Cybersecurity Engineer
Washington D.C., DC - USA
Job Summary
A Cybersecurity Engineer develops and manages security solutions to safeguard an organizations digital assets. This role involves identifying vulnerabilities implementing security controls responding to security incidents and ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations.
- Design implement and maintain security infrastructure including firewalls intrusion detection/prevention systems VPNs and endpoint security.
- Monitor networks and systems for security threats and suspicious activities.
- Conduct vulnerability assessments and penetration testing.
- Investigate and respond to security incidents perform root cause analysis and implement corrective actions.
- Develop and enforce security policies standards and best practices.
- Configure and manage identity and access management (IAM) solutions.
- Perform security risk assessments and recommend mitigation strategies.
- Collaborate with IT teams to secure cloud network and application environments.
- Ensure compliance with relevant security frameworks and regulations (e.g. ISO 27001 NIST PCI DSS GDPR).
- Maintain security documentation incident reports and technical procedures.
- Stay current with emerging cyber threats vulnerabilities and security technologies.
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology Cybersecurity or a related field.
- 25 years of experience in cybersecurity network security or systems administration.
- Strong understanding of TCP/IP networking protocols operating systems (Windows/Linux) and cloud platforms.
- Experience with security tools such as SIEM EDR IDS/IPS firewalls vulnerability scanners and endpoint protection.
- Knowledge of scripting languages such as Python PowerShell or Bash.
- Familiarity with cloud security (AWS Azure or Google Cloud).
Required Skills:
Strong hands-on experience in NodeJS Strong hands-on experience in ReactJS Good experience in JavaScript / TypeScript HTML5 CSS3 Experience in developing REST APIs and microservices Hands-on experience with AWS services such as: Lambda API Gateway S3 EC2 RDS / DynamoDB CloudWatch IAM Experience with CI/CD pipelines Git and DevOps practices Knowledge of database design and SQL / NoSQL databases Experience working in Agile/Scrum delivery model Experience with serverless architecture Knowledge of Docker / Kubernetes Familiarity with Terraform / CloudFormation Exposure to authentication/authorization frameworks such as OAuth JWT Utility domain experience in areas such as: Customer billing Metering Work and asset management Service requests Outage management Energy/utility operations Domain Experience
Required Education:
Bachlore in Computer Science or any other related field.