to obtain a final Top Secret security clearance. 

Preferred:

• Experience with any of the following tools:
• NMap
• Splunk
• Tanium
• PowerShell