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Criterion Systems is seeking a mission-focusedSr. Systems Administrator to support and contribute to our government customer’s success in Pensacola, FL.   Duties, Tasks & Responsibilities - User Admin, Sys Admin, Documentation and cradle to grave SDLC support. - Interacts with developers and infrastructure support team to provide vendor application support. - Supports and develops SOPs that provide policies and standards for sustainment of customer systems and resources. - Participate in 24x7 schedules with fixed shift and possible weekend support. - Operate and maintain all Production, Pre-Production, and Development systems in a Windows environment. - Perform System Administration to included AD, GPO policies, Patching, application support, and activities to include account management, monitoring and management of system resources (CPU, memory, disk, etc), monitoring and auditing system logs. - Implement and monitor the Enterprise Windows Servers testing and installation of patches, updates, additional tools and future versions of all software on a regular basis. - Meet compliance for Information Security Vulnerability Management (ISVMs) and Intelligence Community Vulnerability Alert (ICVAs) and provide support for DoD STIGS. - Perform Systems Life-cycle management including planning, implementation, maintenance, upgrades, consolidation, and decommissioning of enterprise hardware, and software. - Manage system requirements and derived requirements to ensure the system is compatible with defined architecture and meets customer needs.

We are seeking to hire a Cyber Threat Analyst to support a federal government customer in Las Vegas, Nevada.    Cyber Data Analysts (CDA) will be responsible for modeling minor and complex data sets, as well as analyzing cyber security insights and identifying anomalies through the use of statistical, algorithmic, mining and visualization techniques.   Duties, Tasks & Responsibilities - Analysts must be proficient at integrating and preparing large, varied datasets. - must understand data elements, data models and manipulation of structured or unstructured data sets. - Must have strong communication, collaboration and presentation skills. - Team members are responsible for conducting statistical analysis and correlation of monitored traffic within large networks. - Trending and attack signature analysis produced by the CDA group will be utilized by SOC Intrusion Analysts, and external cyber security staff throughout the agency. - The position requires interaction with technical and management staff within and outside of the agency. - The position will include up to approximately 15% travel: local and nationwide. - Applicants must be positive, flexible, self-starters with the ability to excel in a fast-paced environment. - The applicant must demonstrate professionalism and understanding of the scalability of the current mission. - Communication skills are critical, with the ability to verbalize and document technical concerns and solutions, as well as create and maintain customer required documentation and other deliverable products. - Applicants must be detail-oriented and have the ability to follow process and multi-task effectively when necessary. - Responsible for identifying new internal and external structured and unstructured data to improve predictive model, and learning products. - Develops descriptive, diagnostic, and predictive analytical models and programs, develops robust data visualizations to product actionable analytics. - Formulates test hypotheses, applies statistical methods, analyzes results, and provides recommendations. - Present insights and recommendations to Security Operations Management and stakeholders. - Participates in data analytics projects. - Maintains good relationships and broad general knowledge across Cyber Security space and IT functions. - Conducts trending and statistical analysis methods, analyzes results, and provides recommendations. - Develops tools and procedures to detect "low-and-slow" and previously unobserved attack vectors. - Creates documentation and characterization of attack vectors. - Employs research and analysis of threats, indicators, techniques, tactics, and procedures.

