Cleared - Cyber Security Engineer (Multiple Levels)

The Cleared Cyber Security Engineer role supports a sponsor’s cyber defense mission in Bethesda, MD (onsite). The position emphasizes technical and operational effectiveness of cyber capabilities, incident response readiness, process improvement, and automation, along with actionable recommendations to strengthen cyber posture and situational awareness.

Role Responsibilities

• Focus on overall technical and operational effectiveness of cybersecurity capabilities supporting cyber defense operational activities.
• Provide recommendations for continuous improvement of processes and architecture, including activities tied to analysis, incident handling, reporting products, and the reporting lifecycle.
• Deliver effective incident response capabilities and produce usable, effective reports that support overall situational awareness.
• Maximize tool usage to correlate information and synthesize data into usable, actionable events.
• Identify manual or inefficient processes across the cyber defense program and apply an agile approach to automation.
• Support identification, review, and analysis of relevant USG policies, practices, and procedures to help ensure cybersecurity efforts remain compliant.
• Draft, edit, and facilitate coordination and execution of cybersecurity policies, processes, and procedures, subject to Sponsor review and approval.
• Ensure projects understand the standards and governance requirements they must comply with and advise on how to meet those requirements.

Required Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience focused on technical and operational effectiveness of cybersecurity capabilities.
• Experience supporting cyber defense operational activities, including incident handling, analysis, and reporting.
• Experience providing incident response capabilities and situational awareness reporting.
• Experience using tools to correlate information and synthesize data into actionable events.
• Experience identifying and automating manual or inefficient processes within a cyber defense program.
• US Citizenship is required.
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Polygraph.

Technologies and Frameworks

• RMF
• NIST CSF / 800-53
• Zero Trust Architecture
• SOC / SIEM
• Agile
• DevSecOps

Multiple Levels and Compensation

• Junior Level: Bachelor’s degree (0 years of experience) OR Master’s degree (0 years of experience) OR PhD (0 years of experience) OR Associate’s degree (3 years of experience) OR High-School (6 years of experience). Compensation: $90,700 - $141,775.
• Mid-Level: Bachelor’s degree (3 years of experience) OR Master’s degree (1 years of experience) OR PhD (0 years of experience) OR Associate’s degree (6 years of experience) OR High-School (9 years of experience). Compensation: $99,800 - $156,050.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree (or Master’s or PhD; or Associate’s; or High-School)

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with IC or DoD cybersecurity environments.
• Familiarity with security frameworks such as RMF, NIST CSF / 800-53, or Zero Trust Architecture.
• Experience with SOC/SIEM tools and security monitoring concepts.
• Experience with Agile software development and engineering frameworks as they relate to cybersecurity compliance.
• CISSP, CISM, or equivalent cybersecurity certification.
• Experience drafting and coordinating cybersecurity policies, processes, and procedures.
• Experience advising teams on cybersecurity standards and governance compliance.
• Knowledge of DevSecOps principles and security integration into development pipelines.

Benefits

• Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits
• Paid leave
• Professional development
• Tuition assistance
• Work-life programs
• Award programs acknowledging employees for exceptional performance
• Benefit programs for full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis