Cyber Security Engineer

Cyber Security Engineer

The Opportunity:

Are you looking for an opportunity to share your experience in hands-on systems engineering and vulnerability mitigation to safeguard our nation’s critical infrastructure? As a Senior Systems Security and Network Security Engineer (ISSE), you will go beyond the paperwork to identify the technical solutions needed to assess vulnerabilities and implement real-world security strategies. We need your experience to oversee the development of security solutions that will harden our cloud environments and protect our military's critical data.

On our team, you’ll lead technical efforts to troubleshoot and analyze complex challenges using your deep knowledge of Linux and Windows systems administration. You won’t just document deficiencies, you will partner directly with DevOps leads to remedy them. Using your expertise in cloud security and infrastructure controls, you’ll assess emerging threats and implement the mitigations necessary to keep our systems resilient.

In this role, you’ll directly impact national security operations by bridging the gap between compliance and engineering. With mentoring, challenging hands-on problem-solving, and a focus on proactive defense, we grow as a team to stay ahead of the adversary.

Work with us as we secure and protect department-wide cloud infrastructure for the better.

What You’ll Work On:

• Identify technical system deficiencies and work directly with the DevOps team to implement remedies rather than just documenting risks.

• Leverage Windows and Linux systems administration background to log into servers, triage issues, and ensure security tools are functioning optimally.

• Analyze incoming vulnerability reports with a high level of infrastructure awareness to determine and execute the most appropriate technical mitigations.

• Work alongside cyber threat and hunt teams to identify and deploy secure solutions specifically designed for cloud-based environments.

• Build relationships with cross-functional teams, translating complex security requirements into actionable engineering tasks for senior management and DevOps leads.

• Capture and consolidate all technical documentation required for ISSM security reviews, ensuring that security remains an integrated part of the development lifecycle.  

Join us. The world can’t wait. 

You Have: 

• 5+ years of experience as an ISSE or Security Engineer in a technical role, including determining secure solutions and mitigations

• 5+ years of experience with Windows or Linux Systems Administration, including logging into servers, navigating file systems, and triaging system-level issues independently

• 5+ years of experience in Vulnerability Management

• 5+ years of experience implementing and managing information security tools such as scanners, endpoint protection, and SIEMs to identify advanced threats or indicators of compromise

• 5+ years of experience collaborating with DevOps leads to proactively remedy system deficiencies and ensure that security controls are integrated into the engineering lifecycle

• Knowledge of cyber threats and technical infrastructure to execute specific remedies for identified gaps

• Ability to translate technical findings into consolidated documentation for ISSM security reviews, ensuring all compliance requirements are met through technical accuracy

• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph

• HS diploma or GED

Nice If You Have:   

• 5+ years of experience working with Cloud Infrastructure, including AWS or Azure, and implementing security guardrails within a DevOps CI/CD pipeline

• Experience working with Cyber Threat or Hunt teams to leverage big data analytics for identifying sophisticated threats and indicators of compromise

• Ability to provide technical mentorship to junior engineers through problem-solving and the sharing of security best practices

• AWS Certified Security Specialty, CCSP, or Red Hat Certified System Administrator Certification

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

Compensation

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