We are seeking a mission-focused Network Administrator II (Tech Refresh) to support and contribute to our government customer’s success in Washington, DC!   Join our team at the forefront of advancing communication systems for the Defense Intelligence Enterprise. This role is part of a dynamic program focused on Engineering and Operations, driving continuous improvements in the design, transition, operations, and service of LAN, WAN, and Unified Communication services across classified and unclassified networks.   Duties, Tasks & Responsibilities: - Provide more in-depth customer support and attempts to resolve incidents that could not be resolved by Tier 1. - Provide customer desktop support when required (e.g., hardware failures) and incident management functions alongside problem management as an analysis of incidents that may indicate a larger problem. - Demonstrate innovative engineering acumen for improvements to site, location, or enterprise performance. - Perform technical refresh activities at local sites when required. - Make recommendations that enhance efficiencies for network monitoring, management, and overall operations. - Participate in engineering designs/decisions that impact technical refresh of components directly impacting mission success. - Manage the implementation, installation, and technical refresh of projects within a site or locale. - May require unpacking, moving network components of average weight and volume. - Will require local travel to other sites for tech refresh updates when needed. - Provide detailed information gathering, analysis, and investigation to understand problems. - Provide technical solutions employing creativity and ingenuity across the enterprise, drawing heavily on prior experience. - May influence other technical staff through explanation of facts, policies, and practices. - Complete initial categorization of service requests (type, sub-type, location device, priority, etc.). - Utilize experience and knowledge articles to understand and implement potential workarounds. - Resolve incidents or escalate to the next tier as necessary. - Update knowledge articles and handle “how to” questions. - Configure, deploy, manage, and maintain network monitoring systems used by technicians to ensure availability and overall performance of system and network services. - Use administrative access to network components to research errors, incidents, problems, and to perform incident analysis and identify potential problems. - Resolve service and routing requests to the appropriate organization required for incident resolution. - Perform root cause analysis and complete problem resolutions associated with incident ticket(s) and enter solutions into the solutions database.

We are seeking a mission-focused Sr. COMSEC Administrator to support and contribute to our government customer’s success in Washington, D.C.!   Duties, Tasks & Responsibilities: - Maintaining up-to-date records of COMSEC inventory and submit required accounting reports IAW policies and procedures. - Completing required NSA COMSEC training within the required performance timelines. - Programming and local distribution of COMSEC devices to include but not limited to; Secure Telephone Equipment (STE), Sectera vIPer Universal Secure phone, and network encryptor solutions (i.e. TACLANEs). - Order, receipt, loading and management of COMSEC keying material using devices such as the Key Management Infrastructure (KMI) and Simple Key Loader (SKL) and other devices as necessary. - Ensure each COMSEC Element accounts are in compliance with NSA policies. - Provide technical and administrative support to COMSEC equipment holders. - Maintain a stock of COMSEC equipment to provide immediate replacement of operational equipment for use in establishing emergency circuits and to replace equipment in need of repair. - Provide technical support to DSS to facilitate interoperability of purchases of COMSEC equipment. - Update and maintain the SOPs for COMSEC activities. - Re-key all circuits as required. - Assist in properly storing, managing, and maintaining accountability within KMI on all COMSEC material and assets. - Ensure prompt and accurate preparation, signature, and submission of account correspondence, message, and accounting reports.

We're always looking for talented Linux Systems Administrators/Engineers with a passion for all things technology to support our government customers' success in multiple locations: Herndon, VA / Chantilly, VA / Reston, VA / McLean, VA.   If all the engineer positions within the cleared space are starting to look the same, go ahead and upload your resume. If you are a fit for a current opening across the Intelligence Solutions Division at Criterion Systems, we will reach out ASAP! If you are a fit for a future role, rest assured we will reach out once that role becomes available.   If you're ready to advance your skills in an exciting and rewarding career, we encourage you to apply today!

We're always looking for skilled Cloud Engineers to support our government customers' success by working on a team to design and develop AWS-based mission applications. These opportunities are in multiple locations: Herndon, VA / Chantilly, VA / Reston, VA / McLean, VA.   If cloud engineer positions within the Intelligence Community are starting to look the same, upload your resume to this posting! We will reach out immediately if you are a fit for a current opening. If you are a fit for a future role, rest assured we will reach out once that role becomes available.    You can apply your expertise and work with DevOps engineers, other developers, and architects on applications of varying scale, risk, and complexity. This includes some new development but also updating and maintaining existing systems, including adding new features and extending capabilities.   Typical duties, tasks & responsibilities - Developing full-stack capabilities and updates for Linux-based applications in AWS cloud environments using Ruby and other languages. - Working within DevOps frameworks and guidance. - Ensuring recovery, supporting testing, and conducting O&M activities. - Implementing comprehensive DevOps strategies and application requirements. - Ensuring that performance, security, and other requirements are met.

