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# Cybersecurity Engineer (Senior ISSE) - U

- **Company:** Secure Technologies Group
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Cyber Security, Information Systems Security Architecture Professional, Network Security, Network Planning and Design
- **Published:** July 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=ee910ca3be26f44b

## About the Role

These senior level roles require a BS degree and at least ten (10) years of related experience, including at least four (4) years of direct cybersecurity experience (or a HS diploma plus fourteen years), with Cybersecurity certification. Security X, CISSP, CISM are typical certifications at this level.

## Description

* Document and address organization's information security, cybersecurity architecture, and systems security engineering requirements throughout the acquisition life cycle.
 * Ensure that system(s) and architecture(s) are consistent with customer's cybersecurity architecture guidelines.
 * Perform security reviews, identify gaps in security architecture, and develop a security risk management plan.
 * Define and document how the implementation of a new system or new interfaces between systems impacts the security posture of the current environment.
 * Participate as the primary security engineering representative on engineering teams for the design, development, implementation, evaluation, and/or integration of secure networking, computing, and enclave environments.
 * Assist systems designers and developers in the implementation of information security functionality to ensure compliance with appropriate security policy and enterprise solutions.
 * Support the Government in the enforcement of the design and implementation of trusted relationships among external systems and architectures.
 * Identify overall security requirements for the proper handling of Government data.
 * Perform system or network designs that encompass multiple enclaves, to include those with differing data protection/classification requirements.
 * Mentor/instruct junior team members.

You build IA into systems deployed to operational environments. You assist architects and systems developers in the identification and implementation of appropriate secure functionality to ensure uniform application of our customer's security policy and enterprise solutions.


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