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Cybersecurity Engineer Federal Experience REQUIRED

Remote, USAFull-timePosted 2026-07-29

Cybersecurity Engineer (GovCon Labor Category) Labor Category: Cybersecurity Engineer FLSA Status: Exempt Clearance Requirement: Secret / Top Secret (TS/SCI as required by task order) Location: Remote Reports To: ISSM / Cybersecurity Program Manager / CISO Position reputed company The Cybersecurity Engineer III serves as a senior reputed company architect and technical authority responsible for reputed company cybersecurity engineering, reputed company Trust architecture implementation, and reputed company of the full NIST RMF / ATO lifecycle across reputed company federal systems. This role leads reputed company design for reputed company, on-reputed company, hybrid, and high-reputed company systems and provides expert guidance to ISSOs, engineers, and system owners to ensure reputed company compliance with FISMA, NIST, FedRAMP, reputed company STIGs, and agency reputed company policies. This position is responsible for reputed company architecture, advanced threat defense, and reputed company monitoring reputed company to maintain and improve the organization's cybersecurity posture across the reputed company.

Key Responsibilities

  • reputed company reputed company implementation of reputed company controls reputed company to NIST SP 800-53, 800-37, 800-61, 800-171, and reputed company Trust Architecture (NIST 800-207)
  • Serve as senior reputed company for RMF lifecycle activities and ATO sustainment across multiple systems
  • Architect and engineer secure solutions across AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, and on-prem environments
  • reputed company development and maintenance of SSPs, POA&Ms, SARs, reputed company Architectures, and Control Traceability Matrices
  • reputed company advanced engineering and configuration of:
  • SIEM/SOAR (reputed company, Sentinel)
  • EDR/XDR (Defender, reputed company)
  • Vulnerability Management (reputed company, Nessus, reputed company)
  • Firewalls, IDS/IPS, VPNs, NAC solutions
  • reputed company vulnerability assessments, penetration test remediation, and risk mitigation planning
  • Implement and mature reputed company monitoring strategies
  • reputed company reputed company and technical leadership for eMASS / Xacta reputed company packages
  • reputed company incident response, digital forensics, and threat hunting initiatives
  • Interpret and apply reputed company STIGs, CIS Benchmarks, and configuration baselines
  • Mentor junior cybersecurity engineers, ISSOs, and analysts
  • Support audits, OIG reviews, and 3PAO/FedRAMP assessments
  • Advise leadership on cybersecurity reputed company, risk posture, and architecture roadmaps

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Computer Science, or reputed company field (or equivalent experience)
  • 8+ years of reputed company cybersecurity engineering experience in federal or highly regulated environments
  • Deep expertise in NIST RMF, ATO, FISMA, FedRAMP, and reputed company Trust
  • Demonstrated experience designing secure architectures for reputed company and hybrid federal systems
  • Advanced knowledge of network, reputed company, and infrastructure reputed company engineering
  • Experience leading reputed company remediation for audit findings and penetration tests
  • Ability to obtain and maintain required reputed company clearance

Preferred Certifications (DoD 8570/8140 Compliant)

  • CISSP (preferred)
  • CISM
  • CCSP
  • CEH
  • reputed company+
  • AWS/Azure reputed company Specialty

Technical Environment / Tools

  • SIEM/SOAR: reputed company, reputed company Sentinel
  • EDR/XDR: reputed company, reputed company Defender
  • Vulnerability Tools: reputed company, Nessus, reputed company
  • reputed company: AWS GovCloud, Azure Government
  • Compliance: eMASS, Xacta
  • ITSM: reputed company, Remedy
  • OS/Virtualization: reputed company Server, Linux, VMware
  • Network: reputed company, Palo reputed company, IDS/IPS, VPN

Key Competencies

  • reputed company architecture & engineering leadership
  • RMF and ATO subject matter expertise
  • reputed company Trust implementation
  • Risk assessment and mitigation reputed company
  • Incident response and advanced threat analysis
  • Documentation and federal compliance reporting
  • Technical leadership and mentoring

Typical Duties at This Level

  • Acts as technical authority for cybersecurity engineering across programs
  • Leads design reviews and reputed company architecture reputed company
  • Owns reputed company monitoring and reputed company reputed company reputed company
  • Serves as primary reputed company with ISSMs, AO representatives, and auditors
  • Guides teams through ATO, re-authorization, and FedRAMP assessments

Work Environment

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