Cyber Security Specialist

Apogee Engineering; Bellevue Second IV Precinct (NE); On-site; USD 100,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Apogee Engineering seeks a Cyber Security Specialist to support AFNWC/NCC. This full-time role is located at Offutt AFB, NE and requires US citizenship with TS w/SCI eligibility.

You will provide security recommendations, define requirements with clients, support certification, and maintain baselines. You will coordinate with multiple IT teams and lead during incident responses to improve DoD security posture.

Qualifications

• Citizenship: Must be a US citizen.
• Clearance: Must possess and maintain a TS w/SCI eligibility.
• CISSP or equivalent IAM II or DOD 8140 Level II.
• Education: High School Diploma (Bachelor's preferred).
• 8 years of relevant experience.
• Must meet DoDD RMF/IA standards and related DoD directives.

Responsibilities

• Provides analytical and technical security recommendations to teams, boards, and clients.
• Identifies requirements based on security needs or risk findings.
• Negotiates application security requirements with clients and reviews OS security patch levels.
• Develop, debug, test, and support the certification process.
• Create, maintain, and document security baselines.
• Evaluate and recommend secure remote configurations.
• Liaison with Enterprise Architect and IT teams to architect security solutions.
• Develop documentation to support security operations and problem resolution.
• Coordinate with IT staff to implement solutions meeting customer expectations.
• Provide risk analysis for vulnerabilities, incidents, and change requests.
• Serve as technical lead during a security incident response.

Skills

RMF / Risk Management

DoD 8570 IAM

CISSP

Information Assurance

Security Incident Response

Education

High School Diploma

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Location: US-NE-Offutt AFB

ID: 2026-1983

Category: Cybersecurity

Position Type: Regular Full-Time

Remote: No

Overview

Apogee has an exciting new opportunity for a Cyber Security Specialist in support of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center Combatant Command, Command and Control (C2) Division (AFNWC/NCC).

This is a full-time position located at Offutt AFB, NE

Responsibilities

• Provides analytical and technical security recommendations to other team members, oversight boards, and clients
• Identifies requirements, based upon need or as the result of a security issue that puts the organization's systems at risk
• Meets with clients and management to help specify and negotiate application security requirements, reviews current policies and procedures for applicability, and system OS security patch levels, and ensures safe transition of applications to production
• Develop, debug, test, and support the certification process
• Create, maintain, and document security baselines
• Evaluate and recommend secure remote configurations
• Active member in technical work groups to recommend effective security configurations and architecture
• Liaison to Enterprise Architect, WAN, LAN, and Enterprise Management Teams to effectively communicate and architect security solutions
• Develop documentation to support ongoing security systems operations, maintenance, and specific problem resolution
• Works with and coordinates appropriate IT staff to implement solutions which will meet or exceed customer expectations
• Provide risk analysis for vulnerabilities, incidents, and change requests
• Functions as technical lead during a security incident response

Qualifications

Minimum Experience:

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen

Clearance: Must possess and maintain a TS w/SCI eligibility

Certifications: CISSP; or equivalent IAM II or DOD 8140 Level II

Education: High School Diploma

Years of Experience: Minimum of 8 years relevant experience to include:

• Strong knowledge and experience applying DoDD 8500.1 Information Assurance, DoDD 8520.1 Protection of SCI, DoDI 8510.01 Risk Management Framework (RMF) for DoD Information Technology, DoD 8570.01M Information Assurance Workforce Improvement Program, and DoDI 8580.1 Information Assurance in the Defense Acquisition Process used for the analysis of user, policy, regulatory, and resource demands

Preferred Qualifications:

Education: Bachelor's degree

Years of Experience: 4 years of relevant experience

Additional Information

Location: Offutt AFB, NE

On-site/Hybrid/Remote: On-Site

Travel: None