Junior Cybersecurity Specialist Job Vacancy At CACI (Ashburn, VA)
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Job Category: Information Technology
Time Type: Full time
Minimum Clearance Required to Start: Secret
Employee Type: Regular
Percentage of Travel Required: None
Type of Travel: None
CACI’s Agile Solution Factory (ASF) is hiring a junior software developer to support the cyber security team for a key program in Ashburn, VA. Join this passionate team of industry-leading individuals supporting the Best Practices in Agile Software Development for the Department of Defense.
ASF programs thrive in a culture of innovation and are constantly seeking individuals who can bring creative ideas to solve complex problems, both technical and procedural at the team and portfolio levels. The ability to be adaptable and to work constructively with a technically diverse team is crucial.
You should have worked with or have a strong interest in agile software development practices and delivering deployable software in short sprints.
What You’ll Get To Do
Work as an integral part of an Agile Scrum team, specializing in cybersecurity, designing, developing and implementing custom cybersecurity capabilities to support automation, verification, and validation of application development code in a DevSecOps pipeline.
Are You Interested In
- Working collaboratively with software developers/engineers, cybersecurity analysts, stakeholders, and end users within Agile processes
- Designing, developing, implementing, and documenting custom scripts, software and database application capabilities for a variety of Department of Defense and industry best practice security checks and software code assessments
- Coordinating with Cybersecurity SMEs to identify requirements and process improvements
- Assisting cybersecurity assessors as required
- Interpreting DISA STIG requirements
- Acts as a member of a team, supporting teammates and collaborating with a do what it takes attitude to ensure product and team success
- Actively participate in release and sprint planning, artifact creation, sprint testing, regression testing, demonstrations and retrospectives and solution releases
- Analyzing complex project-related problems and creating innovative solutions involving, scheduling, technology, methodology, tools and solution components
- Ensuring product quality and timeliness of work, providing advice and guidance, resolving problems to meet objectives, and providing periodic performance reports
- Provide input on best practices and procedures
- Developing new and refining existing process to enhance quality and productivity
Required Skills
- College degree (B.S.) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Management Systems or a related discipline
- Prior experience or internship related to cybersecurity or Software Development
- Must be a U.S. Citizen with at least an interim DOD Secret clearance or higher
- Knowledge of cybersecurity concepts and tools including DISA STIGs, SCAP, SCC Tool
- Familiarity with any of the following: MVC, Entity Framework (or other ORM), JavaScript, XML, JSON, Web API, and PowerShell
- Ability to innovate with cutting edge tools and technologies, creating new ways to automate cyber-security tasks
- Experience with source code control systems and concurrent development workflows (Git preferred)
- Basic understanding of all elements of the software development life cycle, including planning, development, requirements management, CM, quality assurance, and release management
- Highly responsible, team-oriented individual with very strong work ethic and a self-starter
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong collaboration skills and desire to work within a team
- Highly responsible, team-oriented individual with very strong work ethic and self-starter
Desired Skills
- DOD 8570 certification at IAT Level 2 (CCNA Security, CySA+ {formerly CSA+}, GICSP, GSEC, Security+ CE, or SSCP)
- Ability to apply principles, theories, and concepts, and contribute to the development of innovative principles and ideas
- Familiarity with Oracle or PostGresSQL databases
- Familiarity with Docker containers and Kubernetes container orchestration system for Docker containers
- Familiarity with object-oriented design and development
- Familiarity with .NET languages a plus
What We Can Offer You
- We’ve been named a Best Place to Work by the Washington Post.
- Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives.
- We offer competitive benefits and learning and development opportunities.
- We are mission-oriented and ever vigilant in aligning our solutions with the nation’s highest priorities.
- For over 55 years, the principles of CACI’s unique, character-based culture have been the driving force behind our success.
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