Remote Senior IT Systems & Security Engineer (NIST)

Limelight Health; Colorado Springs (CO); Remote; USD 149,000 - 201,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401k Retirement Plan

Company Stock Options

Home Office Budget

Flexible Time Off

Job summary

Defense Unicorns is seeking a Senior Technical Implementation Engineer to lead hands-on work across customer environments within Commercial Cyber Operations. You will design, implement, and validate systems to support NIST SP 800-171 compliance and readiness.

The role involves configuring Microsoft 365, Azure, Entra ID, Google Workspace, and hybrid environments, plus managing endpoint security, IAM, and governance at scale. Travel 10–25% is expected.

Qualifications

• Senior-level experience designing, administering, securing, and troubleshooting varied business IT environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with both Microsoft and Google environments including Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Active Directory, and Google Workspace.
• Broad MDM/UEBA experience across multiple platforms with Jamf and Microsoft Intune.

Responsibilities

• Assess unfamiliar customer environments and lead technical implementation plans with the Compliance Lead.
• Configure and secure Microsoft 365, GCC High, Azure, Entra ID, Active Directory, Google Workspace, Google Cloud Identity, and hybrid environments.
• Design, migrate, and operate endpoint-management programs across MDM/UEBM platforms including Jamf and Microsoft Intune.
• Implement identity, multifactor authentication, least privilege, endpoint security, logging, vulnerability management, patching, backup, and recovery controls.
• Configure and troubleshoot Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, networks, firewalls, VPNs, segmentation, DNS, and secure remote access.
• Work directly with customer IT teams, service providers, and vendors to resolve complex technical issues.
• Validate completed work and produce clear configuration records, diagrams, evidence, and runbooks.
• Guide other implementation engineers and turn repeatable work into standards, scripts, and automation.

Skills

Microsoft 365

Entra ID

Active Directory

Google Workspace

Jamf

Microsoft Intune

NIST SP 800-171

PowerShell

Shell scripting

Infrastructure as code

Tools

Jamf

Microsoft Intune

Job description

Defense Unicorns is seeking a Senior Technical Implementation Engineer to lead hands-on work across customer environments within Commercial Cyber Operations. You will design, implement, and validate systems to support NIST SP 800-171 compliance and readiness.

The role involves configuring Microsoft 365, Azure, Entra ID, Google Workspace, and hybrid environments, plus managing endpoint security, IAM, and governance at scale. Travel 10–25% is expected.