Senior Cybersecurity Software Engineer

Jobtailor; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in the United States is seeking an experienced cyber engineer to automate security across IaC, PaaS, and mission applications. You will implement end-to-end Zero Trust, integrate security controls for IAM, encryption, logging, and monitoring, and drive hardening using STIG/SRGs and CIS benchmarks.

The role requires hands-on RMF automation, ArgoCD integration, scripting skills, and TS/SCI with Polygraph ability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, cyber engineering, systems engineering, information technology, or a related field.
• 7+ years’ experience in cyber engineering, with at least 5 years in modern software technologies.
• Proven Kubernetes platform security and modular architectures, technical enterprise architecture, secure SDLC, and cloud-native security.
• Hands-on experience with Zero Trust tools and implementation, micro-segmentation, and identity-centric security services.
• Experience with IaC, PaaS, and mission applications including RMF automation, metrics reporting, and telemetry pipelines.
• Active TS/SCI and ability to obtain Polygraph.
• Security certifications such as Sec+ and/or CISSP (or ability to obtain within 90 days).
• Scripting languages (bash, python, java, PowerShell) and ArgoCD integration for automation.
• Networking knowledge (TCP/IP, firewalls, packet inspection) across Linux, Windows, Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Automate cybersecurity in IaC, PaaS, and mission applications with end-to-end Zero Trust.
• Engineer and integrate security controls for IAM, encryption, logging, and monitoring compliance.
• Streamline hardening of IaC, PaaS, and mission apps using STIG/SRGs and CIS benchmarks.
• Support secure deployments for containerized platforms and mission applications.
• Coordinate cybersecurity tool pipelines, enforcement, and dashboard automation.
• Automate RMF security control implementation and telemetry pipelines.
• Modernize vulnerability remediation and ensure continuous system resiliency.
• Write Ansible playbooks and scripts; peer review code commits.
• Ensure end-to-end patch management, SBOM/RBOM, and artifact generation.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to improve security across SDLC.

Skills

Cyber engineering

Kubernetes security

Zero Trust

Secure SDLC

Infrastructure as Code

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS / IT related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Ansible

ArgoCD

SAST

DAST

SCA

RMF

SBOM / RBOM

Job description

• Automate cybersecurity architecture within the infrastructure as code (IaC) for on-prem and distributed platforms and mission applications with end-to-end integrated Zero Trust capability to deliver high quality software outcomes.
• Engineer and integrate security controls into the IaC, platform as a service (PaaS), and mission applications to automate and streamline outputs for IAM, encryption, logging, and monitoring compliance validation.
• Streamline hardening of IaC, PaaS, and mission applications leveraging STIG/SRGs, CIS benchmarks, and industry best practices.
• Support secure software deployments, containerized platforms and mission applications.
• Coordinate and engineer cybersecurity tools pipeline integration, enforcement, and automate tool outputs into dynamic decision-making dashboards.
• Engineer and automate RMF security control implementation into the IaC, PaaS, and mission applications to modernize and rapidly produce body of evidence for continuous delivery, monitoring, updates, and improvements.
• Modernize vulnerability remediation outcomes and engineer continuous system resiliency, adaptability, drift correction, and responsiveness to updates.
• Write Ansible playbooks and scripts and perform peer review of cyber engineer as well as software developer code commits.
• Ensure end-to-end system patch management enforcement, SBOM, RBOM, and artifact generation.
• Capable of collaborating cross-functionally with software development, IT, DevOps, hardware/engineering teams, and customer to continuously integrate and improve security posture throughout the SDLC.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, cyber engineering, systems engineering, information technology, or a related field.
• 7+ years’ experience in cyber engineering, with at least 5 years in moder software technologies.
• Proven Kubernetes platform security and modular architectures, technical enterprise architecture, secure SDLC, and cloud-native security.
• Deep technical understanding of cyber and security engineering toolsets and deployment methodologies, and SIEM, SAST, DAST, SCA, and vulnerability exposure technologies.
• Hands‑on experience with Zero Trust tools and implementation, micro‑segmentation, and identity‑centric security services.
• Demonstrated IaC, PaaS, and mission application knowledge, to include ability to automate RMF, control engineering, metrics reporting, and telemetry pipelines.
• Active TS/SCI and an ability to obtain the required Polygraph.
• Sec+ and/or CISSP certification, or an ability to obtain within 90 days of onboarding.
• Experience in at least one or more scripting languages (e.g., bask, python, java, powershell, etc), and knowledge in Ansible playbooks and ArgoCD integration for automation.
• Working knowledge in network protocols, TCP/IP stack, firewalls, and packet inspection tools on Linux, Windows, and Kubernetes system security.