CAREERS
In 2015 Cognito Cyber Group was created not only to change the way service is delivered to the federal government, but to provide a place where our team members can evolve, feel empowered and reach their professional goals with full potential. Our team members trust Cognito to support their careers in a meaningful way. Cognito hires individuals not just because of their skills and professionalism, but most of all because we value great people. At Cognito we believe everyone has the opportunity to be great. Most of all, having great people is what makes Cognito Cyber Group a fantastic company now and for years to come.
JOB BOARD
Software Developer (Active TS/SCI FSP REQUIRED)
Cognito Cyber Group is seeking a Full Performance developer to support a dynamic program. The current technical team provides software design, development, operations, and maintenance on myriad systems and initiatives advancing AI/ML/Data Management. The program technical teams focus on streamlining operations, automating processes, and aligning enterprise data management solutions to the overarching digital architecture. We are seeking a developer to support an emerging project as part of a team.
Mandatory Skills:
* A bachelor's degree or 3 years experience as a SW developer
* Active TS/SCI FSP on day one of employment
* Utilize the SCRUM Agile methodology for all software application development unless otherwise directed by client
* Considerable knowledge of the life-cycle process for software development, web applications, and implementation
* Considerable knowledge and ability to program proficiently in two or more of the applications or database programming languages relevant to the project.
* Ability to translate user requirements into end-to-end design for applications/databases that may involve multiple interfaces to other applications or supporting database systems.
* Ability to track and resolve programming bugs.
* Ability to explain protocols, technical procedures and processes clearly and accurately to both technical and non-technical audiences.
* Ability to plan, set goals, and determine strategies for accomplishing results; monitors and evaluates progress towards goals.
* Ability to write clear, concise and effective requirements documents, correspondence, procedures, and reports in accordance with policies.
* Develop software applications as web services that are written in JavaScript capable technology unless otherwise directed. Examples include JavaScript, Java; ASP.NET;
* Scripting languages (Perl, PHP, Ruby on Rails); and Rich UI Plugins (Flex, Silverlight, Google Earth Plugin)
* Experience in applying security patches, performing security scans, and assessing vulnerabilities
* Experience in supporting the application accreditation process
Job Features
Cognito Cyber Group is seeking a Full Performance developer to support a dynamic program. The current technical team provides software design, development, operations, and maintenance on myriad system...
Information Systems Security Officer – Expert (TS/SCI CI Poly Required)
Core Hours 9-3
• Provide information assurance support to system(s) and program
• Demonstrated experience with coordinating and implementing cyber security policies, standards and processes
• Maintain operational security posture for system(s) through customized Risk Management Framework (RMF) to ensure established security processes and procedures are followed
• Strong knowledge of AWS infrastructure, Commercial cloud and cloud security
• Evaluate security solutions to ensure security requirements are met for processing classified information
• Provide configuration management and documentation for system software, hardware, networks, enclaves, etc.
• Prepare and review system documentation to include Systems Security Plans (SSPs), Certification and Accreditation (C&A) packages, architecture diagrams, contingency plan, incident response plan, and other documentation
• Support programmatic and organization project and risk management review boards
• Perform vulnerability scanning, risk assessment analysis using NIST 800-53 and prepare responses to Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms)
• Understanding of NIST 800-53, NIST 800-37, RMF, ICD 503, CNSSI 1253
• Strong written and oral communication skills to write technical analysis reports and security plans
Desired Certifications
• CompTIA Security+
• Certified Information System Security Processional (CISSP)
• Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
• Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CCP)
• Microsoft Azure
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Job Features
Core Hours 9-3• Provide information assurance support to system(s) and program• Demonstrated experience with coordinating and implementing cyber security policies, standards and processes• Maint...
Cyber Security Project Engineer (Active TS/SCI FSP Required)
Cyber Security Project Engineers
Location: Herndon, VA
Clearance: TS/SCI FSP
Required Skills
- Demonstrated work experience in cyber security or related IT field.
- Demonstrated experience with cyber penetration testing.
- Demonstrated experience leveraging adversarial tactics to conduct hands-on security testing.
- Demonstrated experience applying computer attack methods and system exploitation techniques.
- Demonstrated working knowledge of cyber security principles for Linux, Windows, and virtual platforms.
- Demonstrated experience designing, testing, or implementing IT security architecture.
- Demonstrated experience performing network security analysis.
- Demonstrated experience analyzing network architectures.
- Demonstrated experience using network management tools
- Demonstrated experience developing risk management methodologies.
- Demonstrated experience analyzing test results to develop risk and threat mitigation plans.
