Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE)

Arcfield was purpose-built to protect the nation and its allies through innovations in digital transformation, space mission engineering and launch assurance, miniaturized sensors and satellites, advanced modeling and simulation, cybersecurity, and conventional and hypersonic missile support. Headquartered in Chantilly, VA with 16 global offices, Arcfield employs more than 1,500 engineers, analysts, IT specialists, and other professionals with more than 60 years of collective proven experience supporting missions in cyber and space defense, space exploration, hypersonic and nuclear deterrence and warfighter readiness. Visit arcfield.com for more details.

In this customer-facing, team-oriented position, the ISSE will support the Sponsor's organization responsible for coordinating security internet capabilities to support the mission. This includes performing IT security engineering support across the Sponsor's program. Responsibilities for the position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Research, assess, evaluate, and analyze digital network information through evaluation and analysis.
• Use traffic analysis to identify communication patterns.
• Conduct and develop methods of capturing trends in activities, and document baselines of normal activity on such systems.
• Review threat activities by looking for possible intelligence information, and by identifying and correlating events and activities to reveal patterns.
• Identify and analyze waveforms in different domains.
• Identify and analyze bitstreams.
• Identify and analyze protocols.
• Conduct network intelligence analysis.
• Collaborate with peers and senior-level management.
• Work with analysts across the Sponsor's organization and other Intelligence Community (IC) partners.
• Participate in customer-facing meetings to review operational status.

• Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• A degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a scientific or technical discipline. BS 10-12, MS 8-10, PhD 5-7
• Experience analyzing systems, including forensically, for malware, misuse, and/or unauthorized activity.
• Experience investigating and analyzing data sources, which may include the Internet, Intelligence Community reporting, security events, firewall logs, and forensic hard-drive images to identify malware, misuse, unauthorized activity, or other cybersecurity-related concerns.
• Knowledge of computing design concepts and implementation.
• Experience with network defense monitoring tools and systems.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience providing technical cybersecurity guidance.
• Experience conveying technical information to non-technical individuals.
• Experience creating complex system designs, resolving engineering problems, and proposing preventive strategies in a dynamic and challenging environment.
• Possess current security certification: Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) or Government Security Engineer Certification (GSEC).

We are an equal opportunity employer and federal government contractor. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment as protected by law.