Defense-Grade Product Security Engineer

Piper Companies; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits: medical, dental, vision

401K

Paid time off

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks a Product Security Engineer to support a critical national defense command and control program focused on missile defense operations. This role will implement, validate, and maintain cybersecurity protections across a complex mission-critical environment while partnering with engineering, testing, and cybersecurity teams.

Fully onsite in Colorado Springs, CO. The ideal candidate has 3+ years in cybersecurity, RMF, and security testing, with DoD Secret clearance and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of cybersecurity, information assurance, or security engineering.
• Active DoD Secret Clearance.
• Active DoD 8140 IAT Level II certification (Security+, CySA+, CCNA Security, or equivalent).
• Strong knowledge of patch management, MFA, SIEM, vulnerability scanning, and defense-in-depth.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Cyber Engineering teams to implement, integrate, and validate cybersecurity solutions across enterprise platforms and environments.
• Verify security controls are properly implemented, tested, and compliant with program requirements.
• Coordinate cybersecurity test events and support execution of security validation efforts.
• Review, analyze, and validate cyber test plans and test procedures.
• Brief technical findings, recommendations, and risk assessments to program leadership and stakeholders.
• Support cybersecurity teams in delivering new capabilities while maintaining compliance and security requirements.
• Manage IAVM activities and remediation efforts.
• Support CTO implementation and compliance.
• Analyze and remediate CVEs.
• Coordinate vendor patch integration, testing, deployment, and validation activities.
• Apply, verify, and maintain DISA STIG configurations across supported systems.
• Conduct vulnerability assessments, configuration reviews, and cybersecurity audits.
• Execute security test cases and provide actionable feedback to development and engineering teams.
• Support RMF activities and security control implementation.
• Collaborate with software development, systems engineering, cybersecurity, and test organizations throughout the system lifecycle.
• Prepare technical documentation, reports, assessments, and briefings for government and program stakeholders.

Skills

Patch management

MFA

Host-based security

IDS/Monitoring

SIEM

Vulnerability scanning

Defense-in-depth

GPO management

IA technologies

RMF experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity/IT

DoD 8140 IAT Level II certification

Active DoD Secret Clearance

Tools

RMF processes

Group Policy

DISA STIG

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks a Product Security Engineer to support a critical national defense command and control program focused on missile defense operations. This role will implement, validate, and maintain cybersecurity protections across a complex mission-critical environment while partnering with engineering, testing, and cybersecurity teams.

Fully onsite in Colorado Springs, CO. The ideal candidate has 3+ years in cybersecurity, RMF, and security testing, with DoD Secret clearance and