Zero-Trust Cybersecurity Engineer (TS/SCI) – On-Site

GovCIO; Hampton (VA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Program

Corporate Discounts

Learning & Development platform

Certification Assistance

Referral Bonus Program

Internal Mobility Program

Pet Insurance

Flexible Work Environment

Job summary

GovCIO in Hampton, Virginia seeks a Cybersecurity Engineer to design, implement, and sustain security capabilities aligned with Zero Trust across AF IC mission systems. On-site role requiring TS/SCI clearance, with collaboration across AF cyber, IT, and mission operations.

Responsibilities include enforcing continuous verification, ABAC, and data tagging within a DoD-compliant Zero Trust framework. The position emphasizes security architecture, accreditation activities under NIST SP 800-53, and

Qualifications

• Clearance TS/SCI is required.
• Experience in AF Intelligence Community or related IC missions.
• IAT III level certification and DoD cyber requirements knowledge.
• Strong understanding of Zero Trust, RMF, and DoD security guidelines.
• Hands-on security operations, vulnerability management and ABAC concepts.

Responsibilities

• Engineer Zero Trust security pillars: identity, devices, networks, workloads, data, analytics.
• Implement controls for continuous verification, micro-segmentation and access enforcement.
• Support IC Zero Trust initiatives and data tagging initiatives.
• Integrate SIEM, EDR, SOAR, identity providers, and boundary security systems.
• Develop system security plans, architecture diagrams, and POA&M.
• Participate in accreditation per NIST SP 800-53 and DoD standards.
• Perform security assessments, risk analyses, and vulnerability remediation.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects and mission partners on secure data flows.
• Evaluate emerging Zero Trust tech and recommend adoption strategies.

Skills

Clearance TS/SCI

AF IC experience

IAT III Certification

NIST RMF familiarity

Zero Trust understanding

Education

High School with 10+ years experience

Tools

Splunk

ArcSight

Elastic

CrowdStrike

Tanium

Job description

GovCIO in Hampton, Virginia seeks a Cybersecurity Engineer to design, implement, and sustain security capabilities aligned with Zero Trust across AF IC mission systems. On-site role requiring TS/SCI clearance, with collaboration across AF cyber, IT, and mission operations.

Responsibilities include enforcing continuous verification, ABAC, and data tagging within a DoD-compliant Zero Trust framework. The position emphasizes security architecture, accreditation activities under NIST SP 800-53, and