ACAS Security Engineer/SME

Company: Shelby American, Inc.
Location: Honolulu
Posted on: May 3, 2025

Job Description:

DescriptionLeading with our people, Digital Consultants mission is to deliver the highest level of professional solutions while being a trusted partner and advisor to our customers. With a culture of practicality, opportunity, and creativity we remain dedicated to being honest, trustworthy, respectful, and ethical in everything we do. We are a certified SBA 8(a) small, disadvantaged business that supports multiple IT customers within the Federal, civilian and private sectors. Digital Consultants also offers our employees growth opportunities, competitive wages, and a full benefits package. Our founding principles, Fairness and Common Sense, make working here more than a job, it's the Digital family.Digital Consultants is seeking an ACAS Security Engineer/SME for a contract providing Networking and Cyber Security services to the Army Contracting Command INSCOM division.Duties to include:

• Provide subject matter expertise to maintain and sustain ACAS Security Centers and Scanners using Government-supplied software.
• Upgrade Security Centers and Scanners to the most recent software versions as they are approved and released by the DISA ACAS Program.
• Maintain ACAS system Authorization to Operate on all required networks.
• Continuously monitor the performance and integrity of the ACAS solution, assess scan times, and make changes to improve performance.
• Perform corrective actions to restore ACAS to its normal operational status within 2 hours from the time of operational failure occurrence/notification.
• Update, integrate, and migrate the ACAS architecture to authorized operating systems and interdependent services as required to meet OPORDS throughout the period of performance.
• Interact with clients to receive requests, request clarifications, triage, troubleshoot, and resolve ACAS scanning issues.
• Operate and maintain the Nessus Agent and Nessus Manager subcomponent of ACAS as defined by DoD and IC Standards.
• Develop a deployment plan for the Nessus Network Monitor (NNM) subcomponent of ACAS, obtain approval to deploy through the Enterprise Change Control Board, and deploy to all core JWICS Nodes globally.
• Complete all required RMF documentation and controls required to obtain and maintain ATO.
• Operate and maintain NNM through the option years.
• Continuously assess ACAS's capability to perform compliance management.
• Integrate and maintain ACAS network-based remote STIG compliance and audit capabilities.
• Ensure that all ACAS vulnerability data is consolidated into a single Enterprise Security Center.
• Develop dashboards and reports that automate FISMA, Cyber Scorecard, and applicable DoD/Intelligence Community-defined reporting standards.
• Create reports and dashboards automating compliance reporting for all OPORDS and Cyber Tasking Orders on all networks within 2 business days of publication.
• Develop a Disaster Recovery plan and ensure the Enterprise ACAS capability can be restored with all configurations intact.
• Complete RMF accreditation documents using Microsoft Visio, Excel, and Word to provide network diagrams, topologies, traffic flow, and procedures for Customer's IT Staff.
• Assist with the submission of Certification and Accreditation artifacts for Site/Enterprise Accreditation.
• Attend any associated training.
• Provide ACAS-related support for Security Controls Assessment of Customer systems on restricted classified networks.
• Provide ACAS software and plugins to the SCA team for laptop imaging and baseline builds.
• Provide ACAS SME functions to Customer SCA teams.
• Provide ACAS scanning capability and related support for PM/POR systems (300-600 systems with over 4000 virtual servers) on Customer networks.
• Troubleshoot connection issues and provide Nessus/RHEL commands to PM/POR support personnel.
• Create new repositories, and scan zones, and train cybersecurity analysts on how to create asset lists, active scans, and reports supporting system accreditation and continuous monitoring requirements.
• Assist in building scans for PM/POR support personnel and assist in troubleshooting scan results.
• Create ACAS TTPs, SOPs, and capture lessons learned to improve the performance, efficiency, and effectiveness of Cybersecurity personnel using the ACAS tool.
• Correct misconfigurations by ACAS users and conduct ad hoc training of Customer best business practices and TTPs.Requirements
• Clearance: Top Secret with Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI)
• Education: Bachelor's Degree in a technology-related field or 15 years of related experience
• Experience: Minimum of 15 years of relevant experienceCertifications:
• Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator (RHCSA)
• One additional specialized certification relevant to the scope of the PWS
• Tenable Security Center 5.x Certification (DISA/CDTC/Tenable University) or 3 years of related experience
• IAT III Baseline Certification (CISSP/CASP) + Computing Environment (CE)Digital Consultants, an inclusive and welcoming company, is fully committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, age (40 or older), disability, Veterans status or any other protected characteristic.We provide reasonable accommodations to individuals who need assistance during any part of the employment process. If you need assistance navigating Digital Consultants job openings or applying for a position, please send an email to or call 571-306-3444. Please provide your contact information and let us know how we can assist you.
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