Cyber Security Engineer

Electrosoft; Fort Belvoir (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Electrosoft is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer to serve as technical lead for enterprise vulnerability management, coordinating with system owners, developers, and infrastructure teams to strengthen security across DoD environments.

The role focuses on planning and executing assessments, validating findings, prioritizing remediation, and implementing DISA STIG-based controls while supporting Authority to Operate activities and audits.

Qualifications

• Ten years of relevant IT experience.
• Certification meeting DOD 8570/8140 IAT III and IASAE III within six months of contract start.
• Experience with vulnerability management tooling and DISA STIGs.

Responsibilities

• Lead vulnerability management for enterprise web apps and infrastructure.
• Plan, execute, and support vulnerability assessments and remediation.
• Produce technical reports and risk summaries for leadership.

Skills

Vulnerability management

DoD compliance

Threat analysis

Automation scripting

Team coordination

Education

DOD 8570/8140 IAT III / IASAE III

Tools

MCSA/MCSE

Cisco CCNA

Azure Security Technologies

AWS Certified Security

Job description

Electrosoft Services, LLC is an award-winning company that provides comprehensive technology-based solutions and services to federal customers. While cybersecurity is our specialty, we also focus on ICAM, Zero Trust, digital engineering and transformation, and enterprise AI and intelligent automation. We always seek to delight our customers, so we retain highly qualified employees and offer them meaningful work, growth opportunities, and work-life balance. What sets us apart from all other contractors is the sense of teamwork our employees feel – and the knowledge that outstanding effort is recognized and rewarded. The camaraderie we share emanates from Lunch & Learn sessions where we explore new ideas together, fun group activities ranging from escape rooms to miniature golf, and much, much more. If we’ve described you and your dream workplace, please apply and share in the many benefits and opportunities we offer.

Cybersecurity Engineer

Position Summary

The Cybersecurity Engineer serves as the technical lead for enterprise web application and infrastructure vulnerability management. The engineer is responsible for planning, executing, and supporting vulnerability assessments, validating findings, prioritizing remediation activities, and implementing security controls to reduce organizational cyber risk. This position collaborates with system owners, developers, network engineers, and cybersecurity teams to ensure compliance with DoD cybersecurity requirements.

Primary Responsibilities

• Conduct authenticated and unauthenticated vulnerability scans of web applications, APIs, servers, databases, operating systems, and network devices.
• Perform web application security assessments using automated and manual testing techniques.
• Validate vulnerabilities to eliminate false positives.
• Analyze Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs), Common Weakness Enumerations (CWEs), and associated security risks.
• Prioritize vulnerabilities using CVSS, exploitability, mission impact, and threat intelligence.
• Develop remediation recommendations and mitigation strategies.
• Support patch management activities and verify remediation effectiveness.
• Perform secure configuration reviews against DISA STIGs and other security baselines.
• Produce technical reports, executive dashboards, and risk summaries.
• Coordinate with ISSOs, ISSMs, developers, and infrastructure teams.
• Support Authority to Operate (ATO) activities and POA&M management.
• Assist during security audits and inspections.
• Maintain vulnerability management metrics and KPIs.
• Support incident response investigations involving vulnerable systems.
• Develop scripts or automation to improve vulnerability management processes.

Basic Qualifications

• Ten (10) years of relevant IT experience
• Operation Technology Five (5) Years of relevant OT experience
• Investigative Requirement: At time of proposal the contractor must possess a Moderate Risk, Confidential, Non- Critical Sensitive, Tier 3/NACLC/ANACI investigation.
• Relevant certification meeting DOD 8570/8140 IAT level III, and IASAE level III. (Must have IASAE III Certification within 6 months of coming on the contract. Must meet all other requirements.)
• Computing Environment (CE): Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate or Expert, Cisco Certified Network Administrator, Microsoft Azure Security Technologies, Amazon Certified Security.