If you are looking for a career as a Cybersecurity professional and are interested in being an integral part of a modeling and simulation team that focuses on aircraft survivability to ensure our pilots complete their mission and return home safely, then ARA has an opportunity worth considering! The successful candidate will have a strong passion for the overall mission and understand the team's goals, which will inform priorities and schedule. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include developing security documentation in support of achieving authority to operate, maintaining risk management plans and user accounts, monitoring networks and user access, performing computer system audits and security updates, and upgrading or replacing system components. This position augments a larger cybersecurity/IT team, a network of peers and other professionals that share a common mission.

Requirements

• Must hold an active TS/SCI Clearance
• Bachelor’s Degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Engineering, or a related field (for the right candidate, equivalent experience will be considered)
• Demonstrated knowledge in DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF)
• Team player with excellent communication skills
• DoD Directive 8570.01-M IAT Level II certification obtained within 3 months of hiring

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with DoD accreditation processes, reviewing system architectures and providing security assessments, and/or managing and maintaining system compliance
• DoD Directive 8570.01-M IAT Level II certification or higher

Company Information

Applied Research Associates, Inc. (aka ARA) is an employee-owned international research and engineering company known for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems. We were founded in 1979 as the disco era was closing out and the personal computer era was beginning. We employ over 1, 500 professionals and continue to grow. ARA offices throughout the U.S. and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense, civil, and health technologies, computer software, and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement.

At ARA, employees are our greatest assets. The corporation realizes that employee ownership spawns greater creativity and initiative, along with higher performance and customer satisfaction. ARA gives its employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take more active roles as owners. The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience!

Experience

• 2 year(s): Relevant work experience

Education

• Bachelors or better in Computational Engineering or related field
• Bachelors or better in Cybersecurity or related field

Licenses & Certifications

• Security + Cert (CompTIA)

Behaviors

• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

• Functional Expert: Considered a thought leader on a subject
• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group

Motivations

• Ability to Make an Impact: Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization
• Goal Completion: Inspired to perform well by the completion of tasks

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)