Cybersecurity Engineer

The Cybersecurity Engineer will specialize in cybersecurity for government agency systems, performing maintenance, operational, and support duties to ensure a strong and positive security posture. The role contributes to continuous improvement of processes and operational routines.

• Maintain and operate security controls across government IT systems (endpoints, servers, network devices, cloud workloads, identity platforms).
• Monitor security alerts and events; perform triage, analysis, containment, and remediation of incidents.
• Support vulnerability management: run scans, validate findings, prioritize remediation, and verify fixes.
• Apply configuration hardening, patch management, and secure baseline enforcement for systems and services.
• Manage and tune security tooling (SIEM, EDR/XDR, IDS/IPS, NAC, CASB, vulnerability scanners).
• Conduct routine security health checks, audits, and compliance checks against government frameworks and policies.
• Implement and maintain identity and access management controls, including least-privilege, MFA, and privileged access solutions.
• Produce and maintain documentation: runbooks, incident response playbooks, standard operating procedures, and configuration records.
• Provide operational support and guidance to system owners and administrators on secure design, deployment, and change management.
• Participate in incident response activities and post-incident reviews; propose and implement corrective actions.
• Perform threat hunting and proactive detection activities to identify and reduce risk exposure.
• Assist with risk assessments, security reviews, and integration of security requirements into projects and procurement.
• Deliver security awareness briefings and technical guidance to stakeholders as required.
• Continuously improve processes, tooling, and personal skills; contribute to team knowledge-sharing and capability building.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
• 1 years hands-on experience or junior role and 3 years for senior role in cybersecurity operations, incident response, or related roles, ideally supporting government or regulated environments.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and incident investigation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to produce clear documentation and explain technical issues to non-technical stakeholders.
• Candidate with leadership management of cybersecurity operations experience may apply and shall be considered for a more senior position with different remunerations.