Senior Cybersecurity Engineer Specialist
Johnstown, PA - USA
Job Summary
SENIOR CYBERSECURITY ENGINEER SPECIALIST
Concurrent Technologies Corporation
Johnstown PA
Minimum Clearance Required: N/A
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret
Employee Background Check Required
Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) an independent nonprofit applied scientific research and development organization is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to join its internal Information Technology team. This senior-level role is responsible for strengthening and advancing the organizations cybersecurity posture by providing technical leadership across enterprise security initiatives cloud technologies identity and access management endpoint protection vulnerability management and data security. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to develop innovative security solutions that protect critical business systems while enabling CTCs mission to deliver advanced technology solutions for government and industry.
The ideal candidate is an experienced cybersecurity professional with a strong background in Microsoft security technologies Azure Government Microsoft 365 and enterprise security operations. This individual will serve as a trusted technical expert driving security improvements evaluating emerging threats and technologies and helping shape cybersecurity strategy through automation secure architecture and modern security best practices. Success in this role requires strong analytical and problem-solving skills a collaborative mindset and the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders while supporting compliance with government and industry cybersecurity standards.
Key Responsibilities:
- General Security Operations - Participate in incident response activities continuous monitoring and the development of security standards and procedures in collaboration with internal cyber IT development and data security teams.
- Vulnerability & Threat Management - Perform threat hunting by analyzing threat feeds from various government and commercial sources and leveraging Rapid7 Insight VM and Microsoft Cloud tools to scan prioritize and remediate vulnerabilities across on-premises and cloud assets.
- Endpoint & Device Security - Administer endpoint security systems (Microsoft Defender for Endpoint SentinelOne Intune EntraID Azure) for threat detection investigation and automated response across enterprise devices with a focus on compliance policies configuration profiles and conditional access enforcement.
- Identity Security - Support and harden Microsoft Entra ID configurations including conditional access multi-factor authentication privileged identity management and identity governance.
- Cloud Security - Apply monitor and enforce security best practices across AzureGov cloud services and Microsoft 365 ensuring alignment with government compliance frameworks (e.g. FedRAMP NIST 800-171 CMMC as applicable).
- Data Protection - Configure and manage Microsoft Purview data loss prevention (DLP) insider risk management and support compliance and eDiscovery initiatives ensuring data governance policies are enforced across the M365 environment.
- Secure Software Development & Automation - Collaborate with development and DevOps teams to embed security into the software development lifecycle (SDLC) including secure coding practices code review and dependency scanning.
- AI-Related Security - Evaluate security considerations associated with the adoption of AI and generative AI tools including data leakage prompt injection model misuse and shadow AI risks while contributing to the development of AI usage guardrails and monitoring practices aligned with emerging federal AI security guidance.
Basic Qualifications:
- Education: Bachelors or Masters degree in Cybersecurity Computer Science Information Technology or a related field.
- Experience: 4-6 years of hands-on experience in a Cyber Security analyst or related IT or cyber engineer role.
- Ability to obtain and maintain Secret government security clearance.
- Demonstrated experience with Microsoft M365 Azure or AWS cloud security components (e.g. Defender for Identy and Endpoint Purview Intune Azure EntraID)
- Demonstrated ability to script and use command line interfaces with PowerShell Python or similar language.
- Solid grasp of networking operating system security (Windows-centric) and cloud security fundamentals.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to explain and document technical information for a non-technical audience.
- Proven ability to approach complex problems with a structured analytical and inquisitive mindset.
- Relevant certifications such as CISSP CISM Security Microsoft SC-200/SC-300/AZ-500 or CEH.
- Experience operating in AzureGov or other government/regulated cloud environments.
- Familiarity with DevSecOps practices and secure CI/CD pipeline tooling (SAST/DAST/SCA).
- Experience with Linux macOS and Windows in a heterogeneous network environment.
- Understanding of security frameworks such as NIST 800-171 or 800-53 NIST Cybersecurity Framework and CIS Controls.
- Knowledge of CMMC FedRAMP or NIST compliance requirements.
- Experience assessing security risks associated with AI/generative AI technologies.
- Background in incident response and threat hunting.
Why CTC
- Our teams at CTC are passionate and thrive on collaboration in a team environment.
- When we encounter a difficult problem we have a variety of talented and diverse employees that work together to solve the toughest challenges.
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Although our work at CTC is extremely important we also recognize the need for our employees to maintain a proper mix of work and personal life.
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Join us! CTC offers exceptional career growth cutting edge technology educational opportunities and recognition for quality work.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability status protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
Lead Senior Principal Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Specialist Security Researcher Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) Alexandria, VirginiaMinimum Clearance Required: Top SecretClearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: TS/SCI with Polygraph Concurrent Technolo ... View more