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The work
The Cybersecurity Engineer is responsible for the ongoing design, implementation, monitoring, and maintenance of security systems that protect networks, applications, and data from evolving cyber threats. This role conducts regular security assessments—including audits, penetration testing, and vulnerability scanning—to identify weaknesses and drive remediation. The engineer monitors for anomalies, investigates incidents, applies patches and configuration updates, and maintains incident response plans to ensure operational resilience and business continuity. The role also develops, updates, and enforces security policies, standards, and procedures aligned with industry best practices, while partnering closely with engineering teams, ISSOs, assessors, and other stakeholders to strengthen the organization’s security posture.
Key responsibilities:
Design, implement, and maintain security systems and data protection measures
Conduct regular security audits, penetration tests, and vulnerability assessments
Monitor systems for anomalies, investigate security incidents, and apply necessary patches or configuration changes
Develop and maintain incident response plans to ensure business continuity
Create, update, and enforce security policies, standards, and operating procedures
Write clear and accessible documentation for both technical and non‑technical audiences
Facilitate discussions across engineering teams, ISSOs, assessors, and technical stakeholders
Review and interpret architecture documentation and design diagrams
Apply knowledge of cloud, networking, IAM, logging, and security control concepts
Leverage version control, CI/CD pipeline concepts, and vulnerability management workflows
Support tracking of security findings from discovery through remediation
Contribute to federal security compliance activities, including ATO lifecycle and POA&M management
Participate in Scrum and Agile team activities
Here’s what you need:
Ability to write clear security and compliance documentation
Strong facilitation and stakeholder‑management skills
Ability to read and discuss architecture documentation and diagrams
Basic understanding of cloud, networking, IAM, security, and logging concepts
Familiarity with version control, CI/CD, and vulnerability management workflows
Preferred qualifications:
Experience tracking security findings from vulnerability scanning through remediation
Hands‑on experience with federal security compliance, including the ATO lifecycle and POA&M management
Experience participating in Scrum activities
Eligibility requirements:
U.S. Citizenship required
Must have active Top Secret clearance
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