Cybersecurity Engineer IV

Cybersecurity Engineer IV

Caribou Thunder

Location: Longmont, CO

Salary: $145K-$185K

Security Clearance: Active Secret with the ability to obtain TS/SCI

Education: Bachelor’s degree (STEM) or Master’s degree

Experience: 14 years (12+ years with an advanced degree)

Position Summary

Caribou Thunder is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Cyber Security Engineer IV to join our dynamic Cyber engineering team. As a Cyber Security Engineer IV, you will be an integral part of the team responsible for designing, developing, documenting, testing, and maintaining full-spectrum cyber solutions. Your expertise and leadership will contribute to evaluating system architecture, analyzing security designs, assessing risks and vulnerabilities, implementing remediations, and ensuring compliance with DoD cybersecurity requirements. This position requires a hands-on, solutions-oriented mindset, advanced technical knowledge, and proficiency in various cybersecurity tools and technologies.

Complete Description

As a Cyber Security Engineer IV, you will provide technical leadership and support modifications related to the design and accreditation of new mission capabilities, ensuring compliance with DoD cybersecurity requirements, policies, and procedures.

• Your role will involve conducting in-depth analysis and assessment of risks and vulnerabilities to determine appropriate remediations and mitigations.
• You will also be responsible for testing and integrating security patches and updates into the systems, as well as administering and building dashboards to monitor the security posture of the systems.
• Additionally, you will be expected to have a deep understanding of cyber-hardening practices for operating systems and network equipment, leveraging tools such as Splunk, Regex, ACAS, HBSS, and Wireshark. Your proficiency in NIST Special Publication 800-53, Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP), Assured Compliance Assessment Solution, and secure configuration and hardening of DoD Information Systems will be vital to the success of the team.
• You will be responsible for briefing complex cyber security principles to individuals at all levels of knowledge and skill, as well as briefing high-level customer stakeholders on cyber security concerns and remediation tactics.
• Your ability to provide guidance on DoD Cyber regulations and requirements, along with experience performing vulnerability assessments, will further enhance your effectiveness in this role.
• Work closely with cross-functional engineering teams to evaluate and analyze system architecture and security design.
• Provide technical leadership and support modifications related to the design and accreditation of new mission capabilities.
• Conduct in-depth analysis and assessment of risks and vulnerabilities to determine appropriate remediations and mitigations.
• Test and integrate security patches and updates into the systems.
• Administer and build dashboards to monitor system security.
• Ensure compliance with DoD cybersecurity requirements, policies, and procedures.

Company Description:

Caribou Thunder, LLC is a Woman Owned, HUBZone Certified, Native American Owned, SBA and SDB Certified global engineering services company, incorporated in 2006. Caribou Thunder is a Global Service Provider supporting a wide variety of DoD, Space, and Intelligence programs with consistent growth since inception to over 100 associates and $10M in annual sales with solid performance in 35 states across the U.S. and 22 countries around the world. Caribou Thunder, LLC is an established Defense contractor with nearly 20 years of experience delivering engineering services worldwide. We offer industry leading salaries, flexible work life balance, full range of benefits (career development and mentoring, PTO, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401k match). Caribou Thunder, LLC offers meaningful career opportunities within a true team-based environment, where each and every employee matters, contributing to a higher goal supporting National Security programs. Caribou Thunder, LLC is committed to hiring and maintaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. *United States citizenship is a requirement for all positions.