Cyber Security Engineer

Role overview

Secure systems and products across government programs in a multidisciplinary cybersecurity engineering role. You’ll work with product and infrastructure teams on security architecture, compliance, administration, and system testing, and may serve as a cybersecurity lead on larger efforts.

Responsibilities

- Design and implement secure architectures with cross-functional teams. - Coordinate cybersecurity work across projects and provide technical leadership on larger programs. - Track vulnerabilities and remediations, maintain security package documentation, and communicate program security status. - Guide teams on technical and policy requirements for security accreditation. - Manage security requirements and configure network equipment, including firewalls, routers, and switches. - Test security controls and system functionality; contribute to Windows and Linux administration, network administration, and system integration testing.

Requirements

- At least 10 years of experience in cybersecurity engineering, information assurance, secure systems or network administration, or a related field. - Experience creating and maintaining Risk Management Framework (RMF) packages, including security plans, policies, and procedures, and managing them in eMASS. - Strong knowledge of security and compliance frameworks such as NIST 800-53, RMF, CMMC, or CIS. - Experience with cybersecurity defense and detection methods. - Information assurance and cybersecurity framework knowledge, alongside IT infrastructure experience in networking, firewalls, server provisioning, virtualization, or containers. - Ability to collaborate across geographically distributed teams.

Benefits and work setup

The listed annual base salary is $165,000–$260,500, with a higher range of $205,000–$307,000 for certain metropolitan work locations. Pay varies with location, role-related skills, and experience; additional cash or stock incentives and benefits may be available depending on the position.