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Cyber Test & Evaluation Specialist (On-Site & TS-SCI)

JFL CONSULTING, LLC Omaha, Nebraska, United States

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Salary: 10+ years of compa

Posted Dec 30, 2025

Role & seniority

  • Senior Cyber Defense / DoD Test & Evaluation (T&E) Specialist (requires 10+ years)

Stack / tools

  • Cyber testing and evaluation in DoD environment

  • Security Operations Center (SOC) processes

  • IT compliance frameworks: STIGs, RMF

  • T&E reporting and analytics; collaboration with DoD leadership and SMEs

Top 3 responsibilities

  • Conduct focused, small-scale capability T&E including cyber analysis and reporting

  • Serve as T&E liaison between customers, external stakeholders, site POCs, and technical SMEs; brief and document status/issues

  • Write technical T&E reports; provide technical insights, recommendations, and find/fix actions; mentor team members

Must-have skills

  • Strong written/verbal communication and analytical abilities; ability to draft test plans and present results

  • Deep experience in cyber testing/evaluation of DoD mission systems

  • SOC exposure: threat detection, response, and mitigation; risk characterization across capability lifecycles

  • Ability to derive objectives from requirements, develop measurable test objectives, capture data, and interpret results

  • Familiarity with IT compliance frameworks (STIGs, RMF)

Nice-to-haves

  • CSSP Auditor certification (DoD 8570.01 aligned)

  • Prior DoD T&E experience

  • Related advanced degree or equivalent operational experience

Location & work type

  • Location and work type not specified in the description (information not provided)

Full Description

Description In this role, you will work alongside a dedicated team of network, system, and cybersecurity engineers focused on testing and evaluation (T&E) and experimentation of cyber and network solutions in a research and development environment. This position directly supports efforts to protect some of our nation's most vital state of the art efforts offering a unique opportunity to contribute to national security testing the newest of technologies while advancing your career in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

Duties to Include but not limited to

  • Conduct focused, small scale capability T&E to include cyber analysis and reporting.
  • Act as the T&E liaison between customers, external stakeholders, site POCs, and other technical SMEs.
  • Brief, document, and communicate status and issues to stakeholders.
  • Mentor technical team members and raise the level of T&E acumen of the team.
  • Provide technical insights and recommendations to the customer.
  • Collaborate with DoD leadership, customer coordinators, and authoritative subject matter experts.
  • Provide recommendations on appropriate hardware and software required to optimize advanced cyber assessments.
  • Provide recommendations on appropriate find and fix actions.
  • Write technical T&E reports based on analytical facts found during the research and development.
  • Requirements

Required Skills and Qualifications

  • Strong communication and analytical skills, with the ability to clearly draft a test plan and document and present results.
  • Depth of knowledge and experience in cyber testing and evaluation of DoD mission systems.
  • Experience in the cybersecurity domain to include threat detection, response, and mitigation in a Security Operations Center (SOC) environment.
  • Proficient in analytical techniques to determine risks within each stage of a capability lifecycle.
  • Able to extract technical and operational objectives from stated intent and requirements.
  • Develop measurable test objectives, determine the best way to capture data, and able to interpret results with regards to stated objectives.
  • Familiarity with IT compliance assessment frameworks (e.g., STIGs, RMF).

Required Education and Experience

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a technical field such as computer science or engineering.
  • In lieu of a degree, direct related operational experience may be substituted.
  • Cyber Defense Analysts must hold an IAT Level II as defined and described in DoDD 8570.01, 8570.01-M, 8140.01-03 and as amended.
  • 10+ years of comparable experience.

Preferred Experience

  • CSSP Auditor certification as defined and described in DoDD 8570.01, 8570.01-M, 8140.01-03 and as amended.
  • DoD T&E assignment.

Competitive benefits package includes

  • 100% employer-paid medical, dental, vision plan for each employee and dependents.
  • 401(k) plan retirement plan with 3% company automatic contribution.
  • Generous leave policy including 15 vacation days, 5 sick days, 2 personal days.
  • Reimbursement for job-related certifications, generous training budget and company provided access to training platforms.
  • About JFL Consulting, LLC
  • With more than twenty years of securing some of the U.S. Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community’s most critical networks, JFL Consulting, LLC provides advanced network security solutions to a range of US Government and US commercial clients. Our cybersecurity operators are experts at assessing and defending mission-critical data and the networks that facilitate their operation. We are focused on delivering advanced products and industry best practices that meet each customer’s unique requirements. Visit www.jflconsulting.com.

JFL Consulting, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate against any applicant for employment on any legally recognized basis including, but not limited to: race, religion or creed, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information, veteran status, status with regard to public assistance or any other protected class under federal, state or local statute. It is also the policy of JFL Consulting, LLC to provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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