Cyber Engineer (Digital Ecosystem)

Precise Systems; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

STAR Award program

Job summary

Precise Systems in the United States seeks a highly experienced Cyber Engineer to design, automate, secure, and sustain mission-critical environments across dev, prod, and classified systems. You will implement vulnerability management, secure pipelines, and system hardening in DevSecOps contexts.

The role requires in-person support and deep expertise in RMF, NIST SP 800-53, and containerized architectures, with a record of communicating risk to engineers and program leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a related field.
• Active Security+ certification.
• 10+ years of related cybersecurity engineering/ops experience.
• Experience with Linux and Windows Server administration.
• Experience with DevSecOps, vulnerability management, and secure SDLC.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and improve security automation pipelines in DevSecOps environments.
• Support vulnerability management across production, development, cloud, containerized, and classified environments.
• Manage Plans of Action and Milestones for security findings.
• Develop and implement mitigations for identified vulnerabilities.
• Support secure infrastructure stacks across Linux, Windows Server, virtualization, private cloud, and containerized environments.
• Implement controls in alignment with NIST SP 800-53, DISA STIGs, RMF, ATO, and Zero Trust.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to troubleshoot issues and communicate risks, dependencies, and recommendations.

Skills

DevSecOps

Vulnerability management

Automation scripting

CI/CD pipelines

Linux/Windows admin

Container security

NIST 800-53 knowledge

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Experience

Security+ Certification

Tools

ACAS

Nessus

Splunk

HBSS

AWS / AWS GovCloud

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Precise Systems delivers integrated, mission-ready solutions that advance warfighter readiness and strengthen our nation's most critical defense programs. Through the power of our combined capabilities, we provide deep expertise in Advanced Engineering; Digital Transformation; Electromagnetic Warfare; Interactive Training & Simulation; Physical Sciences Research; Platform Lifecycle Support; and Foreign Military Sales. Unified by decades of trusted performance and expanded through strategic growth, our team applies innovative technologies, engineering rigor, and customer-focused execution to solve complex challenges and accelerate mission success. Guided by our commitment to partnership, precision, and performance, we deliver the scalable solutions and technical excellence our customers depend on-today and into the future.

We are seeking a highly experienced Cyber Engineer to support the design, automation, security, administration, and sustainment of secure mission-critical environments across development, production, classified, cloud, containerized, and DevSecOps-enabled systems. This role focuses on improving software and infrastructure security posture through vulnerability management, automated security pipelines, container hardening, system hardening, compliance support, and secure infrastructure operations. The candidate will work closely with cybersecurity, software development, infrastructure, platform, engineering, and mission stakeholders to reduce vulnerabilities, implement mitigations, support authorization activities, and maintain secure and reliable environments throughout the development, accreditation, and operational lifecycle. The role requires strong hands-on technical capability, cybersecurity judgment, automation experience, and the ability to communicate security risks and remediation strategies across technical and program audiences.

This role requires in-person support.

Duties:

• Design, implement, and improve security automation pipelines within DevSecOps environments by supporting CI/CD integration, automated vulnerability scanning, container security checks, remediation workflows, and secure software delivery practices.
• Support vulnerability management across production, development, cloud, containerized, and classified environments by identifying, tracking, prioritizing, documenting, and remediating findings in accordance with cybersecurity requirements and ISSM-approved timelines.
• Manage and document Plans of Action and Milestones for security findings by maintaining visibility of vulnerability status, remediation progress, risk acceptance considerations, and continuous burndown of medium-level findings.
• Develop and implement mitigations for identified vulnerabilities by applying secure configuration changes, system hardening, patching, container hardening, access control improvements, and infrastructure security enhancements.
• Support the design, administration, and sustainment of secure infrastructure stacks across Linux, Windows Server, virtualization, private cloud, enterprise services, network infrastructure, and containerized environments.
• Implement and remediate security controls in alignment with NIST SP 800-53, DISA STIGs, RMF, ATO, Zero Trust, secure software development lifecycle practices, and other applicable government cybersecurity requirements.
• Support infrastructure and cybersecurity automation by using scripting, configuration management, Infrastructure as Code, and automation tools to streamline system builds, patching, hardening, monitoring, and compliance activities.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, software, infrastructure, networking, platform, program, and mission stakeholders to troubleshoot complex technical issues, improve security best practices, support accreditation efforts, and communicate risks, dependencies, and recommendations.

