Software Engineer, Linthicum

[jsavinda]

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JOB DESCRIPTION
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Position:       Software Engineer
Location:       Linthicum, Maryland, United States
Type:           Permanent F/T

Closing Date:   2008-11-29

Position Summary:
The person in this position will be working on-site at the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3) to serve as liaisons between CERT and DC3, working to support the mission of DC3 in their mission of assisting in criminal, counterintelligence, counterterrorism, and fraud investigations of the Defense Criminal Investigative Organizations (DCIOs) and DoD counterintelligence activities. The employee will work with SEI and DC3 to identify how SEI capabilities can assist DC3 in the implementation and operation of the DCISE program, work with SEI staff to implement technical solutions and perform technical tasks, and will perform technical analysis in support of the DCISE program.

This position will be located in Linthicum, Maryland.


JOB REQUIREMENTS
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Education/Training:
BS in Computer Science Information Science, Information Systems Management with eight (8) years applicable experience or MS in Computer Science, Information Technology with five (5) years applicable experience.

Experience:
Candidate should have strong technical, communication, and problem solving skills.

Experience in drafting and formatting technical threat intelligence reports and conduct correlating research using multiple formatted and unformatted data sources.  Candidates should have 3-5 of experience (especially in a U.S. government agency or U.S. Defense Contractor environment )  in security aspects of system and/or network administration as well as experience with:
- computer security incident handling and analysis communicating complex technical issues to non-technical audiences
- developing and implementing information security policies and standard operating procedures
- understanding and managing risk in large enterprise infrastructures.
- developing strategies to defend systems and networks from attacks
- forensic or digital media analysis
       
Skills/Abilities:
Successful candidates will:
- have a strong interest in and possess basic knowledge of network and computer security issues
- be able to work meticulously with careful attention to detail
- strong customer service skills
- ability to work in a team environment with other team members with variety of skills
- ability to work remotely at a customer site with minimal direct supervision
- be able to communicate effectively within a team environment
- be able to effectively prioritize work
- be able to develop and explain technical decisions
- recognize and deal appropriately with confidential and sensitive information
- interact effectively with technical and non-technical audiences via both verbal and written communications (e.g., technical writing, user guide development, requirements analysis)
- be able to quickly learn new procedures, techniques, and approaches

Mobility:
Primarily sedentary, long periods of sitting; ability to travel to various locations within the SEI and Carnegie Mellon community, customer sites, conferences, and offsite meetings with some frequency.

Environmental Conditions:
Normal office conditions; however close contact with computer for prolonged periods of time.

Mental:
Ability to work under pressure and changing priorities; pay attention to detail; meet inflexible deadlines; deal with difficult individuals while maintaining composure.

Other:
Candidate must be able to pass a background investigation, obtain a TS/SCI security clearance,  be a US citizen, and work full-time at a customer site in the Baltimore/Washington, DC metro area. Candidate will be required to travel on overnight assignments

Essential Functions:
(1) Perform duties as a cyber intelligence technical fusion analyst and technical liaison between CERT and DC3. Review threat data from various sources, including appropriate Intelligence databases, to establish identity modus operandi, and credible threat picture of hackers active in DoD and defense industrial base networks. Correlate data into standardized reports. Develop cyber threat profiles. Produce cyber threat assessments based on entity threat analysis. Coordinate cyber threat tracking with partner and counterpart organizations. Recommend courses of action based on analysis of both general and specific threats. Deliver reports, briefings, and assessments to leadership, facilitating understanding of cyber threat entities and environments. Support information assurance and cyber threat mitigation decision-making.

(2) Working directly with SEI staff supporting the DIB program with incident, vulnerability, or malicious code analysis work.

(3) Developing knowledge and understanding of SEI capabilities; learning how SEI capabilities can be applied to customer problems.


CONTACT
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To Apply:
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Software Engineering Institute
Jeff Savinda
Technical Recruiter
jsavinda@...



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