Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

Tau Six

• $120K — $145K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with 7 years of related experience
  • Technical knowledge in security engineering and IT systems engineering
  • Proven experience as a system or information security engineer
  • Experience in building and maintaining security systems
  • Detailed technical knowledge of network and operating system security
  • Hands-on experience with security systems like firewalls and intrusion detection
  • Strong understanding of current security principles, techniques, and tools

Responsibilities

  • Define, plan, and design information security systems and architecture
  • Perform requirements analysis and integration for complex security solutions
  • Engineer and implement security measures for systems and networks
  • Identify and define system security requirements
  • Analyze and mitigate threats to information systems
  • Design computer security architecture and develop security designs
  • Participate in change management and assess the security impact
  • Maintain and create information system security documentation

Benefits

  • A collaborative work environment
  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge security technologies
  • Engagement in various security projects
  • Exposure to a range of cybersecurity challenges and solutions
  • Professional development and training opportunities
Full Job Description
The Senior Cybersecurity Engineer is a senior technologist who assists the customer with the identification, integration, and oversight of security technologies within customer enterprise networks. The ideal candidate will bring excellent cybersecurity knowledge to the program and be able to integrate a wide array of security products and technologies. The Senior Cybersecurity Engineer ensures that cybersecurity requirements are effectively integrated into information systems through purposeful security architecting, design, development, and configuration.

CLEARANCE REQUIRED: Active Secret US Government clearance

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
  • Identifies, analyzes, and mitigates threats to hosted information systems. Uses cybersecurity tools, defensive measures, and information collected from a variety of sources to identify, analyze, and report events that occur or might occur within the enterprise network in order to protect information, information systems, and networks from threats.
  • Design computer security architecture and develop detailed cyber security designs
  • Participate in the change management process, and assesses security impact of proposed changes
  • Identify deficiencies (POA&M) and provide recommendations for solutions
  • Create and maintains 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 and automate repeatable tasks

Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree and 7 years related experience required
  • Requires technical knowledge in security engineering and IT systems engineering
  • Proven work experience as a system security engineer or information security engineer
  • Experience in building and maintaining security systems
  • Detailed technical knowledge of network and operating system security
  • Hands on experience in security systems, including firewalls, intrusion detection systems, anti-virus software, authentication systems, log management, content filtering, etc
  • Experience with network security and networking technologies and with system, security, and network monitoring tools
  • Thorough understanding of the latest security principles, techniques, and tools
  • Problem solving skills and ability to work under pressure

Security Requirements
  • US Citizenship required and active Secret clearance

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