Product Security Engineer – Onsite Missile Defense

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

Benefits offered by this job

Full Benefits

401K Plan

PTO

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks a Product Security Engineer to support a national defense command and control program focused on missile defense operations. The role involves implementing, validating, and maintaining cybersecurity protections across a critical environment while collaborating with engineering, testing, and cybersecurity teams.

Fully onsite in Colorado Springs, CO. Ideal candidates will have experience in vulnerability management, RMF, and security testing, along with DoD clearance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• 3+ years of cybersecurity, information assurance, or security engineering experience.
• Active DoD Secret Security Clearance.
• Active DoD 8140 IAT Level II certification (Security+, CySA+, CCNA Security, or equivalent).
• Strong knowledge of cybersecurity technologies and tools (patch management, MFA, host-based security, IDS/monitoring, SIEM).
• Experience with GPO management and security configuration management.
• Knowledge of IA technologies, RMF processes and DoD security controls.
• Experience with NIST standards, RMF, and Agile/Scrum.

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 security validation efforts.
• Review, analyze, and validate cyber test plans and procedures.
• Brief findings, recommendations, and risk assessments to program leadership.
• Support cybersecurity teams in delivering new capabilities while maintaining 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.
• Apply and maintain DISA STIG configurations.
• Conduct vulnerability assessments, configuration reviews, and audits.
• Execute security test cases and provide actionable feedback to teams.
• Support RMF activities and security control implementation.
• Collaborate across software, systems, cybersecurity, and test teams throughout lifecycle.
• Prepare technical documentation and briefings for government stakeholders.

Skills

DoD Secret Clearance

IAT Level II

RMF compliance

Vulnerability management

SIEM

Patch management

MFA

GPO management

Agile/Scrum

Cybersecurity engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity/IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

Windows Group Policy

Vulnerability scanners

DISA STIG configurations

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks a Product Security Engineer to support a national defense command and control program focused on missile defense operations. The role involves implementing, validating, and maintaining cybersecurity protections across a critical environment while collaborating with engineering, testing, and cybersecurity teams.

Fully onsite in Colorado Springs, CO. Ideal candidates will have experience in vulnerability management, RMF, and security testing, along with DoD clearance