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# Cybersecurity Engineer

- **Company:** Barrow Wise Consulting
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Cyber Security, Monitoring of Systems, Information Technology Audit, IT Management, Information Technology Operations, Zero Trust Network Access, Software Deployment, Tenable Nessus
- **Published:** August 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/2106e4ed-c79c-4f8c-bbe1-dc1a8f190c7e

## About the Role

* U.S. Citizenship, MD/DC/VA resident preferred
 * Certifications: CISSP, CISM, CISA, CEH, or CCSP
 * Bachelor's degree in a related field
 * 5+ years of experience supporting federal agencies or defense organizations within:

 * Cybersecurity full lifecycle
 * Utilize cybersecurity auditing and scanning tools
 * Background in IT audit, IT operations assessment, or federal consulting

Familiarity with federal governance and compliance frameworks such as FITARA, OMB A-11/A-130, FISMA, TIC 3.0, FedRAMP, Section 508, and Zero Trust

Working knowledge of NIST, ITIL, PMI, and GAO best practices

Experience reviewing IT cybersecurity operations, infrastructure, application delivery, help desk services, reporting, or PPM functions

Strong analytical, writing, and presentation skills

Ability to synthesize findings into clear, actionable recommendations

Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, Ability to work collaboratively in a team-focused environment

## Description

The Cybersecurity Engineer will support Barrow Wise's DHS project and perform the following duties:

 * Advise on security and compliance implications of audit findings
 * Help align recommendations to federal cybersecurity expectations
 * Support non-intrusive review of security posture and compliance controls
 * Assess compliance with cybersecurity standards, including Zero Trust 2.0 and Post-Quantum Cryptography
 * Conduct structured interviews with IT leadership, business stakeholders, and operational teams
 * Review policies, SOPs, architecture documents, inventories, SLAs, PPM artifacts, dashboards, performance reports, and prior audits
 * Perform lightweight technical reviews of monitoring tools, configurations, ITSM systems, and PPM tools as appropriate and approved
 * Analyze operational and project metrics, including incident volumes, resolution times, change success rates, project delivery performance, and dashboard usage
 * Assess maturity, identify strengths and gaps, and document root causes across people, process, tools, governance, and culture
 * Develop findings, recommendations, and a prioritized roadmap for improvement
 * Prepare executive briefings, working session materials, and final audit reports
 * Support optional implementation
 * Collaborate with client teams onsite or remotely as needed, including coordination with federal stakeholders.
 * Attend meetings in person in the DC Area


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