# Senior Cybersecurity Engineer – Network Security, Zero Trust & Automation

Type of Requisition: RegularClearance Level Must Currently Possess: NoneClearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: NonePublic Trust/Other Required: BI Full 6C (T4)Job Family: Cyber and IT Risk ManagementJob Qualifications: Skills: Cybersecurity, Firewalls, Network Infrastructures, Network Security, TroubleshootingCertifications: NoneExperience: 7 + years of related experienceUS Citizenship Required: YesJob Description: As a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer supporting the Zero Trust and Security Engineering team, you will provide senior-level technical expertise for the design, implementation, integration, operation, sustainment, and modernization of enterprise cybersecurity platforms supporting a large, complex federal environment. Responsibilities Provide hands-on engineering for next-generation firewalls, secure remote access, segmentation, and related network-security services. Engineer, administer, troubleshoot, optimize, and sustain enterprise firewall technologies. Palo Alto Networks NGFW, PAN-OS, Panorama, Prisma Access, Strata Cloud, or comparable technologies are strongly preferred. Manage the firewall policy lifecycle, including rules, objects, NAT, security profiles, recertifi

- **Id**: 4175710
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/general-dynamics-information-technology-senior-cybersecurity-engineer-network-security-zero-trust-automation>
- **Role**: Security
- **Role family**: Security
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T15:59:24Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 8950
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Parental leave
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Cybersecurity, Network Security, Information Security, National Security

## Company

- **Id**: 4418
- **Name**: General Dynamics Information Technology
- **Domain**: gdit.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/gdit>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 95
- **Open postings**: 51
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.176
- **Repost share**: 0.059
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 37
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 149469
- **Max**: 184000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 184000

## Technologies

- **BGP** — Optional: no
- **DHCP** — Optional: no
- **DLP** — Optional: no
- **DNS** — Optional: no
- **IAM** — Optional: no
- **ITSM** — Optional: no
- **PKI** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Rest API** — Optional: no
- **SIEM** — Optional: no
- **TCP/IP** — Optional: no
- **VPN** — Optional: no
- **Zero Trust** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-12T15:59:24Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 14; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 21 · green card filings: 4; Filings 12m: 21

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 37
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T18:14:39Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 184000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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