Security Engineer – Risk Management Framework (RMF), ACAS, ESS - Applied Research Associates, Inc

If you are looking for a career as a Security Engineer and you are interested in designing, improving, and managing projects through the RMF, then our Raleigh, NC/San Antonio, TX division of ARA has an exciting opportunity worth considering. Not only will you solve challenging core problems, you’ll also be able to grow your career in an exciting environment that promotes teamwork and cross-training in a wide range of related disciplines.

• Security Engineer
  • As a Security Engineer you will be tasked with guiding systems or applications through the RMF process. You will be expected to understand NIST Special Publications and how they apply to the systems you are working on and how to implement requirements be it policy or informing system engineers as they build out a system or application.
• What you’ll do as a Staff Security Engineer
  • Your daily tasks will be reviewing security system scans and reports. Utilizing these reports to identify and perform remediation activity within a system or application.
  • You will be supporting projects in multiple environments such as Amazon Web Services, Azure or on Premise’s.
• Security Engineer Requirements
  • Eligibility to apply for and hold a US security clearance (selected applicants will undergo a security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements at the time of employment).
  • BS or higher in computer science, IT, engineering, applied mathematics, or a closely related field with 2-4 years of relevant work experience.
  • Team player with excellent communication skills.
  • Relocation to Raleigh NC or San Antonio, TX; this position involves minimal travel for collaboration with customers and partners. Willing to work onsite 3 days a week.
• Security Engineer Preferences

• Experience with cloud services (AWS, Azure, etc.).
• Experience with Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS).
• Experience with the Risk Management Framework (RMF).
• Experience with tools such as Xacta and eMASS.

Who is ARA?  

Do you want to work for a purpose? Applied Research Associates, Inc. (aka ARA) is an employee-owned international research and engineering company. We have been providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences since 1979. ARA has over 2,122 employee-owners and continues to grow rapidly. Together, our 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.  

ARA also prides itself, on having a challenging culture where innovation & experimentation are the norm. The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience. Employee ownership ensures you have a voice in what happens in the company. We are also very proud of our Women’s Initiative Network (WIN), whose purpose is to motivate, support, and encourage professional career development for women to maximize career and professional accomplishments.  

To find out more about what the Software Enterprise Division has to offer, visit our website at: https://www.ara.com/benefits/ 

Experience

• 2 - 4 years: Experience in working with tools such as ACAS and ESS

Education

• Bachelors or better in Engineering

Licenses & Certifications

• Comp TIA Security+

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)