Cyber Engineer – Endpoint Security MDX - SSFB

Position Title: Cyber Engineer – Endpoint Security Location: Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado Springs, CO Relocation Assistance: None available at this time Remote/Telework: NO - Not available for this position Clearance Type: DoW Top Secret w/ SCI Eligibility Shift: Day shift Travel Required: Up to 10% of the time Description of Duties: The Cyber Engineer – Endpoint Security is part of Amentum’s Missile Defense Division and directly supports the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). We are seeking a highly motivated, independent, and results-oriented Cyber Engineer – Endpoint Security to support the MDSEA Cyber Team. The ideal candidate thrives in a dynamic and challenging mission environment; takes ownership of endpoint-security engineering, administration, and sustainment activities; and can effectively balance daily operational requirements with modernization efforts. This position is the primary endpoint-security engineering role supporting Elastic Defend. The selected candidate will work closely with cybersecurity, systems engineering, infrastructure, and mission stakeholders to administer, troubleshoot, document, and improve endpoint-security capabilities. The successful candidate will be a collaborative technical contributor with strong analytical and critical-thinking skills. In addition to primary endpoint-security responsibilities, the individual may provide limited backup, surge, and project support to the Systems Engineering team for enterprise Elastic engineering efforts as mission priorities require. If you are passionate about leveraging your cybersecurity expertise to defend Department of War (DoW) networks and enhance our nation’s security, consider this position. Responsibilities Your primary focus will be endpoint-security engineering, operational sustainment, and modernization. Duties will include: Endpoint Security Engineering and Sustainment: ·       Administer, configure, maintain, troubleshoot, and sustain endpoint-security tools and services in support of mission systems and DoW cybersecurity requirements. Elastic Defend Support: ·       Support endpoint-security operations using Elastic Defend, including configuration, policy management, agent deployment and health, alerting, troubleshooting, logging, reporting, and coordination with system owners and administrators. Endpoint Security Operations: ·       Investigate and resolve endpoint-security tool issues; support endpoint policy management, agent deployment and health, alerting, logging, reporting, and coordination with affected system owners and administrators. Technical Documentation: ·       Develop and maintain endpoint-security engineering documentation, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), configuration baselines, implementation plans, troubleshooting guides, and sustainment artifacts. Vulnerability and Compliance Support: ·       Coordinate with Cyber compliance, vulnerability-management, and system-administration personnel to support implementation of applicable cybersecurity requirements, directives, remediation actions, and continuous-monitoring activities. Cross-Functional Collaboration: ·       Work with Cyber team leads, Information System Security Managers (ISSMs), system administrators, network engineers, and Systems Engineering personnel to ensure endpoint-security capabilities support mission, operational, and security requirements. Systems Engineering Support: ·       Provide backup, surge, and project-based support to the Systems Engineering team for enterprise Elastic engineering efforts, as mission priorities require. ·       Support may include technical coordination, configuration assistance, troubleshooting, documentation, integration activities, and designated implementation projects. The successful candidate will: ·       Be able to develop clear technical documentation and communicate effectively with cybersecurity personnel, system administrators, engineers, management, and mission stakeholders. Resumes, in month and year format, must be submitted with application in order to be considered for the position.  The selected candidate may be assigned as an employee for one of our teammate companies. Basic Requirements: ·       Must have 8 , or more, years of general (full-time) work experience o   May be reduced with completion of advanced education ·       Must have 6 , or more, years of directly related experience ·       Must have 2 , or more, years of experience working in a management or leadership role ·       Must have a current DoW 8570.01-M IAT Level II certification, such as CompTIA Security+. ·       Must have experience administering, configuring, troubleshooting, deploying, or sustaining enterprise endpoint-security tools in a DoW or similarly regulated environment. ·       Must have experience with cybersecurity processes, procedures, and tools used for endpoint protection, vulnerability management, monitoring, logging, or data correlation, such as Trellix ESS/ePO, ACAS, Elastic, ArcSight, or comparable technologies. ·       Must have an active DoW Top Secret Security Clearance with SCI eligibility Desired Requirements: ·       Have experience deploying, configuring, and using Elastic Kibana visualization dashboards to support cybersecurity monitoring, analysis, reporting, and operational awareness. ·       Have experience using and configuring Elastic Cloud features, including X-Pack capabilities such as security, alerting, monitoring, reporting, and role-based access controls. ·       Have experience developing, configuring, and customizing Elastic/ELK Stack components—including Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana—to support enterprise monitoring, log aggregation, visualization, alerting, and cybersecurity operations. ·       Have hands-on experience with Elastic Defend, Elastic Security, Elastic Stack, Elastic Cloud Enterprise, or comparable enterprise security information and event-manageme