Eliassen Group is hiring: Cybersecurity Engineer in City of Albany

Cybersecurity Engineer

Anywhere

Type: Contract

Category: Engineer

Industry: Technology

Workplace Type: Remote

Pay Rate: $75 - $80 an hour

Location: San Diego, CA (Open to Remote)

Description

We are looking for a Cybersecurity Engineer who is eager to contribute to a small, fast‑paced team! Our ideal candidate will have a background in Information Assurance (IA) and Cybersecurity frameworks, as well as IT infrastructure experience including route and switch, firewall, server provisioning, virtualization, and container architecture. In this role you'll support government projects helping to secure products and systems around the globe.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to design, build, and/or implement secure architectures
• Create documentation to track vulnerabilities and remediations, populate security packages, and present program security status
• Provide technical and policy guidance that will enable successful security accreditation efforts
• Manage system security requirements
• Manage customer firewalls, routers, and switches
• Validate and test security functionality

Experience Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in Cybersecurity Engineering, Information Assurance, secure systems/network administration, or similar discipline
• Experience designing and documenting security plans, policies, and procedures
• Familiarity with security compliance standards such as NIST 800‑53, RMF, CIS, or similar
• Familiarity with cybersecurity defense and detection methodologies
• Familiarity with defense‑in‑depth architecture
• Good understanding of IT systems, centralized directory services, and IP networking

What will help you on the job

• CCNA or similar certification
• CompTIA Sec+ CE, CISSP, or similar certification
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal
• Good interpersonal abilities
• The ability to manage contending priorities and timelines
• Strong self‑motivation and independent work ethic
• Demonstrated skill in collaborating with a team that is geographically dispersed

Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Cybersecurity or a related engineering field
• Due to federal security clearance requirements, applicant must be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident with the ability to obtain a SECRET security clearance is required
• Active secret clearance is required

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

Eliassen Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.