Senior Cybersecurity Engineer - TS/SCI Clearance

Tau Six, LLC; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Tau Six, LLC, based in Chantilly, VA, is hiring a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to defend national security information systems. This role requires active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility and a proven background in security engineering for complex IT environments.

You will define security architectures, implement protections, and oversee measures across networks and systems while collaborating with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, mission-critical setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 7 years related experience.
• Proven work experience as a system security engineer.
• Experience building and maintaining security systems.
• Strong knowledge of network and OS security principles.
• Hands-on security tools experience (firewalls, IDS/IPS, AV, logs).

Responsibilities

• Define, plan, design, and evaluate information security systems and architecture.
• Perform requirements analysis, design, and integration for complex security integrations and collaboration infrastructures.
• Engineer, implement and oversee security measures for the protection of computer systems, networks and information.
• Identify and define system security requirements.
• Identify, analyze, and mitigate threats to hosted information systems. Use cybersecurity tools to identify, analyze, and report events.
• Design computer security architecture and develop detailed cyber security designs.
• Participate in the change management process, and assess security impact of proposed changes.
• Identify deficiencies (POA&M) and provide recommendations for solutions.
• Create and maintain existing information system security documentation, including SSP, SCTM, Security Configuration Guide.
• Write implementation and design documents describing how security features are implemented.
• Develop technical solutions and new security tools to help mitigate security vulnerabilities.

Skills

Security Engineering

IT Systems Engineering

Threat Analysis

Network Security

Incident Response

Log Management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Firewalls

IDS/IPS

SIEM

Authentication Systems

Content Filtering

Job description

Tau Six, LLC, based in Chantilly, VA, is hiring a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to defend national security information systems. This role requires active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility and a proven background in security engineering for complex IT environments.

You will define security architectures, implement protections, and oversee measures across networks and systems while collaborating with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, mission-critical setting.