Cybersecurity Engineer Lead

Wichita Tribal Enterprise•Albuquerque, NM

7d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is contingent upon contract award. Wichita Tribal Enterprises, LLC, a Quivera Enterprises company, is seeking an experienced Lead/Senior Cybersecurity Engineer. This role oversees daily tasking, supervises assigned staff, and contributes directly as a member of the contractor team. It requires strong personnel and program management skills to ensure all activities are completed efficiently, accurately, and in compliance with established requirements. The position blends technical expertise with business awareness, supporting multiple projects while communicating effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences. Responsibilities also include delivering technical analysis and engineering support, particularly in areas such as application security, content filtering, network protocols, access control, encryption, and multifactor authentication for CIRT operations.

Requirements

Job-related industry certification, such as CISSP, SANS GIAC, security+, MCSE, and Linux, obtained within 1 year of start.
Experience assessing and hardening configurations for operating systems, applications, and services.
In-Depth knowledge of TCP/IP (V4 and V6) addressing and standards including network design, firewall configuration, load balancing, remote access, strong authentication, vulnerability scanning, VPN and DMZ management.
LAN and WAN network design, implementation, and configuration best practices.
High-availability and Continuity of Operations (COOP).
Understanding of scripting languages and technologies such as shell scripting, Perl, JavaScript, VBScript and/or others.
Technical knowledge and experience with application security, content filtering, network protocols, access control, encryption, and multifactor authentication technologies.
Understanding of common security protocols such as Kerberos, RADIUS, RSA, TACACS+, SSL, TLS, SSH, IPsec, S/MIME, PKI and SFTP.
Ability to perform ethical hacking, penetration testing, vulnerability assessments and web application security testing using various tools and provide a summary of issues and best practice resolutions.
Experience with (and strong understanding of) virtualization technologies and concepts, specific knowledge and extensive use of VMWare technologies including ESXi/VSphere and VCenter required.
Extensive knowledge in best-of-breeds commercial and free/open-source network intrusion detection and prevention systems (NIDS/NIPS) (and similar network-based CND capabilities that support them) and host-based intrusion detection/prevention systems (HIDS/HIPS), including common use case scenarios, industry best practices, and deployment, integration, and troubleshooting in large enterprise IT environments.
Experience should include specific knowledge and/or use of: Host-based Security Systems, Network packet capture and analysis appliances, Snort, Bro, IBM BigFix, Tenable Nessus, Redhat Linux, CounterACT, Splunk.
US Citizenship required.
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Tier 2, Public Trust background investigation.
7+ years of broad work experience including administration, engineering, and security.
5+ years of experience in network and system design, access control and implementation.
4+ years of Project Management experience.
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
Security+
MCSE / or equivalent Linux

Nice To Haves

Experience with DOI.
Knowledge of FIPS and NIST compliance and regulations.

Responsibilities

Oversee the tasking and supervise staff assigned to this task as well as being a working member of the contractor team.
Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and balance conflicting demands.
Strong sense of professionalism, integrity, and ethics.
Ability to combine technical skills with an understanding of business needs to successfully protect assets.
Proven ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing to technical and non-technical audiences.
Deliver technical analysis and engineering support, particularly in areas such as application security, content filtering, network protocols, access control, encryption, and multifactor authentication for CIRT operations.
Participate in meetings with customer, leadership and provide accurate program status.