Cybersecurity Specialist/Isso (Ts/Sci)

Kitware is actively seeking a full-time Cybersecurity Specialist that will assist in protecting company information assets through security policies and procedures, enterprise accounts and permissions management, application and system security software, patching, incident response, vulnerability management, and security technology implementation, operations, and maintenance.

In This Position You Will:

• Maintain on-premises Information Systems in a secure environment.
• Apply software patches manually and with Active Directory to keep OS and applications continually up-to-date and vulnerability-free.
• Administer system user accounts.
• Perform vulnerability scanning, intrusion detection, and penetration testing.
• Work closely with Security, IT, Compliance, and Development teams.
• Investigate and respond to security events.
• Assist with auditing of organizational IT assets.
• Perform remediation associated with the detection of vulnerabilities and incidents.
• Maintain documentation.
• Support certification tasks for various IT systems.
• Research new security technology.
• Assist end-users when they need to install or learn about new products and procedures.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field. Applicable years of experience may be substituted for degree requirement. 
• A minimum of 1 year of related work experience.
• Experience building and maintaining hardened systems with SCAP, STIGs, and Active Directory.
• Minimum active clearance required to start: TS/SCI.
• Willing to consent to a CI-polygraph for clearance.
• Willing to get CompTIA Security+ certification or better (active certification preferred).
• Due to contractual requirements, this position requires US Citizenship.

$85,000 - $100,000 a year

Kitware is a research and development software solutions provider with a mission to advance science, make a positive impact, and share our results all within a collaborative, employee-focused work environment that is friendly, fair, and flexible. Our work is improving healthcare outcomes, increasing national security, and advancing our national computing infrastructure. Our customers and collaborators include top universities from around the world, government organizations, national research labs, medical device manufacturers, car manufacturers, financial institutions, and many others.  

Kitware is proud to be 100% employee-owned, and Great Place to Work-Certified.  

Our team members enjoy a small company environment, flexibility in work assignments, and high levels of independence and responsibility. Besides a great work environment, our comprehensive benefits package includes a competitive compensation plan, tuition reimbursement program, flexible working hours, six weeks paid time off, 401(k), health insurance, life insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, bonus plan, and free coffee, drinks, and snacks. 

For more information on our benefit offerings please visit: https://www.kitware.com/careers/.

Kitware actively subscribes to a policy of equal employment opportunity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, protected veteran status, uniformed service member status, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law. 

Any unsolicited resume sent to Kitware, including to Kitware's mailing addresses, fax machines or email addresses, whether directly to Kitware employees or to Kitware's applicant tracking system, will be considered Kitware property.  Kitware will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume, and will consider any candidate submitted by a recruitment agency without a fully executed contract with Kitware to have been referred free of any charges or fees.

If you need assistance with applying or interviewing for a role due to a disability or special need, please reach out directly to our HR team at hr@kitware.com at any time during the hiring process.