Cyber Security Engineer
About The Position
As a SOC Senior Cyber Security Engineer supporting USCENTCOM, you will serve as a technical leader and primary engineer responsible for architecting, securing, and optimizing mission‑critical cybersecurity infrastructure. You will guide engineering efforts across boundary defense, SIEM/EDR/SOAR platforms, network access control, virtual cyber range administration, and enterprise security automation. You will also provide senior‑level expertise in the DevSecOps security controls, and compliance with DoD cybersecurity requirements. This role requires deep technical mastery, guidance and mentorship, ability to work within a team environment, and the confidence to brief senior leadership on complex cyber issues as needed. The appropriate candidate will “configure, tune, optimize, and maintain critical security infrastructure while demonstrating both hands‑on expertise and executive‑level communication and collaboration.
Requirements
- Active TS/SCI clearance
- 5+ years of cybersecurity engineering or administration experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or another related field or relevant experience preferred.
- Demonstrated expertise with firewalls, IDS/IPS, SIEM, EDR, NAC, and SOAR platforms
- Strong Linux administration and scripting proficiency (PS, Python, JAVA, HTML)
- Expert understanding of cybersecurity principles, threat landscapes, and DoD security requirements
- DoD 8570 certifications CISSP, GIAC, Security+ other security essential certifications desired, Splunk Core Certified Power User, GITLAB, Kubernetes, Cloud Development.
Nice To Haves
- Prior CENTCOM/COCOM experience
- SOC or cyber operations leadership experience
- Strong networking and packet analysis background (e.g., Wireshark)
- Experience with Next‑Gen firewalls and IPS
- Experience supporting DevSecOps environments
- Familiarity with DoD military standards
Responsibilities
- Cybersecurity Architecture & Engineering Leadership Lead the design, deployment, and optimization of boundary defense technologies including firewalls, IDS/IPS, Security Onion, and network taps.
- Serve as the senior escalation point for complex troubleshooting, packet analysis, and system performance issues.
- Drive integration of cyber tools with legacy and modern data sources to enhance enterprise visibility.
- Advanced SIEM, EDR, NAC, and SOAR Engineering Architect and oversee enterprise SIEM deployments, including clustered Splunk environments, app lifecycle management, and large-scale data onboarding.
- Lead tuning of correlation searches, detection logic, dashboards, and analytics to improve threat detection maturity.
- Oversee EDR policy engineering, NAC (Comply‑to‑Connect) enforcement strategies, Zero-Trust architecture compliance and SOAR automation development.
- Mentor team members on Splunk search optimization, dashboard creation, and advanced analytics.
- DevSecOps, Automation & Innovation Evaluate DevSecOps and AI/ML security controls and provide expert recommendations.
- Lead development of automation scripts, SOAR playbooks, and orchestration workflows to streamline operations.
- Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and emerging technologies that enhance mission readiness.
- Operational Excellence & Leadership Communication Oversee maintenance cycles, patching strategies, and system health checks across all cybersecurity platforms.
- Provide senior‑level briefings, technical reports, and capability demonstrations to leadership.
- Lead cross‑functional collaboration with engineering teams, SOC analysts, compliance teams, and mission partners.
- Champion knowledge sharing, training, and documentation to elevate team capability.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
- 401K with company match
- Competitive pay and paid time off
- Full flex work weeks where possible
- A variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
- Short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
