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GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.\nAt GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Cyber Security Project Engineer , you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on an Cyber Security Project Engineer joining our highly skilled team to be a premier provider of cyber security services to the customer. We provide consummate cyber security risk management “as a service” platform across multiple fabrics and centers. We have responsibility to ensure operational IT capabilities provide the client with necessary timeliness, accuracy and security of information demanded from all our highly professional roles. Be the change, lead our change - join us!\nHOW A CYBER SECURITY PROJECT ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:\nThe Cyber Security Project Engineer is responsible for identifying, analyzing, and responding to security incidents across enterprise and cloud environments. 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