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Cyber Security Engineer

Top Secret Clearance Jobs
Alexandria, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 2/14/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/13/2025

About the job Cyber Security Engineer

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POSITION : TOP SECRET SCI ELIGIBLE SR CYBERSECURITY ENGINEER (AWS TERRAFORM)

  • TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION YOU MUST HAVE AN ACTIVE TOP SECRET CLEARANCE WITH SCI ELIGIBILITY

Hybrid : 3 days a week in Alexandria, VA or Charlottesville, VA

Program Mission : Our Client is working with the Army Military Intelligence (MI) program to support the overall strategy and migration to evaluate and potentially re-invent how Army MI delivers IT services and the use of Intelligence data and analytics to meet mission requirements

Clearance : Top Secret with SCI Eligibility Required

Location : Hybrid 3 days per week on-site in Alexandria, VA or Charlottesville, VA

Team : Will work closely with 5 - 6 other cybersecurity engineers. Will be one of the most senior engineers on the team.

Interview Process : 2 Rounds 1) 30 min video interview with Client 2) 45 min video interview with Prime

Salary : $140k - $175k

Other Notes :

  • Environment Notes :
  • AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, containerized environment,
  • Responsibility Notes :
  • Some information assurance work, helping maintain ATOs, accredidations, participating in actual aws configurations of different systems to mitigate actual vulnerabilities and envable controls within AWS to be satisfied.
  • Requirement Notes :
  • MUST HAVE AN ACTIVE TOP SECRET CLEARANCE WITH SCI ELIGIBILITY
  • Don't need extensive Terraform experience but definitely need some
  • AWS is primary cloud. Additional Azure experience would be nice to have
  • RHEL is nice to have, Linux they really should have, Centos is similar to RHEL, Ubunto
  • Position Overview / Responsibilities :

  • The Senior Info Security Analyst will monitor the organization's networks for any security breaches and investigate / mitigate any issues.
  • Maintain software, firewalls, and data encryption programs to ensure sensitive information is protected.
  • Plan and lead major technology assignments, evaluate performance results, and recommend major changes affecting short-term project growth and success.
  • Technical Expertise :

  • 7 years of experience providing cyber security support for IT systems
  • Cloud technologies such as AWS and Azure, particularly Infrastructure as a Service
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or Windows system administration
  • Experience with Terraform
  • Experience / Qualifications :

  • MUST HAVE AN ACTIVE TOP SECRET CLEARANCE WITH SCI ELIGIBILITY IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree
  • Minimum 7 years' experience working in Information Security
  • Developed security standards and best practices and work as a technical expert across many projects
  • Ability to provide mentorship to junior engineers
  • Looking for previous mentorship / leadership experience
  • Federal govt. experience supporting Army, DoD, or Intel
  • Active TS clearance with SCI eligibility
  • IAT Level III or IAM Level III - Possible flex to get these during the first several months of work
  • Ideally this candidate will also have an AWS certification
  • Salary : $140,000 - $175,000

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