Required Education:

• Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Experience
• Current Security+ Certificate

Required Experience:

• 10+ years of related experience.
• Extensive experience supporting cybersecurity engineering, infrastructure security, systems administration, platform engineering, DevSecOps, vulnerability management, or related technical security roles.
• Experience supporting enterprise, cloud, containerized, hybrid, classified, application hosting, or compliance-driven technical environments.
• Experience with vulnerability management, system hardening, patching, secure configuration, access control, cyber risk tracking, and remediation planning.
• Experience working with Linux and Windows Server environments, including system administration, troubleshooting, monitoring, patching, and secure configuration activities.
• Experience using scripting, automation, configuration management, or Infrastructure as Code concepts to support cybersecurity and technical operations.
• Experience supporting DevSecOps pipelines, CI/CD workflows, secure software delivery, containerized environments, or automated security scanning.
• Understanding of RMF, ATO, NIST SP 800-53, DISA STIGs, secure SDLC principles, cybersecurity compliance, and authorization support activities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain technical issues, cybersecurity risks, dependencies, remediation actions, and recommendations to engineering, cybersecurity, program, and mission stakeholders.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience with Tekton, Jenkins, CI/CD automation, automated Docker container builds, container security hardening, and DevSecOps security pipeline development.
• Experience with Kubernetes, OpenShift Container Platform, service mesh environments, container security scanning tools, and multi-enclave security pipeline development.
• Experience with security tools and platforms such as ACAS, Nessus, Splunk, HBSS, endpoint security tools, vulnerability scanners, and enterprise monitoring platforms.
• Experience administering or securing VMware ESXi, vSAN, RHEL, Amazon Linux, Windows Server, private cloud, on-premises cloud, and secure data center environments.
• Experience with automation and scripting tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Bash, Python, PowerShell, JavaScript, YAML, JSON, Git, CloudFormation, PDQ, WSUS, or related technologies.
• Experience with AWS or AWS GovCloud infrastructure services such as EC2, Security Groups, S3, EBS, EFS, Route 53, IAM, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, Lambda, ELB, VPCs, subnets, route tables, endpoints, NACLs, Transit Gateways, VPC peering, AWS Directory Services, AWS Workspaces, and AWS CLI.
• Experience with foundational infrastructure and security services such as DNS, PKI, TLS, LDAP, Active Directory, authentication, authorization, OpenID Connect, SAML, single sign-on, databases, YUM repositories, Veeam, Horizon, Atlassian Suite, and enterprise monitoring tools.
• Experience supporting LAN/WAN environments, virtualized network backbones, routing, switching, OSPF, BGP, firewall concepts, ports and protocols, and complex network troubleshooting.
• Experience supporting ATO packages, security control assessments, compliance documentation, control validation, cybersecurity audits, POA&M management, and classified or restricted environment accreditation activities.
• Experience supporting Department of War Cybersecurity Workforce requirements, including DoW 8140 qualification alignment or the ability to satisfy applicable workforce requirements.
• Prior experience supporting government, Navy, Intelligence Community, national-level, or mission-critical classified environments.
• TS/SCI Eligible security clearance a plus

Must have current/active Secret security clearance. Due to the sensitivity of customer related requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required.

Precise Systems values employee contributions, promotes diverse opportunities for professional growth, and prioritizes overall well-being. Our comprehensive professional services benefits package includes health insurance, life and accidental death and dismemberment coverage, disability insurance, retirement plans, holiday pay, employee-managed leave, and professional growth opportunities.

We recognize exceptional performance and alignment with our core values through our STAR Award recognition program.

Compensation at Precise Systems is determined by various factors, including education, experience, skills, competencies, and contract-specific requirements. The salary range for this position is $180,000.00-$200,000.00 (annualized USD). This range represents the standard pay for this role and is just one component of Precise Systems' total compensation package.

Precise Systems is committed to fair and equitable pay practices in alignment with applicable pay transparency laws and equal employment opportunity standards.

Precise Systems is dedicated to a shared vision and core values of Integrity, Respect, and Responsibility, which foster innovation and drive our continued success in the global marketplace. Precise Systems and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity /Affirmative Action Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, status as an individual with a disability, or any legally protected status under federal, state, or local law. Visit www.GoPrecise.com for a listing of current openings and our comprehensive, employee friendly benefits summary. Precise Systems participates in E-Verify.