Jobs at J5 Consulting (Now Hiring) — 12 open

J5 Consulting is a Maryland based company established in 2006 to provide computing and consulting services for government and commercial entities. Our services improve Information System networking performance and compliance and protect electronic assets from loss and compromise. We welcome your application to receive consideration for the following position.

Introduction
The Sponsor’s Cyber Security Team is responsible for managing the Sponsors office’s system assessment and authorization processes as well as cyber security engineering expertise in the systems development lifecycle in advancing new cyber security utilities to fruition that enable threat awareness, monitoring of cyber threats, and other forward thinking enablement activities in support of the Sponsor’s strategic goals. The Cyber Security Team is responsible for providing cyber security expertise across numerous systems and working closely with stakeholders and external partners to facilitate activities and perform tasks in support of successful system authorizations consistent with the Sponsor’s formalized processes. The Sponsor is responsible for coordination activities and brokering proactive communications with technical and non-technical expertise in support of the Sponsor’s cyber mission and provide the expert level support in cyber risk management, vulnerability assessment and applicable mitigations, as well as Cloud and On-Premise infrastructure components such as application to physical layers. The Cyber Security team works with others to identify, develop roadmaps, and implement deployment strategies for advanced cyber security tools, as well as provides best practices to make recommendations on securing a diverse and dynamic infrastructure and numerous mission related systems. 

Required Skills and Demonstrated Experience:  

• Demonstrated experience in cyber security, InfoSec, cyber security engineering, or network engineering
• Demonstrated experience with vulnerability scanning tools.
• Demonstrated experience analyzing and documenting test results
• Demonstrated experience assessing systems against information assurance policies and regulations.
• Demonstrated experience communicating complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating and performing cyber security testing
• Demonstrated experience developing risk assessment and certification reports.
• Demonstrated experience leading cyber security accreditation efforts for enterprise systems.
• Demonstrated experience recommending mitigating countermeasures to identified threats, vulnerabilities, or shortfalls.
• Demonstrated experience with Linux operating system.
• Demonstrated experience writing and reviewing documents such as requirements specifications, system architecture, design documents, test plans, or cyber security plans.
• Demonstrated experience decomposing functional requirements into technical requirements.
• Demonstrated experience analyzing existing systems and identifying necessary corrective actions and improvements
• Demonstrated experience preparing program documentation such as CONOPS (Concept of Operations), SSP (System Security Plans), and preparing materials to support system accreditation.

Highly Desired Skills and Demonstrated Experience: 

• Demonstrated experience with creating and maintaining integrated master schedules.
• Demonstrated experience with offensive cyber security practices.
• Demonstrated experience explaining protocols, technical procedures and processes clearly and accurately to both technical and non-technical audiences.

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US Citizenship:

• This position requires US Citizenship. Verification of US Citizenship to meet federal government security requirements will be confirmed.

Security Clearance:

• The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Security Clearance with a Full Scope Polygraph.
• Clearance Verification: This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.

Travel: 

• This position is expected to be onsite. The position will be located within the Washington Metropolitan Area (WMA).   Local travel/POV will be on an as needed basis, within the local place of performance.

 

Join J5 Consulting and Grow Your Cybersecurity Career

At J5, we’re a team of innovators protecting organizations from evolving cyber threats. With 18+ years of success in government and commercial sectors, we offer meaningful opportunities to grow your career.

Enjoy comprehensive benefits, including:

• 100% employer-paid health coverage
• a 6% 401(k) match
• PTO
• tuition reimbursement
• bonuses
• professional development, and more.

Ready to make an impact? Explore our open positions and apply today.