We're always looking for great Software Developers to support our government customers' success by working on a team to design and develop AWS-based mission applications. These opportunities are in multiple locations: Herndon, VA / Chantilly, VA / Reston, VA / McLean, VA.   If all the software developer positions within the cleared space are starting to look the same, go ahead and upload your resume. If you are a fit for a current opening, we will reach out ASAP! If you are a fit for a future role, rest assured we will reach out once that role becomes available.   You’ll be able to apply your expertise to develop software applications that play a critical role in advancing intelligence operations at Criterion Systems. If you're ready to advance your software development skills in an exciting and rewarding career, we encourage you to apply today!   Typical duties, tasks & responsibilities - Developing full-stack capabilities and updates for Linux-based applications in AWS cloud environments using Ruby and other languages. - Working within DevOps frameworks and guidance. - Ensuring recovery, supporting testing, and conducting O&M activities. - Implementing comprehensive DevOps strategies and application requirements. - Ensuring that performance, security, and other requirements are met. - Supporting internal meetings (e.g. staff meetings, schedule reviews, status meetings), external stakeholder meetings, and working groups.

We're always looking for great Software Ninjas, Code Wizards, and Software Engineers to support our government customers' success and make a real impact in helping to keep our nation secure. These opportunities are in multiple locations: Herndon, VA / Chantilly, VA / Reston, VA / McLean, VA / Warrenton, VA.   If all the software engineer positions are starting to look the same, you may want someone to review your resume. Go ahead and upload your resume. If you are a fit for a current opening, we will reach out immediately! If you are a fit for a future role, rest assured we will reach out once that role becomes available.    Whatever you want to call yourself, a software guru, you'll have the opportunity to apply your expertise to develop software applications that play a critical role in advancing intelligence operations.    We encourage you to apply today if you're ready to advance your Java or Python software engineering skills in an exciting and rewarding career at Criterion Systems!   Typical duties, tasks & responsibilities - Design, develop, and maintain Java software applications - Collaborate with other engineers, analysts, and stakeholders to develop requirements and design solutions - Perform code reviews and ensure code quality and adherence to best practices - Develop and maintain documentation for software solutions - Work in a fast-paced, agile environment to deliver software solutions on time

We are seeking an Information System Security Officer (ISSO) to support and contribute to our government customer's success in Germantown, MD.   In this role, you will serve as a Principal Adviser on all matters involving the security of an Information System (IS). You will have the detailed knowledge and expertise required to manage the security aspects of an information system and be assigned responsibility for the day-to-day security operations of a system. You will assist in the development of the security policies and procedures and ensure compliance with those policies and procedures through ongoing monitoring and assessments. In close coordination with the Information System (IS) owner and the Information System Security Manager (ISSM), you will play an active role in the evaluation or risk associated with a system, enforcing and assessing the controls, monitoring the security impact of changes to the systems, and developing and updating the security documentation associated with the system.    Duties, Tasks & Responsibilities - Ensuring the implementation of DOE and NNSA cybersecurity policies and procedures for designated information systems - Conducting the Assessment and Authorization (A&A) activities for designated systems - Documenting the implementation of protection measures within the security plan for the systems - Ensuring the appropriate access is provisioned for users of designated systems - Identifying, assessing, and documenting threats and risks to designated systems - Capturing and maintaining information system security artifacts - Conducting cybersecurity tests and assessments and providing results of these activities to the ISSM - Evaluating the security impact and recommending implementation strategies for security significant changes to the assigned information systems - Identifying cyber security training needs in terms of job responsibilities or roles - Conducting information system risk assessments - Responding to and reporting of incidents related to their assigned information systems - Development of security processes and procedures to support the ISSM’s Cyber Security Program - Creating and maintaining disaster recovery and incident response plans and participating in associated training - Formally and informally presents information in group and individual settings

