Cybersecurity SME

Who we are:
Makpar is a team of innovators and consultants deploying cutting edge technologies for the federal government. We help our clients achieve their business and operational goals by solving complex problems through experience and intellect and build sustainable solutions that last. If you are driven and looking to tackle complex and critical client challenges, Makpar can provide a dynamic, mission focused, and rewarding environment for your professional growth. Our service offerings include Cybersecurity, Cloud Migration, IT Project Management, Agile Transformation, DevSecOps, Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM), and Health IT. We are proud to be a Great Place to Work™ certified four years in a row. Recent awards include Fortune Top 100 Small Place to Work, Inc 5000, and Inc Best in Business. In 2019, we were awarded the SBA Subcontractor of the Year Award (Region 3) for our program management and Agile development work at the IRS. 

The Position:Makpar has an exciting opportunity for a Cybersecurity SME to join our growing team.

Role Specific Duties:

• Serve as a SME for security concepts and standards, while providing beginning to end ISSO support for mission information systems through all steps of RMF (Risk Management Framework)
• Direct the team about security measures, explain potential threats, implement security measures, and monitor applications
• Developing and maintaining System Security Plans (SSP)
• Support Configuration/Patch/Vulnerability Management activities
• Serve as the Government's single point of contact for all contract actions, questions, and recommendations
• Manage the security posture of cloud environments, and working with engineering teams to remediate, and communicating overall risk of environment while identifying areas of improvement
• Identify and resolve issues and risks
• Communicate effectively to understand the client’s needs along with developing briefings and presentations; Advise client on cloud architectures and designs
• Support continuous monitoring activities: Ensure systems are properly patched and hardened according to our client's requirements
• Vulnerability scanning execution, assessment, and analysis including developing detailed remediation plans
• Applies extensive knowledge of a variety of the IA field's concepts, practices, and procedures to ensure the secure integration and operation of all systems
• Advises the command and organizations on applicable policies and regulations related to the application of the Risk Management Framework to system and network cybersecurity

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems / Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, related field, or technical degree, or 5 years of relevant experience
• Minimum 3 years of technical experience working with databases, compute, storage, and networks on one or more of the following platforms: AWS, MS Azure, Google Cloud Platform, VMware or Oracle Cloud Platform
• Preferred certs include: Active CISSP, CASP, GSEC, GSLC, CISSP, CEH, CISM, CISA, or comparable certification*.  Active AWS, Azure or Google Cloud Certification*
• Experience advising government program managers on security testing methodologies and processes
• Extensive understanding of Cloud Computing technologies and migration challenges including Working knowledge of NIST CSF, and knowledge of migrating workloads to cloud
• Excellent oral and written communication skills for contact with customers via calls, chats, and email
• Experience contributing to corporate cybersecurity offering by contributing to proposals, RFP analysis and support a plus

5+ years of experience in the following:
• Design/implementation/consulting experience with Security, Compliance, and Risk Management
• US Government compliance and security standards, including NIST, FedRAMP, FISMA, ICD 503 and implementing security concepts / best practices
• Managing Certification and Accreditation and continuous monitoring activities utilizing common control frameworks
• Managing the security posture of cloud environments, and working with engineering teams to remediate, and communicating overall risk of environment while identifying areas of improvement
• Risk mitigation and selecting or designing appropriate security controls for implementation
• Coordinating, monitoring, and tracking security activities across multiple organizations
• Agile or DevOps methodologies for designing, developing, or delivering using appropriate automation techniques and tools
• Developing scripts/ dashboards
• CI/CD development pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform)
• Programming languages (e.g., Java, Python)
• Container/ orchestration tools (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker, Puppet)

Experience with:
• Applying cloud security concepts, requirements, design development, implementation, and integration for existing and new technology product offerings
• Engineering/architecture for systems in the cloud; specifically, AWS, Azure and/or Google
• Working with core services, networking, security groups, or policy management in relation to Cloud resources across multiple operating systems
• Migrating or transforming legacy customer solutions to the cloud
• Systems Administration in Linux/Unix (Ubuntu, CentOS, RedHat, Solaris, etc.)
• Networking (TCP/IP, DNS)
• Advising customers on cloud architectures and designs meeting US Government accreditation standards


• Candidates must be a US Citizen or a Legal Permanent Resident (Green Card status) for 3 years and be Federal Tax compliant. 

Benefits:
At Makpar Corporation we understand that we all need to balance work and life – that is why we have a great benefits package, excellent training and career development opportunities, flexible work schedules along with a generous compensation package. At Makpar, we believe in keeping our employees happy, healthy and engaged. We pride ourselves in providing outstanding benefits, creating environments where employees are encouraged to be themselves, collaborate, and be inquisitive in order to achieve goals.
Start your career today and be a part of something meaningful!
Makpar is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer.