Cybersecurity Integration Engineer / Active Secret

Peraton; Maryland; Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is hiring a Cybersecurity Engineer to support Federal Strategic Cyber Programs. The role involves hands-on engineering, integration, and security hardening across hybrid cloud and on-premise environments.

Locations: Rosslyn, VA or Beltsville, MD with a hybrid work schedule (on-site & remote). The candidate will perform system builds, validate cybersecurity tech integrations, and maintain runbooks and diagrams for ongoing operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required and 5+ years of relevant experience; 3 years with a Master's.
• Ability to obtain/hold an active Secret clearance with potential Top Secret.
• U.S. citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Perform advanced RHEL/Linux administration including OS hardening and troubleshooting.
• Deploy cybersecurity tools and platforms through system builds and testing.
• Validate secure connectivity and identity integration across hybrid cloud/on-prem networks.
• Conduct enterprise networking validation including TCP/IP and VLAN segmentation.
• Support Azure or other cloud environments and remediation workflows.
• Create runbooks, diagrams, and configuration documentation for O&M teams.
• Develop technical documentation including network diagrams using Visio.
• Assist in risk assessments and compliance validation.

Skills

RHEL/Linux administration

System hardening

Network troubleshooting

Cloud platforms (Azure)

VLANs/Networking

Security tools (Splunk, Wireshark, tcp

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Wireshark

tcpdump

Splunk

vSphere/ESXi

Nutanix

Citrix

PowerShell

Job description

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree and minimum of 5 years of relevant experience required; 3 years with a Master's.
  • An additional 4 years will be considered in lieu of the bachelor's degree requirement.
• To be considered for this position, applicants must either currently hold one of the professional certifications listed below or obtain one prior to their start date:
  • CAP, CASP+ CE, CCISO, CCNA-Security, CISM, CISSP (or Associate), CISSP (or Associate), CND, CSSLP,, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, GSLC, Security+ CE, SSCP, PPDA, Agile IC, or SNOW App Dev
  • Continued certification is required as a condition of employment.
• Demonstrated RHEL/Linux administration expertise, including system hardening, CLI troubleshooting, service management, and secure configuration.
• Strong enterprise networking experience, including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, SSL/TLS, VLANs, routing protocols, and hybrid cloud/on‑prem architectures.
• Hands‑on experience with system integration, testing, and deploymentin enterprise environments.
• Experience supporting Azureor other cloud platforms.
• Familiarity with vulnerability managementand remediation workflows.
• Ability to create and maintain technical documentation(network diagrams, configuration guides).
• Understanding of NIST 800‑53, RMF, FISMA, and federal cybersecurity standards.
• Proficiency with Wireshark, tcpdump, traceroute, Splunk, and other troubleshooting tools.
• Experience with vSphere/ESXi, Nutanix, Citrix, or similar virtualization/VDI platforms.
• Experience with PKI, certificate management, CSRs, and identity troubleshooting.
• Windows Server administration, PowerShell, and scripting experience.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• An active Secret security clearance.
  • The ability to obtain a final Top Secret security clearance.

Peraton is currently hiring for an experiencedCybersecurity Integration Engineerto join our Federal Strategic Cyber Programs.

• Locations: Rosslyn, VA or Beltsville, MD
• Work Schedule: Hybrid (On-site & Remote)

Peraton is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineerto support our Federal Strategic Cyber Programs, delivering hands‑on engineering, integration, and security hardening across hybrid cloud and on‑premise environments.

What You’ll Do:

• Perform advanced RHEL/Linux system administration, including OS hardening, package management, SELinux configuration, system tuning, and troubleshooting across enterprise environments.
• Execute system builds, installations, and functional testingto deploy cybersecurity tools and platforms into production.
• Integrate and validate cybersecurity technologies, ensuring secure routing, segmentation, and connectivity across hybrid cloud/on‑prem networks.
• Conduct enterprise networking validation, including TCP/IP analysis, firewall rule verification, VLAN segmentation, and L2/L3 troubleshooting.
• Support cloud environments (Azure preferred)by validating secure connectivity, identity integration, and cloud‑native security controls.
• Transition integrated solutions to O&M teams, providing runbooks, diagrams, and configuration documentation.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, including physical/logical network diagrams using Microsoft Visio.
• Support cybersecurity risk assessments, vulnerability remediation workflows, and compliance validation.
• Rack, cable, label, and integrate hardwarefollowing data center best practices.
• Evaluate emerging cybersecurity technologiesand provide engineering recommendations.
• Provide engineering estimatesand technical input for integration project planning.

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