Job Title: Senior Specialist, Information Security Systems Engineer
Location: Palm Bay, FL
Employment Type: Contract (12 months)
Industry: Manufacturing
Compensation: $99.07 /hr.
Schedule: 9/80 hrs/Week.
About the Opportunity:
- We're seeking a security-focused engineering professional to support the development, testing, and ongoing improvement of information systems and security architectures.
- In this role, you'll collaborate across engineering and program security teams to address evolving security requirements, vulnerabilities, emerging technologies, and system modernization initiatives.
Why You'll Love Working Here:
- Supportive, team-driven culture that values collaboration, transparency, and accountability.
- Opportunity to grow your career with a global workforce solutions leader serving multiple industries.
- People-first environment that encourages employees to bring their authentic selves to work.
- Strong focus on partnership, innovation, and delivering meaningful results for clients and candidates.
Why This Opportunity is Exciting:
This role offers the opportunity to join a company that prioritizes both people and performance-where your contributions directly impact client success while providing you with room to grow and develop professionally.
About Acara Solutions
Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider- we help companies compete for talent. With experience across industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and design talent solutions that deliver the business outcomes they want. We draw on decades of experience to provide contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide.
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What You'll Do:
- Support security engineering activities including requirements development, design, testing, configuration management, maintenance, and basis of estimate development.
- Assist program security teams in developing policies and procedures for emerging security technologies.
- Support vulnerability assessment activities and help identify opportunities to strengthen system security.
- Evaluate, qualify, test, and support the delivery of security architecture improvements and vulnerability response initiatives.
- Contribute to obsolescence replacement and other projects designed to enhance the security, reliability, and effectiveness of information systems.
What You'll Bring:
- High School Diploma or GED.
- 10+ years of experience in Risk Management Framework (RMF) accreditation and authorization (A&A) processes and standard body of evidence (BoE) package development.
- 10+ years of experience in A&A package processing
- 10+ years of experience in DoD software selection and approval processes for COTS, GOTS, and FOSS.
- 10+ years of experience in the application of DISA SRGs and STIGs.
- 10+ years of experience in the implementation and use of cybersecurity tools (ACAS, SCAP).
- 10+ years of experience in container security.
- 10+ years of experience in configuration and use of cyber defense and vulnerability assessment tools such as ACAS, Nessus, and SCC.
What Sets You Apart:
- Bachelor's Degree.
- Master's Degree.
- Ability to work individually or as part of a cybersecurity team.
- Able to provide direction based on program and customer requirements and compliance.
- Possess excellent speaking abilities and skills to brief leadership and customers.
- Possess the ability to research security and other applicable topics as needed as the cybersecurity lead.
- Be a self-starter who can understand requirements and develop plans and articulate needs to meet compliance and requirements.
- DOD 8140 IAT-3 or IASAE-2 certification.
- Demonstrated ability to work and grow in a dynamic, fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
- Experience in C2S Cloud authorizations, FedRAMP, and DISA CSP requirements.
- Experience in Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).
- Windows and Linux system administration skills.
- Operating system certification.
- Experience in the content development and administration of SEIM/audit reduction tools (Splunk).
- DOD 8570.01M IASAE-3 certification.
- Good understanding of engineering processes, concepts, and information security systems engineering principles (NIST SP 800-160 Vol1).
- System test and evaluation methods and RMF assessment methodology & process.
- Experience in Cyber Defense technologies.
- Experience with CI/CD, agile system development, and DevSecOps tools and processes.
- Understanding of system vulnerabilities and exploitation.
Additional Information:
- Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check.
- Requires an active Top Secret TS/SCI) clearance.
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Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.
Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.
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Aug 11, 2026