Senior Cybersecurity Engineer - Zero Trust

General Dynamics Information Technology•USA VA Home Office (VAHOME), VA

1d•Remote

About The Position

As a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer on the Zero Trust Program team, your responsibilities will include supporting the design, implementation, integration, sustainment, and optimization of Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA), Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR), and enterprise security platforms supporting federal cybersecurity objectives. You will provide senior-level engineering expertise across Palo Alto technologies, network security architecture, secure remote access, segmentation, policy enforcement, and enterprise security modernization initiatives. The role involves researching, evaluating, engineering, and operationalizing advanced cybersecurity solutions incorporating Zero Trust, SIEM, SOAR, PAM, ICAM, UEBA, automation, and analytics technologies. You will develop and maintain technical documentation including SOPs, engineering standards, architectural diagrams, platform hardening guides, troubleshooting procedures, and operational workflows. Support security platform lifecycle management including implementation, upgrades, patching, hardening, troubleshooting, and sustainment across security infrastructure. Collaborate with SOC, Security Engineering, IAM/ICAM, endpoint, and infrastructure teams to improve enterprise security posture through integrated controls, automation, and process standardization. Support privileged account, service account, API credential, and security integration governance across Zero Trust and enterprise security ecosystems. Provide secondary operational support for SOAR/security automation platforms by assisting with troubleshooting, workflow validation, integrations, and continuity support when primary automation personnel are unavailable. Assist with incident response readiness by validating security workflows, supporting automation-enabled response processes, and improving operational resilience. Providing expert knowledge for the development of Zero Trust architecture designs to optimize mission effectiveness and efficiency. May serve as a task or project leader (not a people manager).

Requirements

Must have hands-on experience with Palo Alto or comparable enterprise security technologies including NGFWs, SASE, secure access, segmentation, or related network security platforms.
Must possess experience integrating cybersecurity platforms across security operations, IAM/ICAM, PAM, endpoint, SIEM, or enterprise infrastructure environments.
Must demonstrate strong experience developing and maintaining technical documentation including SOPs, engineering standards, troubleshooting guides, workflow diagrams, and security operational procedures.
Must have experience supporting platform lifecycle activities such as implementation, upgrades, patching, hardening, vulnerability remediation, and operational sustainment.
Must possess working knowledge of SOAR/security automation platforms (e.g., Cortex XSOAR, Splunk SOAR, ServiceNow, or equivalent), including the ability to support integrations, troubleshoot workflows, and provide backup operational support.
Must have experience supporting privileged account governance, service account management, API credential security, or PAM technologies such as CyberArk or equivalent.
Must possess strong analytical, troubleshooting, and cross-functional collaboration skills supporting enterprise cybersecurity operations.
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent STEM field and 10+ years’ experience related to systems engineering, implementation, and monitoring.
Allowable Substitution for bachelor’s degree is 7 years of relevant experience
Must be able to obtain and maintain an active Public Trust 6C clearance

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with playbook logic, automation workflows, and incident response orchestration is strongly preferred.
Experience supporting federal cybersecurity frameworks, Zero Trust maturity initiatives, or government security environments is strongly preferred.
Relevant industry certifications such as CISSP, Palo Alto, Security+, cloud security, Zero Trust, or equivalent are strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Support the design, implementation, integration, sustainment, and optimization of Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA), Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR), and enterprise security platforms supporting federal cybersecurity objectives.
Provide senior-level engineering expertise across Palo Alto technologies, network security architecture, secure remote access, segmentation, policy enforcement, and enterprise security modernization initiatives.
Research, evaluate, engineer, and operationalize advanced cybersecurity solutions incorporating Zero Trust, SIEM, SOAR, PAM, ICAM, UEBA, automation, and analytics technologies.
Develop and maintain technical documentation including SOPs, engineering standards, architectural diagrams, platform hardening guides, troubleshooting procedures, and operational workflows.
Support security platform lifecycle management including implementation, upgrades, patching, hardening, troubleshooting, and sustainment across security infrastructure.
Collaborate with SOC, Security Engineering, IAM/ICAM, endpoint, and infrastructure teams to improve enterprise security posture through integrated controls, automation, and process standardization.
Support privileged account, service account, API credential, and security integration governance across Zero Trust and enterprise security ecosystems.
Provide secondary operational support for SOAR/security automation platforms by assisting with troubleshooting, workflow validation, integrations, and continuity support when primary automation personnel are unavailable.
Assist with incident response readiness by validating security workflows, supporting automation-enabled response processes, and improving operational resilience.
Providing expert knowledge for the development of Zero Trust architecture designs to optimize mission effectiveness and efficiency.
May serve as a task or project leader (not a people manager).

Benefits

Variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
Dental plan options
Vision plan
401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match
Full flex work weeks where possible
Variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness
10 paid holidays per year
Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees
Short and long-term disability benefits
Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available