- Demonstrated experience testing or reviewing system configuration, development, and design specifically around enterprise systems and hypervisors.
- Demonstrated experience designing, testing, or implementing complex Windows installations.
- Active TS/SCI FSP on day one of employment.
Desired Skills
- Demonstrated experience participating in public and private information security groups and organizations.
- Demonstrated experience communicating vulnerability results and risk posture to senior executives.
- Demonstrated experience performing complex technical tasks with minimal direction.
- A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or other related scientific or technical discipline.
- Two or more of the relevant certifications:
- Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
- Global Information Assurance Certification Penetration Tester (GPEN)
- eLearn Security Certified Professional Penetration Tester (eCPPTv2)
- Global Information Assurance Certification Web Application Penetration Tester (GWAPT)
Other Relevant Skills
- Experience documenting all identified system risks, planned test procedures, and results.
- Experience performing analyses of vulnerabilities identified during testing.
- Experience reviewing program-level documentation such as requirements specification, system architecture, design documents, test plans, and security plans.
- Experience creating and documenting penetration testing plans and procedures.
- Experience conducting hands-on penetration testing by leveraging approved testing plans and procedures.
- Experience analyzing penetration test results, documenting risks, and recommending countermeasures to uncovered risks.
- Experience participating or leading technical exchange meetings and application review boards.
- Experience documenting action items and results from technical exchange meetings and application review boards.
- Experience briefing management on the status of action items and results of activities.
Job Features
Cyber Security Project Engineers Location: Herndon, VA Clearance: TS/SCI FSP Required Skills Desired Skills Other Relevant Skills
Systems Integrator (Active TS/SCI FSP required)
Systems Integrator
Location: Herndon, VA
Clearance: TS/SCI FSP
Required Skills:
- Demonstrated experience working on programs with highly technical personnel as well as senior personnel.
- Demonstrated experience briefing.
- Demonstrated experience optimizing business workflows.
- Demonstrated experience writing and proof-reading, and experience with Microsoft Office tools such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Demonstrated experience in building briefings and reports.
- Demonstrated experience with planning and hosting technical exchange meetings.
- Demonstrated experience planning and hosting meetings at a leadership level.
- Demonstrated experience with data collection and metrics for generating statistics on application and system usage.
- Demonstrated experience with issue management, knowledge management, and IT service requests.
- Demonstrated experience with project management systems such as with JIRA, Confluence, and ServiceNow including monitoring and reporting outages.
- Demonstrated experience using JIRA methodologies such as Stories, Epics, and Initiatives.
- Demonstrated experience working both independently and on teams with minimal oversight.
- Demonstrated on-the-job experience exhibiting oral and written communication skills across multiple customer communication needs: writing reports, meeting minutes, point papers, memos, briefings, and ad hoc explanations with the goal of keeping projects on track and moving towards a successful conclusion.
Desired Skills
- Demonstrated experience with relationship management and communication.
- Demonstrated familiarity with the Sponsor's system accreditation workflows and tools.
- Demonstrated experience with the Sponsor's mission systems and applications.
- Demonstrated experience with data science and data engineering tools and methods.
- Certifications: PMP Project Management certification.
Other Relevant Skills:
- Experience creating reports, briefings and placemats in a variety of formats, with inputs from staff leads and the relevant project teams.
- Experience creating and maintaining project briefings as needed.
- Experience coordinating and supporting meetings that include, but are not limited to, technical exchanges, kickoffs, cross-collaborations, and ad hoc sessions.
- Experience building PowerPoint briefings and presenting data at weekly division-level meetings and monthly program management review briefings upon request.
- Experience providing project management support and coordination on projects, to include strategy and roadmap development.
- Experience compiling information - both empirical and statistical - in support of program management and communications between multiple organizational components.
- Experience assessing the compiled information and providing summaries and details as-needed.
- Experience coordinating and working on various organizational data calls with staff and across project teams and support reporting statuses to management.
- Experience assisting staff leads with account creation requests and submitting and tracking tickets in Sponsor Systems.
Job Features
Systems Integrator Location: Herndon, VA Clearance: TS/SCI FSP Required Skills: Desired Skills Other Relevant Skills:
Software Engineer (Active TS/SCI FSP Required)
Software Engineer
McLean, VA
- Demonstrated programming skills with one or more of the following languages:
- ECL
- SQL
- Python/Spark
- Java
- Demonstrated experience working with highly structured data (something similar to SQL tables.
- Demonstrated familiarity and a level of comfort manipulating data across different tables, understanding data types, as well as different sources of data.
