Cybersecurity Engineer

electro soft; Fort Belvoir (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Electrosoft Services, LLC is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer to lead vulnerability management for enterprise web applications and infrastructure, ensuring compliance with DoD cybersecurity requirements. The role focuses on planning, executing, and supporting vulnerability assessments while coordinating with system owners, developers, and network teams.

Responsibilities include conducting scans, performing security tests, prioritizing remediation, and developing security controls and reports to

Qualifications

• Ten years of IT experience with security focus.
• DoD 8570/8140 IAT level III and IASAE III certifications required within 6 months of start.
• Experience coordinating with ISSOs/ISSMs and auditors preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct authenticated and unauthenticated vulnerability scans of apps, APIs, servers, databases, OS, and network devices.
• Perform web app security assessments using automated and manual techniques.
• Validate vulnerabilities to minimize false positives.
• Analyze CVEs and CWEs and associated risks.
• Prioritize vulnerabilities using CVSS and mission impact.

Skills

Vulnerability scanning

Web app security testing

Risk assessment

Tools

DISA STIGs

RMF

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 teamworkour 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.
• Support continuous monitoring (RMF Step 6).
• 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.

Electrosoft is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled