Sr Cybersecurity Engineer Secret

Peraton is seeking to hire an experienced Cybersecurity Engineer for its Federal Strategic Cyber group.

Location: Chandler AZ or Washington DC.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• The Cybersecurity Engineer supports a 24x7 Security Operations Center (SOC) by engineering integrating and sustaining security architectures and tools that enable continuous monitoring detection and response.
• This role provides senior technical expertise to ensure SOC capabilities remain resilient scalable and aligned with modern threat environments.

You Will:

• Engineer and sustain security capabilities supporting 24x7 SOC monitoring detection and response.
• Design and implement Zero Trust controls across enterprise cloud mobile and hybrid environments.
• Integrate and optimize SIEM SOAR and NDR platforms to improve detection and response effectiveness.
• Support secure cloud DevSecOps and CI/CD architectures and automation.
• Engineer cryptographic and identity solutions including PKI and post-quantum cryptography (PQC).
• Support security engineering for AI/GenAI-enabled systems.
• Provide Tier III engineering support and technical leadership during complex SOC incidents.
• Mentor engineers and support continuous SOC capability improvement.

Required:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering Information Systems or Cybersecurity and 12 years of relevant experience; Masters degree and 10 years. An additional 4 years of experience will be considered in lieu of the degree.
• Minimum of 10 years of cybersecurity engineering and/or technical program management experience.
• Minimum of 2 years of technical leadership experience.
• One or more certifications:
  • CISSP CCSP CCNA CIS-ISSAP CISSP-ISSEP GIAC SSCP or Security
• Hands-on experience with:
  • Zero Trust Cloud DevSecOps SIEM SOAR NDR PKI/PQC AI/GenAI and Mobile Security
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Active Secret security clearance required.

Preferred:

• 10-12 years of cybersecurity engineering and/or technical program management experience.

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the worlds leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider we deliver trusted highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land sea space air and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day our employees do the cant be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit to learn how were keeping people around the world safe and secure.