Cybersecurity Engineer - Remote & Incident-Response Focus

Pixxel; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Relocation assistance

Professional Mental Wellness services

Job summary

Pixxel is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer to implement and operate the security program for its U.S. aerospace and satellite operations.

You will protect endpoints, identities, networks, cloud services, and business systems that process, store, or transmit FCI and CUI. The role focuses on NIST SP 800-171 implementation, CMMC Level 2 readiness, and continuous compliance, with responsibilities spanning vulnerability management, incident response, and security control validation across diverse

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, computer science, information technology, engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• 4+ years of cybersecurity engineering, security operations, cloud security, or technical compliance experience.
• US Citizenship required

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, maintain, and improve security controls across endpoints, identities, networks, cloud services, and business applications.
• Monitor and investigate security alerts, suspicious activity, unauthorized access, malware, and potential data exposure.
• Lead or support incident analysis, containment, eradication, recovery, evidence preservation, and post-incident review.
• Coordinate implementation and maintenance of security requirements supporting NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC Level 2.
• Develop automation using APIs, PowerShell, Bash, Python, or infrastructure-as-code tools where appropriate.

Skills

Incident response

Security engineering

NIST SP 800-171

CMMC Level 2

Cloud security

Scripting (PowerShell/Python/Bash)

Threat monitoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity or related field

Tools

CrowdStrike Falcon

JumpCloud

Google Workspace Enterprise

AWS

Meraki

Fortinet

Jira

KnowBe4

Zscaler

Job description

Pixxel is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer to implement and operate the security program for its U.S. aerospace and satellite operations.

You will protect endpoints, identities, networks, cloud services, and business systems that process, store, or transmit FCI and CUI. The role focuses on NIST SP 800-171 implementation, CMMC Level 2 readiness, and continuous compliance, with responsibilities spanning vulnerability management, incident response, and security control validation across diverse