Cybersecurity Engineer

General information

Requisition # R61078 Locations USA-VA-Herndon Posting Date 06/11/2025 Security Clearance Required Secret Remote Type Hybrid Time Type Full time

Description & Requirements

Transform the future of federal services with ManTech! Join a vibrant, energetic team committed to enhancing national security and public services through innovative tech. Since 1968, we’ve partnered with Federal Civilian sectors to deliver impactful solutions. Engage in exciting projects in Digital Transformation, Cybersecurity, IT, Data Analytics and more. Ignite your career and drive change. Your journey starts now—innovate and excel with ManTech!

ManTech seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Cybersecurity Engineer to join our team in the DC, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) area.
 

In this role you will be responsible for maintaining the security posture of our network infrastructure, systems, and data. The Cyber Engineer plays a key role in incident response, threat hunting, vulnerability management, and the implementation of security controls to protect against evolving cyber threats. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of network security principles, experience with various security tools, and a proactive approach to identifying and mitigating risks. The Cyber Security Engineer reports directly to the Senior Cyber Security Engineer.
 

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Conduct in-depth analysis of cyber security tools, applications, and methodology to maximize and optimize the enterprise cyber security posture using reverse engineering techniques to understand their behavior, functionality, and impact.
• Utilize tools and techniques providing advice to tune enterprise cyber security tools to scan, stop, and alert on threats and incidents enabling event/incident analysis, troubleshooting, and resolution.
• Develop detailed reports and briefings regarding cyber security topics, tools, and strategy to continually improve identifying threat characteristics, attack vectors, and potential impacts providing courses of action to mitigate and address them
• Collaborate with other cybersecurity professionals, intelligence analysts, and law enforcement agencies to share findings and coordinate response efforts.
• Develop and implement countermeasures and detection strategies to mitigate the risks posed by known and emerging threats.
• Participate in incident response activities, providing expertise on cyber security analysis and remediation and use of existing tools to facilitate resolution.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in: Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Security, or a related field
• 5+ years of experience in cyber security and engineering
• IAT/IAM III
• Active Secret clearance with eligibility for TS
   

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous Security Operations Center (SOC) experience
• Understanding of ITIL4 principles
• Master’s Degree

Clearance Requirements: