Everforth ECS is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to work in our Washington, DC office.

ECS Federal is a leading information security and information technology company in Washington, DC. We are looking to hire a Lead Security Engineer to support a full range of cyber security services on a long-term contract in Washington DC. The position is full time/permanent and will support a US Government civilian agency. The position is available immediately upon finding a qualified candidate with the appropriate background clearance.

Job Responsibilities

Lead a team of engineers to ensure that deliverables are completed on time and within the acceptable quality standards.
Report to management achievements of team as well as performance issues.
Work with customer to obtain engineering requirements, manage tasks, and ensure that deliverables are meeting client’s expectations.
Design and develop cybersecurity or cybersecurity-enabled
Design hardware, operating systems, and software applications to adequately address cybersecurity
Design or integrate appropriate data backup capabilities into overall system designs and ensure that appropriate technical and procedural processes exist for secure system backups and protected storage of backup data.
Develop and direct system testing and validation procedures
Develop detailed security design documentation for component and interface specifications to support system design and development.
Develop Disaster Recovery and Continuity of Operations plans for systems under development and ensure testing prior to systems entering a production environment.
Develop specific cybersecurity countermeasures and risk mitigation strategies for systems and/or
Identify and direct the remediation of technical problems encountered during testing and implementation of new systems (e.g., identify and find workarounds for communication protocols that are not interoperable).
Identify and prioritize essential system functions or sub-systems required to support essential capabilities or business functions for restoration or recovery after a system failure or during a system recovery event based on overall system requirements for continuity and availability.
Identify, assess, and recommend cybersecurity or cybersecurity-enabled products for use within a system and ensure that recommended products are in compliance with organization's evaluation and validation requirements.
Implement security designs for new or existing system(s).
Incorporate cybersecurity vulnerability solutions into system designs (e.g., Cybersecurity Vulnerability Alerts).
Perform risk analysis (e.g., threat, vulnerability, and probability of occurrence) whenever an application or system undergoes a major change.
Design, implement, test, and evaluate secure interfaces between information systems, physical systems, and/or embedded technologies.
Design, develop, integrate, and update system security measures that provide confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, and non-repudiation.
Design to security requirements to ensure requirements are met for all systems and/or
Develop mitigation strategies to address cost, schedule, performance, and security
Perform security reviews and identify security gaps in
Trace system requirements to design components and perform gap
Verify stability, interoperability, portability, and/or scalability of system

Salary Range: $145,000- $165,000
General Description of Benefits

Senior Security Engineer

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