Remote Baseline Security Engineer – NIST/CIS Focus

Royper Royco LLC; United States; Remote; USD 135,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Holiday Pay

Disability Insurance (short-term)

Disability Insurance (long-term)

Retirement Plan

Learning & Development

Job summary

Agile Defense is hiring a Baseline Security Engineer to support one of our clients in a remote capacity. The role focuses on implementing and maintaining cybersecurity controls, conducting assessments, and mitigating risks to ensure systems meet security requirements.

The position requires 5+ years in IT security, experience with CIS/STIG baselines, NIST guidance, and the ability to translate technical requirements into high-level security controls.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and 5+ years of experience providing support to Information Technology (IT) operations.
• Experience creating security baselines using CIS and STIG benchmarks.
• Experience reviewing, developing, or customizing general security configuration baselines.
• Knowledge of NIST 800 Special Publication series guidance for risk management and security control implementation, including 800-30,800-37,800-53,800-60,800-63,800-115, or 800-137.
• Knowledge of the National Vulnerability Database (NVD) and Common Vulnerability Enumeration (CVE).
• Ability to create security baselines from scratch using vendor documentation.
• Ability to modify CIS and STIG benchmarks to meet organizational requirements.
• Ability to translate low-level security baseline requirements into high-level FISMA and NIST requirements and client-specific security

Responsibilities

• The Baseline Security Engineer will support the implementation and maintenance of cybersecurity controls, conduct security and compliance assessments, identify and mitigate risks, and ensure systems meet established security requirements.
• The role involves collaborating with technical teams to address vulnerabilities, supporting audits and security reviews, maintaining documentation, and helping protect client systems from evolving cyber threats.

Skills

Cybersecurity operations

Compliance

Risk management

Security baselines

NIST guidelines

NVD/CVE knowledge

CIS/STIG benchmarks

Public Trust eligibility

Education

Bachelor's Degree and 5+ years IT operations support

Tools

Security baselines tools

Job description

Agile Defense is hiring a Baseline Security Engineer to support one of our clients in a remote capacity. The role focuses on implementing and maintaining cybersecurity controls, conducting assessments, and mitigating risks to ensure systems meet security requirements.

The position requires 5+ years in IT security, experience with CIS/STIG baselines, NIST guidance, and the ability to translate technical requirements into high-level security controls.