Senior Cybersecurity Engineer — 24x7 SOC, Zero Trust & Cloud

Peraton; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 112,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

A national security company is seeking an experienced Cybersecurity Engineer to support its Federal Strategic Cyber group. The ideal candidate will engineer and integrate security capabilities for a 24x7 SOC, with a focus on Zero Trust and advanced platforms. Candidates should have 12 years of cybersecurity experience and a Bachelor's degree, as well as relevant certifications and an active Secret security clearance. Competitive salary range is $112,000 - $179,000.

Qualifications

• 12 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor's degree or 10 years with a Master's.
• 10 years of cybersecurity engineering and/or technical program management experience.
• 2 years of technical leadership experience required.
• Active Secret security clearance needed.

Responsibilities

• Engineer and sustain security capabilities supporting 24x7 SOC.
• Implement Zero Trust controls across diverse environments.
• Integrate and optimize SIEM, SOAR, and NDR platforms.
• Support secure cloud and DevSecOps architectures.
• Mentor engineers and enhance SOC capabilities.

Skills

Cybersecurity engineering

Technical leadership

Zero Trust

Cloud security

DevSecOps

SIEM

NDR

PKI/PQC

AI/GenAI

Mobile Security

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or Cybersecurity

Master's degree in relevant field

Tools

CISSP

CCSP

CCNA

CIS-ISSAP

CISSP-ISSEP

GIAC

SSCP

Security+

Job description

A national security company is seeking an experienced Cybersecurity Engineer to support its Federal Strategic Cyber group. The ideal candidate will engineer and integrate security capabilities for a 24x7 SOC, with a focus on Zero Trust and advanced platforms. Candidates should have 12 years of cybersecurity experience and a Bachelor's degree, as well as relevant certifications and an active Secret security clearance. Competitive salary range is $112,000 - $179,000.