Cyber Security Engineer - Rolling Meadows, IL
Cyber Security Engineer - Rolling Meadows, IL
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USD 135000 - 165000
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Company Background
Epiq Solutions develops cutting-edge software-defined radio (SDR) products and processing solutions to enable spectrum dominance for maritime land air and space domains. With 15 years serving government and commercial enterprise customers and 25K devices fielded to date Epiq Solutions is a trusted partner with a proven heritage of delivering open architecture products in radically small form factors where time-to-market cost and performance are critical for mission success.
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Job Summary
We are seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer to support Epiqs continued growth by executing cybersecurity initiatives that ensure compliance resilience and operational security across our engineering and manufacturing environments. This position will combine hands-on infrastructure security with the implementation of risk-based controls that align with CMMC NIST and other defense-focused compliance frameworks.
You will help drive a proactive security posture across our platforms improve threat visibility and detection and operationalize our security toolsets in a fast-paced mission-driven organization.
Job Responsibilities
- Implement and maintain cybersecurity controls aligned with NIST SP 800-171 CMMC Level 2 and ITAR requirements
- Develop and enforce security hardening standards for infrastructure cloud services and endpoint systems
- Administer and optimize SIEM platforms (e.g. Splunk Elastic Sentinel) to enhance visibility threat correlation and incident response
- Create and maintain actionable SIEM content: correlation rules dashboards reports threat intelligence integrations and alert tuning
- Onboard and normalize log/data sources to enable detection across diverse environments (on-prem cloud production systems)
- Support compliance audits vulnerability remediation and continuous monitoring requirements for federal programs
- Collaborate with IT Engineering and Compliance teams to implement technical controls supporting DFARS and CUI data protection
- Stay current on emerging security threats tools and tactics relevant to the defense and RF product landscape
- Participate in risk assessments incident investigations and business continuity initiatives
- Provide guidance to cross-functional teams on secure design and secure operations best practices
Required
- Bachelors degree in Cybersecurity Computer Science Engineering or equivalent experience
- 57 years of experience in cybersecurity engineering security operations or infrastructure security
- Strong knowledge of modern SIEM platforms and experience with content creation health monitoring and system optimization
- Familiarity with CMMC NIST 800-171 ISO 27001/9001 ITAR and DFARS security requirements
- Hands-on experience with securing AWS Azure and/or hybrid cloud environments
- Proficiency with operating systems endpoint security controls firewalls IDS/IPS vulnerability scanning tools and authentication systems
- Strong understanding of threat vectors common exploits and security mitigations
- Scripting or automation skills (e.g. Python Bash PowerShell) a plus
- Ability to operate independently and collaboratively in a highly regulated multi-disciplinary environment
- Strong communication and documentation skills especially when interfacing with auditors engineers and non-technical stakeholders
- U.S. citizenship required to ensure compliance with federal regulations governing the handling of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and export-controlled data (e.g. ITAR EAR).
Preferred Qualifications
- Industry certifications (e.g. Security CySA CISSP GCIH CEH)
- Experience supporting DoD or defense contractor environments
- Familiarity with Zero Trust architectures enclave design and DevSecOps models
Benefits
- Join a successful and growing company investing in our future success
- Flexible work hours
- Generous vacation policy
- Paid five-week sabbatical every five years
- 401(k) matching
- Health dental vision insurance
- Life and long-term disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Wellness reimbursement
- Charitable giving company match
- Competitive total compensation package including base salary bonus potential and strong benefits commensurate with experience and performance.
- Fun laid-back culture and rewarding work!
Epiq Solutions is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer - All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or status as a protected veteran.
Employment Type
Full-Time
