Remote Senior Cybersecurity Infrastructure Engineer

Apex Systems; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

401K with company match

HSA and EAP

Job summary

Everforth Apex Systems in Washington, DC area seeks a Cybersecurity / Automation System Engineer on a 6-month contract-to-perm basis. Candidates must be U.S. citizens eligible for DoD clearance and can be 40% remote.

The role requires expertise in cybersecurity infrastructure, automation frameworks, and secure operations across Red Hat and virtualization environments. Top Secret/SCI eligibility is required and security certifications like Security+CE are preferred.

Qualifications

• Secret or Top Secret/SCI Clearance (Eligibility).
• Security+CE
• Automation and Orchestration frameworks (Ansible, Puppet, Chef).
• 10+ Years of relevant Cyber/Security/System/Infrastructure Engineering Experience.
• Strong Experience with cybersecurity capabilities (IDS/IPS/Netflow/SIEM/Snort/Linux/Virtualization).

Responsibilities

• Deploy and manage policies, rules, and signature sets on cybersecurity capabilities.
• Manage high-priority tasks and outages.
• Maintain SOPs and TTPs for security infrastructure.
• Maintain network/elevation diagrams for all managed security equipment.
• Advise government and program leadership on security improvements.
• Provide briefings on security status, updates, issues and upgrades.
• Operate and maintain cybersecurity capabilities (IDS/IPS/Netflow/SIEM/Snort/Linux/Virtualization).

Skills

Automation frameworks

Security clearance

Linux/RHEL

Cybersecurity tools

Tools

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Job description

Everforth Apex Systems in Washington, DC area seeks a Cybersecurity / Automation System Engineer on a 6-month contract-to-perm basis. Candidates must be U.S. citizens eligible for DoD clearance and can be 40% remote.

The role requires expertise in cybersecurity infrastructure, automation frameworks, and secure operations across Red Hat and virtualization environments. Top Secret/SCI eligibility is required and security certifications like Security+CE are preferred.