- Demonstrated mission experience with data modeling, to include understanding how to make data usable to meet mission requirements.
- Demonstrated willingness to dive into data to understand it and go the extra mile to grasp data quality, data interconnectivity, etc.
Job Features
Software Engineer McLean, VA
Data Architect (Active TS/SCI FSP Required)
Data Architect
Location: McLean, VA
Required Skills:
- Demonstrated experience with large scale Elasticsearch 7.x cluster implementation, index design, and data ingest.
- Demonstrated experience performing the various aspects of identity resolution at large scale, to include ingest of data, mapping of data, and integration of identity resolution capabilities into data engineer and systems workflows.
- Demonstrated experience with distributed data pipeline / ETL technologies, including designing data flows and adapting the distributed ETL technology to accommodate new data types.
Desired Skills:
- Demonstrated experience working with technologies in Hadoop ecosystems and integration of Hadoop capabilities into overall ETL flow of data.
- Demonstrated, Sponsor-specific experience working with Apache Tika to extract metadata and text from various document types.
- Demonstrated, Sponsor-specific experience as a Data Layer Architect focused on fusion of hybrid data sources into a common model to meet Sponsor needs.
- Master’s Degree or equivalent work experience in Computer Science.
- Certifications: AWS solution developer or AWS solution architect.
Other Relevant Skills:
- Experience supporting data engineering, exploitation, and management processes
- Experience providing engineering support for data triage and assessment as directed by the Sponsor
- Experience providing direct support to data ingestion in support of requirements.
- Experience documenting CONOPS, data workflows, and processes pertaining to data engineering projects as required by the Sponsor.
- Experience identifying new technologies and assessing their technical and performance characteristics.
- Experience identifying and providing agile approaches to the automation of manual and inefficient processes.
- Experience providing insight into industry trends and making recommendations on future direction for the program.
Job Features
Data Architect Location: McLean, VA Required Skills: Desired Skills: Other Relevant Skills:
Data Scientist (Active TS/SCI FSP Required)
Data Scientist
Location: McLean, VA
Required Skills:
- Demonstrated experience cataloging datasets
- Demonstrated experience communicating with personnel at multiple levels of seniority, including technical and non-technical personnel.
- Demonstrated experience understanding and communicating information about data, including data characterizations such as type, size, and other metadata.
- Demonstrated experience working through required processes to move data between systems or networks.
- Active TS/SCI FSP on day one of employment
Desired Skills:
- Demonstrated experience working independently and as part of a team.
- Demonstrated experience working with the enterprise data catalog.
- Demonstrated experience working with data and information with unique security concerns.
- Demonstrated experience applying organizational skills to complex projects.
- Demonstrated experience working through required processes to move data between systems or networks at the organization.
- Demonstrated experience working through required processes to move data between the organization and other organizations.
Other Relevant Skills:
- Experience identifying and cataloging datasets relevant to the area of responsibility and track datasets through their lifecycle.
- Experience cataloging datasets and records of varying volume, content, and structure following requirements, standard operations procedures, and best practices.
- Experience providing ad hoc reports from the data catalog on specific topics requested by Sponsor.
- Experience monitoring data submissions and tracking through ingestion lifecycle; monitoring data submissions and tracking through data ingestion lifecycle.
- Experience coordinating with the system teams to troubleshoot data management and ingestion issues.
- Experience providing support and advice for data submissions.
- Experience supporting the creation of workflows, visuals, and briefing materials for presentations as requested by the Sponsor.
- Experience participating in regular technical meetings under the direction of the Sponsor.
- Experience coordinating with the Sponsor to adjust data management priorities as needed.
- Experience providing support to the Sponsor’s organization for data sharing with other organizations.
- Experience supporting the Sponsor’s data compliance objectives by monitoring, tracking, and updating email groups and the training status of stakeholders.
- Experience coordinating with the Sponsor to ensure all data handling decisions are tracked in an enterprise data catalog.
Job Features
Data Scientist Location: McLean, VA Required Skills: Desired Skills: Other Relevant Skills:
Machine Learning Engineer – TS/SCI w/ FSP REQUIRED
Required Technologies/Tools
- Demonstrated experience with cybersecurity, IT systems, and A&A processes.
- Demonstrated experience with facilitation across multi-contractor and staff teams,
- Demonstrated experience collaborating with project teams or multiple entities to define project requirements and acceptance criteria.
- Demonstrated experience monitoring project progress, identifying roadblocks, and implementing mitigation strategies.
