Senior Cybersecurity Engineer — Cloud & DoD Security Lead

Socket.dev; Town of Springfield (WI); On-site; USD 113,000 - 238,000; Full time

Job summary

CACI is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to design, implement, and sustain cyber infrastructure for NGA networks. You will lead security architectures, cloud integrations, and enterprise cybersecurity enhancements to meet mission goals.

Required TS/SCI clearance with polygraph and extensive DoD cyber experience. You will collaborate across government agencies, document architectures, and drive security assessments to support authorization processes.

Qualifications

• Candidate must have a TS/SCI with ability to obtain a Polygraph.
• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (in lieu of degree additional 8yrs+ of work-related experience)
• 6+ years related technical experience in network/cybersecurity engineering and experience with large-scale enterprise/global networks in a highly diverse environment with an emphasis in DoD capabilities
• Certified DoD 8140.01 and 8570.01-M Information Assurance Technical Officer (IAT) Level III
• CSSP Infrastructure Support certification within 6 months of start date.
• A deep expertise in one of the following areas and working knowledge of one or more of the other following: Network Detection and Response (Vectra, Extrahop, Corelight etc), Endpoint Detection and Response (Carbon Black, CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender), Next-Generation Firewalls (Palo Alto, Juniper, Cisco), Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems (Cisco Firepower), F5 platforms, email/web security gateways (Proofpoint, Cisco)
• Strong technical background with a thorough understanding of cloud infrastructure, security principles, compute, storage, and transport.
• Expertise in Windows and Linux server operating systems.
• Excellent writing and communication skills, including the ability to develop analytical documents and present oral presentations to senior/executive management
• Ability to work independently with little direction and guidance
• Demonstrated experience modernizing complex enterprise cybersecurity systems.

Responsibilities

• Represent customer requirements in technical exchanges with other government agencies.
• Develop and maintain architecture diagrams.
• Develop and maintain a road map for capabilities, operations, and technologies.
• Assist with development and execution of test plans and supporting documentation of all network configuration upgrades, additions or revisions for customer approval before implementation.
• May serve as a team or task lead.
• Coordinate with stakeholders and external assessors to facilitate security assessments and authorization processes.

Skills

Security engineering

Cloud security

Windows & Linux

Writing & communication

Independent work

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity/CS/IT or related

Tools

Vectra

Extrahop

Corelight

Carbon Black

CrowdStrike Falcon

Microsoft Defender

Palo Alto

Juniper

Cisco Firepower

F5 Networks

Job description

CACI is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to design, implement, and sustain cyber infrastructure for NGA networks. You will lead security architectures, cloud integrations, and enterprise cybersecurity enhancements to meet mission goals.

Required TS/SCI clearance with polygraph and extensive DoD cyber experience. You will collaborate across government agencies, document architectures, and drive security assessments to support authorization processes.