In this role, you will work as part of a team supporting customers, designing, implementing, and managing lab infrastructure to meet the customer requirements. You will build, configure, administer, and troubleshoot Linux servers and user workstation hardware and software; design and implement work-group-scale networks; build and manage authentication, file-share, and other collaboration servers to support groups of heterogeneous client systems. You will work with cyber security staff to develop and apply hardening steps for systems for classified use to ICD-503 security controls, and other customer standards. Document system configuration for new and existing systems.   Experience with centralized authentication technologies such as LDAP and Active Directory domains in supporting (Windows/Linux) cross-platform clients is desirable.   Duties, Tasks & Responsibilities - Pro-actively maintain and develop all Linux infrastructure technology to maintain a 24x7x365 uptime service - Engineering of systems administration-related solutions for various project and operational needs - Maintain best practices on managing systems and services across all environments - Fault finding, analysis and of logging information for reporting of performance exceptions - Pro-actively monitoring system performance and capacity planning - Manage, coordinate, and implement software upgrades, patches, hot fixes on servers, workstations, and network hardware - Create and modify scripts or applications to perform tasks - Provide input on ways to improve the stability, security, efficiency, and scalability of the environment - Collaborate with other teams and team members to develop automation strategies and deployment processes

We are seeking a mission-focused Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) to support and contribute to our government customer’s success in Springfield, Virginia!   ***ACTIVE SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED***   The Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) ensures that operational security postures and active security authorizations are maintained for all information processing systems within an organization. They create and maintain security artifacts such as Plans of Actions and Milestones (POAMs) and ensure that control implementations and test plans meet Assessment and Authorization (A&A) milestone requirements.   Additionally, ISSOs conduct vulnerability assessments, assist in managing POA&M resolution, and provide guidance on applying security standards throughout the IT systems life-cycle, adhering to standards such as ICD 503 and the Risk Management Framework (RMF).   Duties, Tasks, & Responsibilities  - Conduct in-depth security reviews of program systems, applications, and services. - Participate in security assessments and after assessment, develop a transition plan to address areas for remediation to align the application with the baseline standards. - Ensure that appropriate operational security posture is maintained for an information system and as such, works in close collaboration with the Information System Owner (ISO). - Conduct research, develops, implements, test, and reviews an applications information security IAW DoD/NIST RMF requirements in order to protect information and prevent unauthorized access. - Direct the contracting team about security measures, explain potential threats, implement security measures, and monitor applications in order to meet or exceed all DoD/NIST RMF requirements, resulting in faster and more accurate software releases. - Support the maintenance of active security authorizations for all projects/security plans (SPIDs) and of required security body of evidence (BoE) artifacts such as POAMs, control implementations and test plans to meet all Assessment and Authorization (A&A) milestone requirements. - Oversee the continuous integration of newly developed or modernized applications and services with all enterprise security services (ESS). - Implement all applicable manual Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs), vendor hardening guides and ensuring timely installation of all available patches. - Usage of security relevant databases such as XACTA 360, Service+, Continuity Planning Tool (CPT), and Software Approval Process (SWAP).

Duties, Tasks & Responsibilities - On-site presence focused on real-time monitoring of capabilities operational status on the COE and SECnet domains of the specified IPA suite. - Point of Contact for PSOC and other Mission Essential System Watch Centers. - Perform all System Administration functions including any actions necessary to resolve minor issues, correct problems, restart or refresh services or interfaces, and monitoring data health. - Perform Database maintenance and data integrity assurance duties for the numerous data repositories within our control. - Track all activities and discrepancies via agency Service + and provide input on actions and technical assessments. - Determine when and who should be called to escalate issues to Tier III or other programs. - Maintains call lists for all interfacing segments across the NSG and ASG and provides hands on support and assistance to all. - Employ ASP troubleshooting and analysis methods. - Assist Tier I personnel in solving basic technical problems and for investigating elevated ASP issues. - Review and collect information appropriate for ASP issue identification, coordination, and effective resolution. - Provide enterprise planning and coordination support. - Provide information systems security services to include Host-Based Security Services (HBSS) and audit reviews. - Provide systems monitoring and incident reporting/escalation services. - Notify and coordinate user impacts and system stability to appropriate offices and organizations. - Document detailed Root Cause Analysis and Investigation results accurately within the appropriate issue/problem/change tracking system. - Verify and close Problem Investigations (PBI) and Change Requests (CRQ) installation in the operational system. - Develop and enhance Tier II ASP O&M documentation and processes.