- Demonstrated experience designing, building, and maintaining data pipelines for data ingestion, processing, and transformation.
- Demonstrated experience collaborating with data scientists and analysts to ensure data quality and accessibility.
- Demonstrated experience building and implementing data governance policies and procedures for data integrity and security.
- Demonstrated experience with design, implementation, and management of secure and scalable cloud infrastructure solutions.
- Demonstrated experience with implementation and management of infrastructure-as-code solutions and collaboration with development teams.
- Demonstrated experience with implementation of Cl/CD pipelines and automation of infrastructure provisioning, application deployment, and system monitoring.
- Demonstrated experience in envisioning and delivering solutions to business problems leveraging machine learning techniques, to include: model training and development; full lifecycle model management.
- Demonstrated experience in technical architecture expertise, including systems integration and technical leadership.
- Demonstrated experience with proficiency in complex multi-network and security enclave environments.
Desired Technologies/Tools
- Demonstrated experience championing SecDevOps best practices for collaboration, efficiency, and quality.
- Demonstrated experience deploying and managing solutions utilizing retrieval augmented generation techniques.
- Demonstrated experience with big data processing and analysis tools such as Splunk, SOAR, NiFi, or Cribl.
- Demonstrated experience with data visualization and data lake house technologies.
- Demonstrated experience in AWS environment networking, security, logging, administration, and provisioning.
- Demonstrated experience with accreditation and security, including security controls, system hardening, and compliance requirements.
- Demonstrated experience with data transfer tools such as NiFi or Cribl.
- Demonstrated experience creating ad-hoc scripts in Python and JSON.
- Demonstrated experience troubleshooting network connections or scanning.
- Demonstrated experience with JIRA or another ticketing system for task tracking.
- Demonstrated experience or familiarity with DevOps lifecycle and ability to coordinate requirements with development teams.
- Demonstrated experience in Agile and Scrum methodologies for software development.
- Demonstrated experience with technical proficiency in Linux system administration and DevOps tools.
- Demonstrated experience in software engineering, cloud computing, data management, and system integration
- Demonstrated experience with machine learning frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, and deploying models in cloud environments (SageMaker)
- Demonstrated experience with data engineering and feature engineering for big data processing and machine learning algorithms.
- Demonstrated experience with understanding cloud platforms (AWS, OCI, Azure, or GCP) and best practices for cloud-based services and security.
- Demonstrated experience with technology, mission, and business systems, as well as architectural vision.
- Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or related discipline or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
Other Relevant Technologies/Tools
- With oversight, experience managing the technical program, scope, schedule, budget, risks, and communication.
- Experience working within and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions, including innovation efforts for modernization and evolution of core infrastructure, platform, and data lake house.
- Experience creating customer-facing dashboard presentations and maintaining system requirements, development process documentation, and monitoring report generation and delivery.
- Experience providing recommendations for cybersecurity and IT operations enhancements, and identifying solutions and tools for an efficient, streamlined, scalable approach while maintaining high-quality service.
- Experience collaborating with in-house development teams to construct and implement feature enhancements to sponsor Analytic platform with a UI/UX mindset; integrate external systems with sponsor platform; and develop, implement, and maintain a data lake house against requirements.
- Experience integrating datasets with corporate machine learning tooling.
- Experience developing, implementing, and maintaining solutions that allow platform users to quickly understand and gain value against massive data sets.
Job Features
Required Technologies/Tools Desired Technologies/Tools Other Relevant Technologies/Tools
Data Scientist – TS/SCI w/ FSP REQUIRED (Herndon, VA)
Required Technologies/Tools
- Demonstrated experience with cybersecurity, IT systems, and A&A processes.
- Demonstrated experience with facilitation across multi-contractor and staff teams,
- Demonstrated experience collaborating with project teams or multiple entities to define project requirements and acceptance criteria.
- Demonstrated experience monitoring project progress, identifying roadblocks, and implementing mitigation strategies.
- Demonstrated experience designing, building, and maintaining data pipelines for data ingestion, processing, and transformation.
- Demonstrated experience collaborating with data scientists and analysts to ensure data quality and accessibility.
- Demonstrated experience building and implementing data governance policies and procedures for data integrity and security.
- Demonstrated experience with design, implementation, and management of secure and scalable cloud infrastructure solutions.
- Demonstrated experience with implementation and management of infrastructure-as-code solutions and collaboration with development teams.
- Demonstrated experience with implementation of Cl/CD pipelines and automation of infrastructure provisioning, application deployment, and system monitoring.
