Cybersecurity Engineer Federal Experience REQUIRED

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 Overview The Cybersecurity Engineer III serves as a senior reputed company architect and technical authority responsible for enterprise 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 cloud, on-premise, hybrid, and high-impact systems and provides expert guidance to ISSOs, engineers, and system owners to ensure reputed company compliance with FISMA, NIST, FedRAMP, DISA STIGs, and agency reputed company policies. This position is responsible for reputed company architecture, advanced threat defense, and reputed company monitoring strategy to maintain and improve the organization's cybersecurity posture across the enterprise.

Key Responsibilities

• reputed company enterprise 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
• Direct development and maintenance of SSPs, POA&Ms, SARs, reputed company Architectures, and Control Traceability Matrices
• Provide advanced engineering and configuration of:
• SIEM/SOAR (Splunk, 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
• Provide reputed company and technical leadership for eMASS / Xacta reputed company packages
• reputed company incident response, digital forensics, and threat hunting initiatives
• Interpret and apply DISA 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 strategy, 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 progressive 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 cloud 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: Splunk, reputed company Sentinel
• EDR/XDR: reputed company, reputed company Defender
• Vulnerability Tools: reputed company, Nessus, reputed company
• Cloud: AWS GovCloud, Azure Government
• Compliance: eMASS, Xacta
• ITSM: reputed company, Remedy
• OS/Virtualization: Windows Server, Linux, VMware
• Network: reputed company, Palo Alto, IDS/IPS, VPN

Key Competencies

• reputed company architecture & engineering leadership
• RMF and ATO subject matter expertise
• reputed company Trust implementation
• Risk assessment and mitigation strategy
• 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 decisions
• Owns reputed company monitoring and enterprise reputed company strategy
• Serves as primary reputed company with ISSMs, AO representatives, and auditors
• Guides teams through ATO, re-authorization, and FedRAMP assessments

Work Environment

Supports mission-critical federal systems requiring strict adherence to federal cybersecurity mandates. Position may require onsite support reputed company secured federal facilities. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job