We are seeking a mission-focused Cloud Deployment Engineer to support cloud systems engineering, administration, and maintenance for a high visibility Executive Branch customer.  Your primary focus will be on leveraging Ansible to automate provisioning, configuration management, and deployment in addition to ongoing systems administration, operations, and sustainment support.     This role is hybrid and requires 3 days a week on-site in Washington, DC.   Duties, Tasks & Responsibilities - Lead the implementation, operations, and sustainment of cloud solutions, ensuring they meet industry best practices and comply with FedRAMP requirements. - Create Ansible playbooks to automate installation and deployment of cloud resources. - Leverage Ansible for automated provisioning, configuration management, and deployment. - Migrate existing workloads to cloud (Azure) environment. - Manage identities, governance, storage, compute, and virtual networks in a cloud environment, ensuring efficient configuration and management. - Monitor and optimize performance of cloud solutions to ensure efficient operations. - Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to infrastructure, hardware failures, network issues, and performance bottlenecks. - Provide domain expertise to support the engineering, implementation, and sustainment of cloud solutions, encryption solutions, and supporting technology products in support of the organization’s cloud security objectives. - Create and maintain architecture diagrams and documentation for all cloud solutions.

We are seeking a mission-focused Cyber Risk Management Analyst/Information Assurance Analyst to perform cybersecurity risk assessment support for for a high visibility customer.  The primary focus will be on identifying and evaluating potential data security risks and vulnerabilities within their systems and developing effective mitigation strategies.   This role is hybrid and requires 3 days a week on-site in Washington, DC.   Duties, Tasks & Responsibilities - Conduct thorough risk assessments for Government-developed, procured, and potentially acquired applications and/or services. This includes evaluating system interconnections, waivers, Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms), and other relevant factors. - Ensure compliance with relevant regulations, standards, and policies by conducting assessments and authorizations. - Develop risk assessment reports that can be presented to senior executives, highlighting features, functionality, interoperability, and other critical aspects. - Identify and recommend appropriate security measures to mitigate identified risks. Collaborate with offices such as Cloud Application Security, Data Governance, and others to incorporate their findings into the risk assessment package. - Perform data security risk assessments in support of the “Request for New Solution” process. - Evaluate critical controls, both FEDRAMP and non-FEDRAMP, as well as features and functionality to develop data security risk assessments. - Collaborate with relevant stakeholders to ensure the implementation of effective controls and recommend enhancements or improvements as necessary. - Support continuous monitoring (CONMON) for non-FedRAMP applications. - Manage and maintain 3rd party risk monitoring tool. Set up accounts, alerts, add new applications, compile security reports, etc. - Manage and maintain an internal risk assessment tracking system; add new applications needed.

We are looking to hire a Network Engineer SME to support our U.S. Department of Transportation customer in Washington, DC!   Duties, Tasks & Responsibilities - The successful candidate will provide IT Network Engineering Support for the Department of Transportation Program at the and serve as an authoritative resource for the DOT agency relative to network operations, network development and production, supporting numerous agency and inter-agency maritime programs, and maintaining robust contacts with the maritime industry to provide network-related support and assistance. - Direct involvement with all matters related to network acceptance and testing. Person would have background on Network architecture, security, hardware, software, IT space configuration, and emergency response if necessary. - Support Operations assessments, audits, exercises, site visits, training and information development for contracted Managers, and other commercial and government operators. - Assist in the mitigation / remediation process, following corrective action plans approved by leadership i.e., Contracting Officer (CO), Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR), and/or Task Area - Provide network architecture and security expertise to support the system engineering process formally known as the System’s Development Life Cycle (SDLC). - Provide Network support to the Program Office, the Criterion Cybersecurity SME, and the ISSM in support of acquiring and maintaining an Authority to Operate (ATO) . - Assess network vulnerabilities, identifying threats, unauthorized access, and recommending/creating solutions to mitigate them. - Document network configurations, processes, and procedures.

