Threat Systems Engineer with Security Clearance

Command Post Technologies, Inc

Hattiesburg (MS)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Great health benefits

Leadership training

401k with generous company matching

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

Career professional development

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible hours

Work/Life balance

Rewards and recognition

Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Job summary

Command Post Technologies, Inc. seeks an experienced Threat Systems Engineer to support cyber and electronic warfare threat operations in a distributed MDO environment.

You will engineer, configure, and validate threat systems, defensive controls, and supporting infrastructure used to replicate adversary capabilities within high-fidelity threat emulation environments. Responsibilities include translating threat intelligence into operational configs, deploying across cloud and edge environments,

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity or related technical discipline.
15+ years of experience in cyber operations or threat systems engineering.
Hands-on experience with offensive/defensive cyber tools in threat emulation.
Understanding of adversary infrastructure, defensive architectures, and operational employment.
Ability to operate across distributed teams in high-tempo environments.
Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.

Responsibilities

Engineer, configure, and implement cyber threat systems and defensive controls within threat emulation environments.
Translate threat intelligence into executable system configurations that reproduce adversary infrastructure and behaviors.
Support deployment, integration, and sustainment of threat systems across distributed cloud, hub, and Tactical Edge Device environments.
Ensure threat systems provide realism while maintaining repeatability, stability, and control during training and testing.
Validate that emulated threat systems accurately reflect adversary capabilities and operational effects.
Conduct testing, tuning, and assessment of threat system configurations for functionality and mission relevance.
Identify gaps and recommend corrective actions or system enhancements.
Support verification activities to align threat systems with operational objectives.

Skills

Threat systems engineering

Threat emulation

System hardening

Operational testing

Stakeholder collaboration

High-tempo operations

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Job description

Description

Command Post Technologies (CPT) is seeking an experienced Threat Systems Engineer to support continuous cyber and electronic warfare threat operations across a distributed Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) environment. This role is focused on engineering, implementing, configuring, and validating cyber threat systems, defensive cyber controls, and supporting infrastructure used to replicate adversary capabilities within high-fidelity threat emulation environments.

Threat Systems Engineer

Command Post Technologies, Inc.

Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, MS

Key Responsibilities

Engineer, configure, and implement cyber threat systems, defensive cyber controls, and supporting security mechanisms within threat emulation environments.
Translate threat intelligence, threat profiles, and engineering guidance into operational system configurations that replicate adversary infrastructure, behaviors, and system responses with high fidelity.
Support deployment, integration, and sustainment of threat systems across distributed cloud, hub, and Tactical Edge Device (TED) environments.
Ensure threat systems are configured to support operational realism while maintaining repeatability, stability, and control during training, testing, and mission execution.
Validate that emulated cyber and EW threat systems accurately represent adversary capabilities, techniques, and operational effects.
Conduct technical testing, tuning, and assessment of threat system configurations to verify functionality, defensive control effectiveness, and mission relevance.
Identify gaps, inconsistencies, or degraded fidelity within threat representations and recommend corrective actions, configuration updates, or system enhancements.
Support verification activities to ensure threat systems align with operational objectives and do not introduce unintended impacts to test or training environments.
Provide hands-on operational support during ongoing threat operations, exercises, and mission execution across classified environments.
Support cyber implementation activities including system hardening, configuration management, security control validation, lifecycle sustainment, and technical documentation.
Collaborate with systems engineers, threat intelligence personnel, and Government stakeholders to ensure threat systems remain aligned with evolving mission requirements and intelligence updates.
Contribute to technical reporting, engineering analysis, and system assessments supporting continued threat environment modernization.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Minimum of 15 years of experience supporting cyber operations, threat systems engineering, cyber range operations, threat emulation, or closely related DoW mission environments.
Hands-on experience engineering, configuring, and validating offensive and defensive cyber tools within threat emulation, operational test, or cyber range environments.
Demonstrated understanding of adversary cyber infrastructure, defensive architectures, techniques, and operational employment.
Experience translating threat intelligence into executable system configurations and operational threat environments.
Ability to operate effectively in sustained, high-tempo operational environments across geographically distributed teams.
Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility required.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience supporting cyber ranges, threat emulation platforms, or live, virtual, and constructive (LVC) environments.
Familiarity with modular or behavior-driven threat modeling approaches.
Experience supporting Army, joint, or other DoW multi-domain operations involving cyber and EW integration.
Experience operating across multiple classification levels in continuously operating mission environments.

About us

We are Command Post Technologies, Inc. (CPT). CPT is a Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), providing engineering services in the areas of Cyber Security, Software Development, Test and Evaluation, and Strategic Planning. CPT employees appreciate working in a caring environment that promotes a healthy work‑life balance. As individuals, we come together as a team, supporting a culture rooted in our core principles of integrity, determination, and innovation. In all CPT's collaboration efforts, our team prioritizes communication, accountability, and being resourceful in order to maximize efficiency and results.

Command Post Technologies, Inc. (CPT) is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) founded in 2008 and headquartered in Suffolk, VA with personnel in various states including Virginia, Maryland, Florida, and Texas. With 2/3 of our staff being former military, CPT firmly believes in employing veterans. Command Post Technologies, Inc. is a unique provider of innovative solutions that enhance our corporate clients’ productivity and empower our government clients with the ability to protect against all enemies: foreign and domestic. CPT adapts its successful military experiential approach to the needs of leaders in a global business environment and provides an elite leadership curriculum that results in a world-class, leadership-altering event.

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