Cybersecurity SME

Description

Spatial Front, Inc. (SFI), a two-time USA Today Top Workplaces awardee and Washington Top Workplaces honoree, is seeking a Cybersecurity SME to support our growing team. The ideal candidate will lead and support cybersecurity activities for the enterprise infrastructure that supports PeopleSoft HCM in a secure, on-premises federal environment. This role focuses on infrastructure cybersecurity operations, including vulnerability scanning, security monitoring, hardening, access control, audit support, incident response, and continuous remediation across Oracle-based, Solaris/UNIX, middleware, database, and data integration platforms.

The ideal candidate combines hands-on infrastructure security expertise with strong knowledge of secured networks, scripting, automation, and operational sustainment.

Work Location: Hybrid, On-site, Arlington, VA

Key Responsibilities:

• Administer, monitor, and strengthen the security posture of infrastructure supporting PeopleSoft HCM and related systems in a secure, on-premises environment.
• Perform vulnerability scanning, compliance checks, log reviews, and security monitoring across servers, databases, middleware, interfaces, and supporting tools.
• Implement and sustain security controls for Oracle-based, Solaris/UNIX, and enterprise platforms in alignment with federal and DoD security requirements.
• Develop and maintain scripts, automation tools, runbooks, and SOPs to improve security operations, monitoring, reporting, and remediation efficiency.
• Investigate alerts, indicators of compromise, suspicious activity, and configuration drift; coordinate containment, remediation, and documentation.
• Support identity and access management (IAM), privileged account controls, audit readiness, evidence collection, and compliance efforts.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, database, middleware, and application teams to implement system hardening, patching, secure configurations, and vulnerability remediation.
• Support continuous monitoring, POA&M activities, contingency planning, incident response, and sustainment in highly secure environments.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent relevant experience).
• 3+ years of cybersecurity, information assurance, or infrastructure security experience.
• Experience supporting PeopleSoft HCM or similar ERP environments preferred.
• Hands-on experience securing and supporting on-premises Oracle and Solaris/UNIX environments, including vulnerability scanning, monitoring, hardening, patching, and operational support.
• Experience with vulnerability management, log analysis, security monitoring tools, scripting, and automation.
• Familiarity with middleware, ETL/data integration, identity management, or database security is a plus.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen with an active Secret security clearance or the ability to obtain one.
• Experience working in secured federal or DoD environments preferred.

Desired Skills:

• Familiarity with DISA STIGs, vulnerability remediation processes, security scanning tools, and continuous monitoring practices.
• Experience supporting DoD or federal programs requiring audit support, incident response, secure network operations, and compliance with cybersecurity frameworks.
• Knowledge of runbooks, SOPs, change management, access control, backup and recovery considerations, incident management, and problem management.
• Ability to collaborate across infrastructure, database, middleware, application, security, and operations teams to mitigate risks and strengthen system resilience.

Additional Information:

• Clearance: Must be a U.S. Citizen with an active Secret security clearance or the ability to obtain one.
• Work Environment: On-site/Hybrid as required by the contract and program.
• Benefits: For more information, visit: http://www.spatialfront.com/pages/career.html
• This is a full-time, W2 position.
• No agencies, third parties, or Corp-to-Corp submissions.
• Spatial Front Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer — all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status.
• SFI participates in E-Verify.