We are seeking a mission-focused Data Scientist to support and contribute to our government customer’s success in Reston, Chantilly, or McLean, VA!   Duties, Tasks & Responsibilities: - Demonstrated experience programming in Python. - Demonstrated experience analyzing questions, formulating requirements, determining suitable analytic approaches, evaluating results, and communicating findings to partners and stakeholders. - Demonstrated experience working with data in a variety of structured and unstructured formats. - Demonstrated experience with a variety of database tools, such as SQL and Presto, and data lakes/S3 data. - Demonstrated experience with data visualization tools, such as notebook-based visualization libraries, especially Elasticsearch, Kibana, and Tableau. - Demonstrated ability to translate complex, technical findings into an easily understood narrative in graphical, verbal, or written form. - Demonstrated experience programming in common compiled or interpreted languages, such as Python and R. - Demonstrated experience with data management tools, such as Hadoop, MapReduce, or similar. - Demonstrated experience conducting data science using the Apache Zeppelin and Jupyter notebooks platforms and Spark/Pyspark. - Demonstrated experience collaborating with colleagues to develop customer-tailored products. - Demonstrated experience with AI/ML, such as natural language processing in a production environment.

We are seeking a mission-focused Network Administrator Level - Tech Refresh to support and contribute to our government customer’s success in Washington, D.C. or Reston, VA!   Duties, Tasks & Responsibilities: - Tier 2 - Provides more in-depth customer support and attempts to resolve incidents that could not be resolved by Tier 1. If necessary, Tier 2 technicians will provide customer desktop support when required (e.g., hardware failures). At Tier 2, incident management usually functions alongside problem management as an analysis of incidents may indicate a larger problem. - Demonstrating innovative engineering acumen for improvements to site, location, or enterprise performance. - Making recommendations that enhance efficiencies for network monitoring, management, and overall operations. - Participating in engineering designs/decisions that impact technical refresh of components directly impacting mission success. - May manage implementation, installation, and technical refresh projects within a site or locale. - May require unpacking, moving network components of average weight and volume. - Will require local travel to other sites for tech refresh updates when needed.

We are seeking a mission-focused Software Developer to support and contribute to our government customers’ success in Reston, Virginia!   As a software developer, you will be supporting the Sponsor’s Entitlement Programs as well as IdAM /ICAM, Authentication, Authorization, Attributes and Digital Policy Management. The software developer will work with a large team of developers, software engineers and data engineers.

Seeking a mission-focused cleared Software Developer to support and contribute to our government customer's success in Chantilly, Virginia - Must have the required clearance to be considered for this opening!   Duties, Tasks & Responsibilities - Work within the team to develop new and to enhance existing systems and applications - Produce efficient and elegant code based on requirements - Test and deploy programs and applications - Troubleshoot, debug, maintain, and improve existing software - Compile assess user feedback to improve software performance - Pro-actively seek opportunities to use process improvement and re-engineering methodologies to facilitate improvements to team processes

We are seeking to hire an Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE) to support our DOE customer in Albuquerque, NM.   The primary responsibilities of the position are to utilize and configure existing cybersecurity tools to perform the monitoring, analysis, correlation and reporting of cybersecurity issues and incidents.    Other responsibilities are to provide guidance and recommendations for new tools based on changes in threats, architecture, technological advances, or organization mission; implementation of new tools and modifications to architecture; updates, maintenance, and monitoring of cyber security tools; analyze changes, events, and other potential incidents for risk to the environment; event analysis, incident determination, and incident management.  This security engineer reports directly to leadership; must have strong verbal and written communication skills for presentations related to activities.