- Demonstrated experience in envisioning and delivering solutions to business problems leveraging machine learning techniques, to include: model training and development; full lifecycle model management.
- Demonstrated experience in technical architecture expertise, including systems integration and technical leadership.
- Demonstrated experience with proficiency in complex multi-network and security enclave environments.
Desired Technologies/Tools
- Demonstrated experience championing SecDevOps best practices for collaboration, efficiency, and quality.
- Demonstrated experience deploying and managing solutions utilizing retrieval augmented generation techniques.
- Demonstrated experience with big data processing and analysis tools such as Splunk, SOAR, NiFi, or Cribl.
- Demonstrated experience with data visualization and data lake house technologies.
- Demonstrated experience in AWS environment networking, security, logging, administration, and provisioning.
- Demonstrated experience with accreditation and security, including security controls, system hardening, and compliance requirements.
- Demonstrated experience with data transfer tools such as NiFi or Cribl.
- Demonstrated experience creating ad-hoc scripts in Python and JSON.
- Demonstrated experience troubleshooting network connections or scanning.
- Demonstrated experience with JIRA or another ticketing system for task tracking.
- Demonstrated experience or familiarity with DevOps lifecycle and ability to coordinate requirements with development teams.
- Demonstrated experience in Agile and Scrum methodologies for software development.
- Demonstrated experience with technical proficiency in Linux system administration and DevOps tools.
- Demonstrated experience in software engineering, cloud computing, data management, and system integration
- Demonstrated experience with machine learning frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, and deploying models in cloud environments (SageMaker)
- Demonstrated experience with data engineering and feature engineering for big data processing and machine learning algorithms.
- Demonstrated experience with understanding cloud platforms (AWS, OCI, Azure, or GCP) and best practices for cloud-based services and security.
- Demonstrated experience with technology, mission, and business systems, as well as architectural vision.
- Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or related discipline or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
Other Relevant Technologies/Tools
- With oversight, experience managing the technical program, scope, schedule, budget, risks, and communication.
- Experience working within and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions, including innovation efforts for modernization and evolution of core infrastructure, platform, and data lake house.
- Experience creating customer-facing dashboard presentations and maintaining system requirements, development process documentation, and monitoring report generation and delivery.
- Experience providing recommendations for cybersecurity and IT operations enhancements, and identifying solutions and tools for an efficient, streamlined, scalable approach while maintaining high-quality service.
- Experience collaborating with in-house development teams to construct and implement feature enhancements to sponsor Analytic platform with a UI/UX mindset; integrate external systems with sponsor platform; and develop, implement, and maintain a data lake house against requirements.
- Experience integrating datasets with corporate machine learning tooling.
- Experience developing, implementing, and maintaining solutions that allow platform users to quickly understand and gain value against massive data sets.
Job Features
Required Technologies/Tools Desired Technologies/Tools Other Relevant Technologies/Tools
Cloud Solutions Architect – TS/SCI w/ FSP REQUIRED (Herndon, VA)
Required Technologies/Tools
- Demonstrated experience with cybersecurity, IT systems, and A&A processes.
- Demonstrated experience with facilitation across multi-contractor and staff teams.
- Demonstrated experience collaborating with project teams or multiple entities to define project requirements and acceptance criteria.
- Demonstrated experience monitoring project progress, identifying roadblocks, and implementing mitigation strategies.
- Demonstrated experience designing, building, and maintaining data pipelines for data ingestion, processing, and transformation.
- Demonstrated experience collaborating with data scientists and analysts to ensure data quality and accessibility.
- Demonstrated experience building and implementing data governance policies and procedures for data integrity and security.
- Demonstrated experience with design, implementation, and management of secure and scalable cloud infrastructure solutions.
- Demonstrated experience with implementation and management of infrastructure-as-code solutions and collaboration with development teams.
- Demonstrated experience with implementation of Cl/CD pipelines and automation of infrastructure provisioning, application deployment, and system monitoring.
- Demonstrated experience in envisioning and delivering solutions to business problems leveraging machine learning techniques, to include: model training and development; full lifecycle model management.
- Demonstrated experience in technical architecture expertise, including systems integration and technical leadership.
- Demonstrated experience with proficiency in complex multi-network and security enclave environments.
Desired Technologies/Tools
- Demonstrated experience championing SecDevOps best practices for collaboration, efficiency, and quality.
- Demonstrated experience deploying and managing solutions utilizing retrieval augmented generation techniques.
- Demonstrated experience with big data processing and analysis tools such as Splunk, SOAR, NiFi, or Cribl.
