Type of Requisition:
Pipeline
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
None
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
None
Public Trust/Other Required:
MBI (T2)
Job Family:
Cyber Security
Job Qualifications:
Skills:
Automation, Automation Technology, Cybersecurity
Certifications:
None
Experience:
10 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
No
Job Description:
Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Cybersecurity Automation Engineer supporting the United States Postal Service. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.
At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Cybersecurity Automation Engineer, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Cybersecurity Automation Engineer joining our team to analyze design, develop, implement, and support code for our government customer, the United States Postal Service.
HOW A CYBERSECURITY AUTOMATION ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT
- Responsible for implementation and execution of the automated Certificate Lifecycle Management office
- Assess the current state of the operations, including the degree of automation currently enabled, the automation tools employed, the degree of success from the automations, and the skill set of the current automation staff
- Examine the types of certificates used, and the use cases in which they are deployed
- Develop proof of concept automation scripts which can be deployed by the operations team, and the metrics / dashboard which will be used to track the performance of the automation
- Train the operations staff in the use and maintenance of the automations developed
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:
Education:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, preferred but not required.
- NOTE: If resources do not have a relevant college degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required.
Required Experience:
- 13+ years of Systems Engineer or Cybersecurity Operations or similar automation experience
- SOAR Engineer capable of composing playbooks and experience in creating YAML files for inclusion in products like Ansible and Splunk
- Advanced knowledge, including 4+ years of experience, in one or more of the following areas:
- Kubernetes
- Infrastructure as Code, specifically managing Salt, Ansible, and Splunk
- Experience working with automation tools such as Ansible.
- Experience with developing and implementing ServiceNow workflows for process optimization, tracking, and reporting
- Expert in developing custom tool integrations modifying existing interfaces for optimization.
- Experience with one or more scripting languages, such as YAML, Python, Bash, and/or Ruby
- Basic familiarity with the Venafi Machine Identity Management platform for Certificate Management Lifecycle
- Ability to build & maintain schedules and step-by-step action plans
- Strong interpersonal and organizational skills
- Ability to positively influence peer organization and key stakeholders.
Security Clearance Level:
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance and successfully pass a thorough Government background screening process requiring the completion of detailed forms and fingerprinting
- This position has a U.S. residency requirement.The USPS security clearance process requires the selected candidate to have resided in the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for the last five years as follows:U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 6 months consecutively in the last 3 years (unless they meet certain exceptions). Non-U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 90 days consecutively in the last 3 years.
Location:
- Falls Church, VA
- Morrisville, NC
- Eagan, MN
- remote considered
GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:
- 401K with company match
- Comprehensive health and wellness packages
- Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career.
- Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications.
- Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
- Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays
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The likely salary range for this position is $125,528 - $169,832. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
Travel Required:
Less than 10%
Telecommuting Options:
Onsite
Work Location:
USA VA Falls Church
Additional Work Locations:
USA NC Morrisville
Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at
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