Job Description
Position Summary
Responsibilities
Duties include, but not limited to:
Cybersecurity Test Planning & Management
- Manage cybersecurity test projects and program objectives with DoD and federal agency customers.
- Track team test requirements and support the team in meeting program objectives.
- Provide input to test plans documenting objectives, methods, and resources.
- Support development of program cost and schedule estimates.
- Become fully proficient in the Cyber DT&E Test Process/Guidebook.
Cyber Test Execution & Reporting
- Coordinate test resources to ensure successful program execution.
- Oversee cyber test event planning, coordination, execution, analysis, and reporting.
- Support administrative and logistical preparation required for test events.
- Document and communicate test results to both technical and non-technical audiences in written and oral formats.
- Stay informed on emerging cybersecurity threats and update testing plans and procedures accordingly.
- Assist in developing cybersecurity test strategies for DoD systems.
Team Leadership & Collaboration
- Manage diverse cybersecurity test teams and provide oversight for multi-skilled test efforts.
- Attend meetings with customers to prepare test teams for upcoming events.
- Work both independently and collaboratively, maintaining strict adherence to security protocols and professional standards.
- Participate in 5–10 day test events, with extended or variable hours as needed.
Qualifications
Citizenship: Must be a US citizen
Minimum Required Qualifications
Clearance: Must have an Active Secret Clearance
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in a technical field and at least 3 years of relevant technical experience in test management, cybersecurity, computer engineering, computer science, or IT systems — or equivalent combinations of experience and education.
Certifications: DoD 8140 required
- Experience with DoD developmental and/or operational test processes.
- Experience with aircraft and weapon system testing and evaluation.
- Background in Aircraft, Weapon, Cloud, and/or traditional IP system architectures or avionics.
- Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Experience managing diverse teams.
- Demonstrated self-motivation and ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Ability to work effectively in both small and large team environments.
- Ability to travel globally up to 15–20 weeks per year.
Preferred Qualifications
Certifications: CISSP, CASP
- Knowledge of Cybersecurity Assess and Authorize (A&A) processes supporting DoD acquisition via the RMF.
- Familiarity with industry cybersecurity frameworks (NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2).
- Knowledge of cybersecurity testing methodologies and tools (vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, risk assessments).
- Knowledge of the DoD acquisition process.
- Understanding of network security and network engineering concepts.
Technical Skills
- Experience in cybersecurity testing for DoD systems, including DT&E and OT&E.
- Ability to lead and coordinate test teams across multiple mission areas.
- Strong understanding of aircraft, weapon systems, cloud environments, and traditional IP architectures.
- Proficiency in developing and contributing to test plans, schedules, cost estimates, and test strategies.
- Familiarity with cybersecurity assessment processes, vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, and risk evaluation.
- Working knowledge of RMF A&A processes and cybersecurity standards (NIST, ISO frameworks).
- Strong analytical skills for evaluating cybersecurity threats, trends, and associated risks.
Interpersonal Skills
- Ability to manage and guide diverse cybersecurity test teams.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to brief both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with DoD organizations, federal agencies, and customer stakeholders.
- Strong initiative, professionalism, and discretion with strict adherence to security protocols.
- Ability to work independently and within team environments under dynamic conditions.
- Effective coordination and teamwork during time-sensitive test events.
Additional Information
Location: Eglin AFB, FL
Travel: 25%
Onsite
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Company Overview
Odyssey is a world-class technical, engineering, and integration company serving the warfighting ecosystem with airborne integration, ISR, C2, and warfighter readiness capabilities. Odyssey meets the military’s operational needs by integrating layered defense systems from equipment, technology, and services to data, information, and business operations. We streamline defense acquisition and sustainment, engineering the technical battlefield with domain-specific proficiency to ensure lethality. Odyssey is dedicated to excellent contract execution, peak organizational performance, and fostering a workplace built on employee care.
Odyssey is proud to live out our core values of commitment, ambition, and respect in our work and communities through OdysseyCares, a philanthropic group focused on giving back through direct donations, an employer match program, and volunteering events.
Please note: Final compensation for this position will be determined by various factors such as the Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant work experience, specific skills and competencies, geographic location, education, and certifications.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
Odyssey is a team of world-class technical, engineering, and integration experts serving the warfighting ecosystem with airborne integration; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR); command and control (C2); and warfighter readiness capabilities.
- Ensure lethality from acquisition through sustainment, engineering better solutions with deep industry insight and domain-specific proficiency to augment capability and carry the voice of the warfighter throughout the weapon system life cycle.
- Integrate the technical battlefield and power systems of systems that meet the operational needs of the Pentagon.
- Design systems that are of greater value to the government by driving cost-efficiency, scale, speed and agility.
In 2025, Odyssey made its second appearance on the Washington Technology (WT) Top 100. WT researches and identifies companies capturing the most contracts in the federal market, ranking them in order of largest number of prime contract dollars. Our sustained growth is a direct result of our persistent dedication to powering the purpose of our customers and employees..
A seven-time Inc. 5000 honoree, Odyssey has earned recognition as one of the most successful companies in America. In Inc.’s 2025 annual guide to the 5,000 fastest-growing privately held companies in the U.S. we were ranked #2,628 overall, and #84 in the Government Services category, delivering a wide range of services to national security customers and beyond.