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# DCO Engineer - Mid

- **Company:** Recro LLC
- **Location:** Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Data Analysis, Software System Penetration Testing, Cyber Security, Computer Networks, Linux, Distributed Data Store, Elasticsearch, Intrusion Detection Systems, Pcap, Network Architecture, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Logstash, Security Information and Event Management, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Wireless Access Point, Ceph (Software), Data Storage Technologies, Virtual Environment, Firewalls (Computer Science), Kubernetes, Cybercrime, Apache Kafka, Kibana, Cyber Warfare, Splunk, Docker, Security Orchestration, Automation & Response, Vulnerability Analysis, Vmware
- **Published:** July 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9059978/dco-engineer-mid

## About the Role

* Bachelor's Degree required
 * IAT III within 30 days
 * 5 years of technical experience in cyber-defense or cyber security-related fields (e.g., engineering, networking, systems integration, solutions etc.)
 * 5 years of professional technical experience (these years may be in conjunction with #2) Experience years must come from at least 2 of the following areas:
 + Container or virtual environments (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, VMware, AWS)
 + In-band and out-of-band test access points for network traffic collection and aggregation (e.g. Gigamon)
 + Data storage solutions (e.g. NFS storage, distributed storage, Ceph Ruck storage, etc.)
 + Data-analysis toolsets (e.g. Elastic Search, Logstash, Kibana, Splunk, etc.)
 + Agile frameworks for software development
 + Linux operating systems (Red Hat, Kali, etc.)
 + Windows operating systems
 + Network Infrastructure
 + Security applications (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response [SOAR], Security Information and Events Management [SIEM], Intrusion Detection Systems [IDS], etc.)

## Description

* Consults on IT and cyber defensive architecture and technologies
 * Assesses assigned Cyber domain to thoroughly understand the mission, architecture and threat
 * Advises on technical design and implementation of Defensive Cyber Operations capability required to effectively protect, detect and respond to cyber threats and attack
 * Research cyber defense technology options for best fit based on mission, architecture, and threat
 * Design, implement, configure, and/or tune Cyber Defense technology
 * Authors documentations to include SOPs, checklists, implementation guides, architecture diagrams, crew binders, etc.
 * Adapt technologies to meet best fit for the mission architecture and threat. Technologies include SIEM, vulnerability assessment, discovery, infrastructure (firewall, IPS/IDS, proxy, network capture), host based security, PCAP, penetration testing/external assessment tools, forensics, etc.
 * Develop and tune cyber tools and technology like ELK, Kafka, Suricata, BRO, cuckoo, yara, etc.


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