Cyber Systems Engineer Senior Technical Specialist – CSO FO

Arcfield is a leading provider of full lifecycle, mission-focused systems engineering and integration capabilities to the U.S. government and its allies. The company has more than 60 years of proven experience providing advanced engineering and analysis, IT and C5ISR capabilities to support our nation’s most critical national security missions. Headquartered in Chantilly, VA and with 16 offices around the world, Arcfield employs approximately 1,200 engineers, analysts, IT specialists, and other professionals who put our customers’ missions first, helping them solve their most complex challenges through innovations in modeling, simulation and analysis, digital transformation and C5ISR. Visit arcfield.com for more details.

Program Description: 

The program provides Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) support in the areas of Cyber Security and Management to improve the Information Assurance (IA) posture of a National customer.  The contracts support functions are:  IA Management, Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) coordination and reporting, Risk Management Framework (RMF) application, IA compliance measurements and metrics, Assessment and Authorization (A&A), Vulnerability Management, and Cyber Defense support. 

Position Description: 

The Cyber Systems Engineer Project Management Technical Support provides support to the customer in the area of Cyber Security. Daily Tasks include, but are not limited to: 

• Provide assessments to the customer on the cybersecurity contractor’s program performance. 

• Assist in the development of execution reviews, acquisition roadmaps and transition plans  
• Assist Technical Director developing an office portfolio/roadmap for current and proposed/future capabilities 
• Assist Technical Director with the development, documentation and communication of office initiatives geared toward enterprise security 
• Provide technical recaps of customer meetings with cyber security contractors 

• Assesses contractor performance using evaluation criteria and technical performance measures 
• Participates in design reviews of components (hardware and software) to ensure applicability to the current system and traceability of requirements 
• Assist in the development of technical requirements 

• Produces high-quality papers, presentations, recommendations, and findings for senior US government intelligence and operations officials 
• Analyzes policies and procedures against Federal laws and regulations and provides recommendations for closing gaps 
• Develops strategies to comply with privacy and risk management requirements. 
• Inform government leads on status and progress of all projects 
• Work with government and contractor leads to address various systems engineering, system integration, and project management issues across projects 

• Analyze user needs, concept of operations, and high-level systems architectures to develop system requirements. 
• Advise in the production and tailoring of government financial execution reports and program acquisition documentation and ensure affordable, supportable and effective program requirements are specified to meet mission needs. 
• Provide support to GPMs to assure execution within the cost, schedule, and performance baselines. Utilize program management tools (e.g., Plan-It, MS Excel) to assist GPM with planning, documenting, executing, and reporting of all program details (e.g., spend plans), for both current year (FY) and out-years (FYDP) 

Required Qualifications: 

• 12 to 15 years with BS or 10 to 13 years with MS or 8 to 10 years with PhD. 
• Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI with Poly 
• An 8570/8140 IA Certification 

• Ability to work customer's core hours (0900 - 1500 Monday - Friday) 
• Excellent communications skills - Verbal and Non-Verbal 
• Experience supporting project management and acquisitions 
• Experience with customer’s Cybersecurity Processes and tools/capabilities 
• Experience in requirements analysis 

• Strong attention to detail 
• Ability to work in a team environment 
• Hands-on working knowledge of Excel and other database applications 
• Excellent oral and written communications skills 
• Ability to support Group Level GPOCs 

Desired Qualifications: 

• Self-starter requiring limited direction and supervision 
• Bachelors of Science Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) or an advanced IA certification (i.e. CISSP or CASP) 
• Experience briefing senior customer personnel 
• Ability to organize and prioritize numerous customer requests in a fast paced deadline driven environment 

• Familiarity with the RMF process 
• Experience supporting IC or DoD in the Cyber Security Domain 
• Working knowledge of Microsoft tools; Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint 

EEO

Arcfield proactively fulfills its role as an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, marital status, physical or mental disability, status as a Disabled Veteran, Recently Separated Veteran, Active-Duty Wartime or Campaign Badge Veteran, Armed Forces Services Medal, or any other characteristic protected by law.