Cybersecurity Engineer

Ingenix Technologies Inc.; Huntsville (AL); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Ingenix Technologies LLC in Huntsville, AL, is looking for a cybersecurity engineer with the ability to obtain a Secret clearance. You will design, test, and improve security capabilities across networks, software, cyber-physical systems, and mission-focused environments, including defense-relevant contexts.

RESPONSIBILITIES: develop and evaluate tools, perform security assessments, analyze architectures, and document findings for engineering and customer audiences. Hybrid work arrangement.

Qualifications

• Experience in cybersecurity engineering, network security, security tool development, detection engineering, system hardening, or vulnerability analysis
• Understanding of networking, operating systems, logging, access control, vulnerability management, and defensive security principles
• Ability to develop scripts, tools, queries, rules, or automation using Python, Bash, PowerShell, SQL, or similar technologies
• Comfortable analyzing technical systems, troubleshooting security issues, and communicating practical mitigation options
• US Citizenship and ability to obtain a Secret clearance
• Nice to have experience with IDS/IPS, SIEM, packet analysis, endpoint security, vulnerability scanning, YARA, Sigma, Suricata, Zeek, Wireshark, Splunk, Elastic, or similar tools

Responsibilities

• Develop, configure, test, and evaluate cybersecurity tools, scripts, detections, dashboards, or analysis workflows
• Support network and system security assessments, including traffic analysis, vulnerability analysis, logging, and defensive monitoring
• Work with IDS/IPS, SIEM, packet capture, endpoint, or custom security tools to identify and investigate security-relevant behavior
• Analyze system architectures, communication paths, interfaces, and data flows for cybersecurity concerns
• Collaborate with software, systems, hardware, and cybersecurity teammates to integrate security capabilities into larger prototypes or customer systems
• Document findings, assumptions, test results, technical tradeoffs, and recommended mitigations for engineering and customer audiences

Skills

Cybersecurity engineering

Network security

Threat detection

Vulnerability analysis

Scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell,/

Communication of mitigations

US Citizenship

Tools

Python

Bash

PowerShell

SQL

IDS/IPS

SIEM

Wireshark

YARA/Sigma

Suricata/Zeek

Job description

Huntsville, AL (Hybrid) Full-Time Ability to obtain a Secret clearance required

Support cybersecurity engineering, detection, analysis, and tool development for defense-relevant systems. You'll help design, test, and improve security capabilities across networks, software, cyber-physical systems, and mission-focused environments, including weapon systems and industrial or operational technology when applicable.

What you'll do

• Develop, configure, test, and evaluate cybersecurity tools, scripts, detections, dashboards, or analysis workflows
• Support network and system security assessments, including traffic analysis, vulnerability analysis, logging, and defensive monitoring
• Work with IDS/IPS, SIEM, packet capture, endpoint, or custom security tools to identify and investigate security-relevant behavior
• Analyze system architectures, communication paths, interfaces, and data flows for cybersecurity concerns
• Collaborate with software, systems, hardware, and cybersecurity teammates to integrate security capabilities into larger prototypes or customer systems
• Document findings, assumptions, test results, technical tradeoffs, and recommended mitigations for engineering and customer audiences

What we're looking for

• Experience in cybersecurity engineering, network security, security tool development, detection engineering, system hardening, or vulnerability analysis
• Understanding of networking, operating systems, logging, access control, vulnerability management, and defensive security principles
• Ability to develop scripts, tools, queries, rules, or automation using Python, Bash, PowerShell, SQL, or similar technologies
• Comfortable analyzing technical systems, troubleshooting security issues, and communicating practical mitigation options
• US Citizenship and ability to obtain a Secret clearance

Nice to have

• Experience with IDS/IPS, SIEM, packet analysis, endpoint security, vulnerability scanning, YARA, Sigma, Suricata, Zeek, Wireshark, Splunk, Elastic, or similar tools
• Experience with weapon systems, embedded systems, cyber-physical systems, OT, ICs, SCADA, vehicles, sensors, or mission networks
• Familiarity with RMF, NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-171, NIST SP 800-82, or DoD cybersecurity processes
• Experience building custom cybersecurity tools, test harnesses, dashboards, data pipelines, or automated analysis workflows
• Relevant certifications such as Security+, CySA+, GCIH, GCIA, GICSP, CISSP, or similar