- Demonstrated experience with data visualization and data lake house technologies.
- Demonstrated experience in AWS environment networking, security, logging, administration, and provisioning.
- Demonstrated experience with accreditation and security, including security controls, system hardening, and compliance requirements.
- Demonstrated experience with data transfer tools such as NiFi or Cribl.
- Demonstrated experience creating ad-hoc scripts in Python and JSON.
- Demonstrated experience troubleshooting network connections or scanning.
- Demonstrated experience with JIRA or another ticketing system for task tracking.
- Demonstrated experience or familiarity with DevOps lifecycle and ability to coordinate requirements with development teams.
- Demonstrated experience in Agile and Scrum methodologies for software development.
- Demonstrated experience with technical proficiency in Linux system administration and DevOps tools.
- Demonstrated experience in software engineering, cloud computing, data management, and system integration
- Demonstrated experience with machine learning frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, and deploying models in cloud environments (SageMaker)
- Demonstrated experience with data engineering and feature engineering for big data processing and machine learning algorithms.
- Demonstrated experience with understanding cloud platforms (AWS, OCI, Azure, or GCP) and best practices for cloud-based services and security.
- Demonstrated experience with technology, mission, and business systems, as well as architectural vision.
- Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or related discipline or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
Other Relevant Technologies/Tools
- With oversight, experience managing the technical program, scope, schedule, budget, risks, and communication.
- Experience working within and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions, including innovation efforts for modernization and evolution of core infrastructure, platform, and data lake house.
- Experience creating customer-facing dashboard presentations and maintaining system requirements, development process documentation, and monitoring report generation and delivery.
- Experience providing recommendations for cybersecurity and IT operations enhancements, and identifying solutions and tools for an efficient, streamlined, scalable approach while maintaining high-quality service.
- Experience collaborating with in-house development teams to construct and implement feature enhancements to sponsor Analytic platform with a UI/UX mindset; integrate external systems with sponsor platform; and develop, implement, and maintain a data lake house against requirements.
- Experience integrating datasets with corporate machine learning tooling.
- Experience developing, implementing, and maintaining solutions that allow platform users to quickly understand and gain value against massive data sets.
Job Features
Required Technologies/Tools Desired Technologies/Tools Other Relevant Technologies/Tools
Cloud Engineer – TS/SCI w/ FSP REQUIRED – Herndon, VA
Required Technologies/Tools
- Demonstrated experience with cybersecurity, IT systems, and A&A processes.
- Demonstrated experience with facilitation across multi-contractor and staff teams,
- Demonstrated experience collaborating with project teams or multiple entities to define project requirements and acceptance criteria.
- Demonstrated experience monitoring project progress, identifying roadblocks, and implementing mitigation strategies.
- Demonstrated experience designing, building, and maintaining data pipelines for data ingestion, processing, and transformation.
- Demonstrated experience collaborating with data scientists and analysts to ensure data quality and accessibility.
- Demonstrated experience building and implementing data governance policies and procedures for data integrity and security.
- Demonstrated experience with design, implementation, and management of secure and scalable cloud infrastructure solutions.
- Demonstrated experience with implementation and management of infrastructure-as-code solutions and collaboration with development teams.
- Demonstrated experience with implementation of Cl/CD pipelines and automation of infrastructure provisioning, application deployment, and system monitoring.
- Demonstrated experience in envisioning and delivering solutions to business problems leveraging machine learning techniques, to include: model training and development; full lifecycle model management.
- Demonstrated experience in technical architecture expertise, including systems integration and technical leadership.
- Demonstrated experience with proficiency in complex multi-network and security enclave environments.
Desired Technologies/Tools
- Demonstrated experience championing SecDevOps best practices for collaboration, efficiency, and quality.
- Demonstrated experience deploying and managing solutions utilizing retrieval augmented generation techniques.
- Demonstrated experience with big data processing and analysis tools such as Splunk, SOAR, NiFi, or Cribl.
- Demonstrated experience with data visualization and data lake house technologies.
- Demonstrated experience in AWS environment networking, security, logging, administration, and provisioning.
- Demonstrated experience with accreditation and security, including security controls, system hardening, and compliance requirements.
- Demonstrated experience with data transfer tools such as NiFi or Cribl.
- Demonstrated experience creating ad-hoc scripts in Python and JSON.
- Demonstrated experience troubleshooting network connections or scanning.
- Demonstrated experience with JIRA or another ticketing system for task tracking.
- Demonstrated experience or familiarity with DevOps lifecycle and ability to coordinate requirements with development teams.
- Demonstrated experience in Agile and Scrum methodologies for software development.
- Demonstrated experience with technical proficiency in Linux system administration and DevOps tools.
- Demonstrated experience in software engineering, cloud computing, data management, and system integration
- Demonstrated experience with machine learning frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, and deploying models in cloud environments (SageMaker)
- Demonstrated experience with data engineering and feature engineering for big data processing and machine learning algorithms.
- Demonstrated experience with understanding cloud platforms (AWS, OCI, Azure, or GCP) and best practices for cloud-based services and security.
- Demonstrated experience with technology, mission, and business systems, as well as architectural vision.
- Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or related discipline or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
Other Relevant Technologies/Tools
- With oversight, experience managing the technical program, scope, schedule, budget, risks, and communication.
- Experience working within and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions, including innovation efforts for modernization and evolution of core infrastructure, platform, and data lake house.
- Experience creating customer-facing dashboard presentations and maintaining system requirements, development process documentation, and monitoring report generation and delivery.
- Experience providing recommendations for cybersecurity and IT operations enhancements, and identifying solutions and tools for an efficient, streamlined, scalable approach while maintaining high-quality service.
- Experience collaborating with in-house development teams to construct and implement feature enhancements to sponsor Analytic platform with a UI/UX mindset; integrate external systems with sponsor platform; and develop, implement, and maintain a data lake house against requirements.
- Experience integrating datasets with corporate machine learning tooling.
- Experience developing, implementing, and maintaining solutions that allow platform users to quickly understand and gain value against massive data sets.
Job Features
Required Technologies/Tools Desired Technologies/Tools Other Relevant Technologies/Tools
Network Engineer
• Demonstrated experience in Operations and Maintenance with Server-Client information systems.
• Demonstrated experience with Linux and Windows server-client environments
• Demonstrated experience with systems and network architecture and technology stacks
• Demonstrated experience in obtaining and maintaining system security accreditation
• Demonstrated experience in evolving customer Information Systems to meet emerging mission needs.
• Demonstrated experience with global network integration, network operations and fundamental networking concepts
• Demonstrated experience with global internet routing protocol
• Demonstrated experience with cloud data center environments
• Extensive experience with Linux Operating systems
• Experience with virtualized routing platforms
• Demonstrated experience with commercial vendor and open-source Networking systems
• Demonstrated experience with targeting tools
• Demonstrated experience with conducting thorough packet analysis
Optional Skills
• Demonstrated experience in datacenter deployments world-wide.
• Demonstrated experience with scripting, databases and automation
• Demonstrated experience in IT support to overseas operational environments.
• Demonstrated extensive experience in directly managing global data networks.
• Demonstrated experience with ServiceNow development cycles for business flows.
• Experience in procurement of equipment and managing and tracking logistics info
Job Features
• Demonstrated experience in Operations and Maintenance with Server-Client information systems.• Demonstrated experience with Linux and Windows server-client environments• Demonstrated experienc...
Senior V&E Engineer
Cognito Cyber Group is looking for a V&E Engineer to provide hands-on integration and prototyping expertise combined with cyber technology knowledge to enable the development, integration, test/assessment, and delivery of unique technical solutions to meet critical client needs. Maintains an awareness of market and technology trends in order to bring best of breed solutions to the client. Applies specific functional knowledge, systems engineering rigor, and in-depth industry knowledge. Provides hands-on support to integrate, test, and assess/characterize a variety of COTS and custom products in a unique lab environment. Works closely with the end users and developers to develop or contribute to solutions to a variety of problems of moderate scope and complexity. Works independently with minimal guidance; may review or guide activities of more junior employees. Bachelors degree and 4-6+ years of directly related experience or Masters degree and 3-4+ years directly related experience. Years of experience may be accepted in lieu of degree for certain roles. Certifications may be accepted in lieu of a degree for certain technical roles.
Must Have:
- 10 years experience required for Senior level.
-5+ years of systems engineering and/or software development lifecycle experience.
3+ years of experience with system or network design, implementation, integration, testing, and security.
2+ years of experience with Wi-Fi, cellular, and/or mobile technologies and protocols. Knowledge of Linux, Python, VMware -Knowledge of networking protocols, routing, firewalls -Knowledge of software vulnerabilities and exploits -Possession of excellent oral and written communication skills
-TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph required
-Bachelors require or HS diploma and 4 years experience Nice If You Have:
-Experience with KaliLinux, Wireshark -Experience with software development -Experience with Cybersecurity products, including anti-virus and endpoint security variants and methods
-Experience with mobile security products and capabilities -Experience with end point and/or network forensic analysis -Knowledge of firmware or embedded systems -Knowledge of operating systems at the administrative or kernel level
Job Features
Cognito Cyber Group is looking for a V&E Engineer to provide hands-on integration and prototyping expertise combined with cyber technology knowledge to enable the development, integration, test/as...
