Senior Cyber Security Engineer

Senior Cyber Security Engineer

• Up to $200k
• Cybersecurity / DevSecOps / RMF
• Full Scope Polygraph Clearance

Summary

A specialist systems and security engineering organization is seeking cyber security engineers to protect some of the nation’s most sensitive systems and networks for direct U.S. Government customers, including the NSA.

This is an opportunity to use the full value of an active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph while influencing security across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. Engineers are given the autonomy to evaluate threats, design security controls, challenge ineffective approaches, and make technical recommendations directly to government stakeholders.

You will have authority across security architecture, engineering, automation, vulnerability management, and risk reduction. Rather than operating as a compliance-only resource, you will help determine how systems are protected while ensuring security controls support performance, availability, and the operational mission.

Responsibilities

Cyber security engineers in this role design, implement, automate, and maintain layered security capabilities for classified government systems and networks.

Engineers work directly with system owners, developers, DevOps teams, and government security stakeholders to identify risks and translate mission requirements into practical security solutions. You will evaluate existing architectures, recommend security improvements, integrate controls, and assess whether systems are appropriately protected against current threats.

Additional responsibilities include vulnerability assessment, security hardening, DevSecOps integration, security automation, cloud and microservices security, identity and access management, Zero Trust implementation, security monitoring, incident support, and maintaining compliance with government security standards.

Required Skills

• Cybersecurity or security engineering experience within complex IT environments
• Experience implementing and evaluating technical security controls
• Vulnerability assessment, risk analysis, and remediation experience
• Security hardening of Linux, Windows, cloud, or networked systems
• Knowledge of layered security and defense-in-depth principles
• Understanding of Risk Management Framework processes
• Ability to communicate security risks and recommendations to technical and government stakeholders
• Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph security clearance

Preferred Skills

• DevSecOps and security automation
• Security as Code
• Cloud security within AWS or Azure environments
• Container and Kubernetes security
• Platform and microservices security
• Zero Trust architecture
• Identity, credential, and access management
• Security Information and Event Management tools such as Splunk
• Security monitoring, detection, and incident response
• NIST security standards and controls
• Risk Management Framework implementation
• Assessment and Authorization processes
• Authority to Operate lifecycle support
• Vulnerability scanning and compliance automation
• CISSP, CISSP-ISSEP, Security+, CISM, CEH, or comparable certification
• Experience supporting Intelligence Community or Department of Defense missions

Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Must hold an active TS/SCI security clearance with Full Scope Polygraph
• Must be able to work onsite in Hanover, Maryland and directly support sensitive government missions, including NSA programs

TO BE CONSIDERED

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