Senior Staff / Senior Cybersecurity Engineer (Clearance Required)

SciTec Incorporated; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 125,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Safe Harbor 401(k) match

Medical insurance (company paid)

Dental insurance (company paid)

Vision insurance (company paid)

Life insurance (company paid)

Long-term Disability insurance (paid)

Short-term Disability insurance

Profit-Sharing Plan

Discretionary Performance Bonus

Parental Leave

Paid Time Off (Holiday, Vacation, Sick

Flexible work hours

Job summary

SciTec Incorporated in Boulder, CO is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to join our on-site team supporting DoD and U.S. Government programs. You will implement security controls, harden infrastructure, and collaborate across program teams to maintain compliant, resilient environments.

Ideal candidates have DoD 8570 IAT Level II, security clearance eligibility, experience with RedHat, ACAS, OpenSCAP, and SIEM tooling, and a strong focus on secure development and operations.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in system administration, network engineering, and cybersecurity.
• 3+ years with Red Hat environments.
• DoD 8570 IAT Level II Certification.
• Able to obtain TS/SCI clearance.
• Experience securing development and operations environments.
• Experience with ACAS, OpenSCAP, Anchore.
• Experience configuring SIEM alerting.
• Experience applying STIGs and security guides.
• Ability to translate operational requirements into functional definitions and system specs.
• Knowledge of ATOs and government compliance frameworks.
• Willing to work on-site in Boulder/Denver area.

Responsibilities

• Participate in security development, configuration, and auditing at different environments.
• Harden and secure program infrastructure assets, including servers, network devices, storage systems, and supporting platforms.
• Develop and maintain secure change management processes and documentation.
• Coordinate work for individual tasks across multiple functional technical teams.
• Participate in security controls related to CI/CD work.
• Participate in STIG and ATO audit processes.
• Create and maintain SIEM queries in response to emerging threats around environment.
• Ensure logging, monitoring, and access controls meet security and compliance requirements.
• Identify and mitigate operational cybersecurity risks.
• Support incident response preparation, mission resiliency, and operational continuity planning efforts.
• Collaborate security implementations and documentation across program teams.

Skills

Cybersecurity

System administration

Network engineering

DoD 8570 IAT II

Incident response

Documentation

Communication

Security policy

Security compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

ACAS

OpenSCAP

Anchore

ClamAV

ELK

Bitdefender EDR

Job description

SciTec, a Firefly Aerospace company is a dynamic leader in delivering advanced sensor data processing technologies and scientific instrumentation capabilities in support of National Security and Defense, and we are growing our creative team! We support customers throughout the Department of Defense and U.S. Government in building innovative new tools to deliver unique world-class data exploitation capabilities.

SciTec has immediate opportunities for an experienced Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to work in our Boulder, CO office.

Important Notice: SciTec exclusively works on U.S. government contracts that require U.S. citizenship for all employees. Applicants that do not meet this requirement will not be considered.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in security development, configuration, and auditing at different environments
• Harden and secure program infrastructure assets, including servers, network devices, storage systems, and supporting platforms
• Develop and maintain secure change management processes and documentation
• Coordinate work for individual tasks across multiple functional technical teams
• Participate in security controls related to CI/CD work
• Participate in STIG and ATO audit processes
• Create and maintain SIEM queries in response to emerging threats around environment.
• Ensure logging, monitoring, and access controls meet security and compliance requirements
• Identify and mitigate operational cybersecurity risks
• Support incident response preparation, mission resiliency, and operational continuity planning efforts
• Collaborate security implementations and documentation across program teams
• Other duties as assigned

• Combined total of 7+ years in system administration, network engineering, and cybersecurity
• 3+ years as a system administrator or with direct experience security RedHat environments
• DoD 8570 IAT Level II Certification
• Secret clearance and ability to obtain TS/SCI
• Experience securing development and operations environments
• Experience with ACASvulnerability scans, OpenSCAP, Anchore
• Experience with configuring alerting for SIEM tools
• Experience with Security Technical Implementation Guides ( STIGs ) and applying them
• Experience decomposing high-level operational requirements into functional definitions, verification objectives, and full system specifications, and identifying enabling and critical technologies, constraints, and risks
• Knowledge of ATOs and other government compliance frameworks
• Applicants MUST be willing to work on-site from various sites as‑needed in the Boulder and Denver area
• Detail oriented
• Strong oral and written communication skills

Candidates who have any of the following skills will be preferred:

• Experience with PKI administration and certificate lifecycle management
• Experience analyzing network configurations and network architecture diagrams
• Specific experience with ACAS scanning, Anchore, OpenSCAP, ClamAV, Bitdefender EDR, or ELK security
• Experience with applying hardening configurations and implementing compliance tools
• Knowledge of network security and incident response procedures
• Experience with technical documentation or tech writing skills
• Secure development lifecycle and secure data lifecycle processes
• Bachelor's degree in related field

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SciTec offers a highly competitive salary and benefits package, including:

• 4% Safe Harbor 401(k) match
• 100% company paid HSA Medical insurance, with a choice of 2 buy-up options
• 80% company paid Dental insurance
• 100% company paid Vision insurance
• 100% company paid Life insurance
• 100% company paid Long-term Disability insurance
• Short-term Disability insurance
• Annual Profit-Sharing Plan
• Discretionary Performance Bonus
• Paid Parental Leave
• Generous Paid Time Off, including Holiday, Vacation, and Sick Pay
• Flexible work hours

The pay range for this position is $125,000 - $193,000/ year. SciTec considers several factors when extending an offer of employment, including but not limited to the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, education/training, and key skills. This is not a guarantee of compensation.

SciTec is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. VET/Disabled.