Expert Network Engineer
Cognito Cyber Group is looking for an expert level Network Engineer to deliver tradecraft, technical, and network solutions to secure, maintain, and upgrade the Sponsor's online public portals -Use cutting edge internet technologies and services to protect the Sponsor's public portals -Research, develop, maintain, and document tradecraft and tools associated with the public portal. -Work with internal and external teams to develop, document, and implement security portal requirements for security -Fully describe and document mission solution architecture and interfaces
Must Have:
-Experience with internet networking and encryption protocols
-Detailed knowledge of how browsers interact with websites and browser security settings
-Experience using content delivery networks and a significant understanding of how they interact with public services and websites.
-Experience using TOR and configuring and maintaining TOR Services
-Experience using open and dark web security settings and tools to protect websites and their visitors
-Experience analyzing cyber selector data, system logs, and network traffic
-Experience conducting network and browser troubleshooting
-Experience developing requirements and communicating with senior stakeholders
-Configuring Virtual Private Servers, Virtual Private Networks, and Virtual Private Clouds
- Social media or commercial messaging applications -Understanding of mobile technologies and applications
-Troubleshooting network connectivity and performance issues
-Network monitoring tools -Scripting with Python
-Factory acceptance testing
-Developing JavaScript/HTML/CSS web user interfaces
-Degree in information technology
Job Features
Cognito Cyber Group is looking for an expert level Network Engineer to deliver tradecraft, technical, and network solutions to secure, maintain, and upgrade the Sponsor's online public portals -Use cu...
Full Performance Jira Administrator
JIRA administrator (more technical skills that a typical user of Jira) configuring workflows, managing user permissions, and maintaining overall system efficiency. Jira admins also handle integrations with other tools, ensuring that Jira supports the specific needs of the organization. This role is essential for ensuring that teams can use Jira effectively to manage projects and track progress
2+ years experience configuring JIRA processes 3+ years experience working with agile methodology, techniques, and frameworks Strong communication and presentation skills Strong analytical and problem solving skills Demonstrated understanding of software development lifecycle Strong confluence, visio (dev ops support tools)
Atlassian Certified Professional Jira Admin certification a plus, not required
Job Features
JIRA administrator (more technical skills that a typical user of Jira) configuring workflows, managing user permissions, and maintaining overall system efficiency. Jira admins also handle integrations...
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BENEFITS SUMMARY
Cognito Cyber Group is committed to providing the best benefits package to our employees and eligible dependents. Below you will find an overview of our benefit offerings.


Medical Coverage
Prescription Coverage
Dental Coverage
Vision Coverage

Employee Assistance Program supports the health and well-being of employees and their dependents.

- 11 paid Government holidays annually
- 4 weeks paid time off annually
DISABILITY

Short Term: pays up to 60% of covered weekly earnings, up to $2,308 per week.
Long Term: pays up to 60% of covered monthly earnings, up to $10,000 per month.
BENEFITS SUMMARY
Cognito Cyber Group, coupled with Insperity is committed to providing the best benefits package to our employees and eligible dependents.
Here you will find a basic overview of the available benefits. Actual benefits are subject to certain provisions and limitations.

401k: 6% company match
HSA / FSA
Health Savings Account Program
A High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) for the year, HSA contribution limits are $3,650 for employees and $7,300 for family
Health Care Flexible Spending Account
For a year plan, contribution limits are $2,750

The Commuter Benefits Program
A qualified transportation benefit that may save you some of the cost of your commute to work.
WELFARE PLAN
Basic Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance
Coverage pays an amount 1X covered annual earnings ($50,000 maximum)
Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
Coverage pays an amount 1-6X covered annual earnings ($2.5 million maximum)
MARKETPLACE
Travel Perks
Discounted Electronics
Identity Theft Protection
Pet Insurance
and more...

The Educational Assistance Program offers tuition reimbursement ($1,500 per calendar year).
Training and development offers a self-paced live online and classroom training.
Contact Info
Our Services
Cyber Security
Insider Threat
Analysis & Investigation
Program Management
Project Management
CI Awareness & Training
Cloud Integration
Data Center Engineering & Management
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