Engineer/Scientist 5 – Principal Cyber Security Engineer

Stahl Companies • Charleston, SC

7h • Onsite

About The Position

Leads cybersecurity engineering efforts to protect enterprise systems, ensuring compliance, resilience, and proactive defense against evolving threats. Oversees cybersecurity operations to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of systems. Conducts security requirements analysis, risk assessments, and system security design. Leads certification and accreditation processes and ensures compliance with applicable standards. Performs vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, and Red Team exercises. Develops and implements incident response, disaster recovery, and business continuity plans. Monitors and analyzes cyber events, providing threat detection and mitigation strategies. Designs and implements security architectures across on-premise and cloud environments. Develops security assessment plans including scope, risks, and documentation requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Information Systems.
• Minimum 15 years of cybersecurity experience across engineering and operations.
• Expertise in vulnerability analysis, incident response, and systems hardening.
• Experience with cloud security and enterprise security frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Oversee cybersecurity operations to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of systems.
• Conduct security requirements analysis, risk assessments, and system security design.
• Lead certification and accreditation processes and ensure compliance with applicable standards.
• Perform vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, and Red Team exercises.
• Develop and implement incident response, disaster recovery, and business continuity plans.
• Monitor and analyze cyber events, providing threat detection and mitigation strategies.
• Design and implement security architectures across on-premise and cloud environments.
• Develop security assessment plans including scope, risks, and documentation requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Principal