Responsibilities:

Peraton is seeking qualified individuals to join our team to provide engineering support for Cyber Situational Awareness (SA), Cyber Command and Control (C2), Mission Assurance, and Homeland Defense in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

This includes conducting Agile software engineering in a Development, Security, and Operations (DevSecOps) environment, performing Cloud architectural design, operation, and administration functions, and cyber security and Risk Management Framework (RMF) support.

Also included are rapid design, development, test, deployment, maintenance and operation of specific software and hardware capabilities to meet current Cyber Defensive needs.

Peraton has an opportunity for an Information System Security Specialist w/ESS expertise to:

Provide input as an ESS Subject Matter Expert for program documentation and policy

Provide reporting on network and host health in regards to ePO and ESS Product deployment and compliance

Manage network wide Software Whitelisting

Provide reporting on Data Loss Prevention violations and risks

Create, test and implement ePO policy and tasks

RMF processing

Manage ePO server and Microsoft SQL Database

Perform and implement STIG Checks for ESS related systems

Manage ePO Dashboards and queries for ISSM and Stakeholder reporting

Provide general IT industry advice for Network Policy and Procedures

Assist in the management of XACTA (Risk Management Framework) packages

Qualifications:

5 years with BS/BA; 3 years with MS/MA. 4 years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a Bachelor’s degree.

Use, installed, and configured ESS (Endpoint Security Solutions).

Minimum of 2 years of RMF (risk management framework) direct hands on experince.

Experience creating new ePO point product policies for an enterprise environment

Experience creating and troubleshooting Firewall rules for a variety of operating systems and environments

Experience managing and tuning an application whitelist, specifically experience utilizing Solidcore or a similar File Integrity Management systems

Experience troubleshooting endpoint product deployment and removal, as well as generalized software deployment practices

Generalized experience with Incident management (Chain of custody, reporting practices, cyber tabletop exercises)

Experience in managing DLP incidents and reporting, as well as DLP policies in ePO

Experience utilizing a Security Event Manager to detect potential network threats, in combination with utilizing ePO / Trellix client logs

Experience in Server Administration for ePO server (Local Security Policies, Password Management, Access Control, and auditing)

Experience in managing SQL Databases (Able to create and perform SQL Queries, STIGing, Account Management, Audit management)

IAT Level II certification

Minimum certification as 461 (or similar as required by the Technical Instruction) at the Intermediate level per DoDD 8140.01, or successor

Active Top Secret with the ability to obtain SCI

Peraton Overview:

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range:

$86,000 - $138,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.