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We have an immediate need for a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer and are seeking a motivated self-starter with experience in secure information systems to join a team of professionals and help defend national security systems.\nThe Senior Cybersecurity Engineer is a senior technologist who assists the customer with the identification, integration, and oversight of security technologies within customer enterprise networks. The ideal candidate will bring excellent cybersecurity knowledge to the program and be able to integrate a wide array of security products and technologies. 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Uses cybersecurity tools, defensive measures, and information collected from a variety of sources to identify, analyze, and report events that occur or might occur within the enterprise network in order to protect information, information systems, and networks from threats. \nDesign computer security architecture and develop detailed cyber security designs \nParticipate in the change management process, and assesses security impact of proposed changes \nIdentify deficiencies (POA&M) and provide recommendations for solutions \nCreate and maintains existing information system security documentation, including SSP, SCTM, Security Configuration Guide \nWrite implementation and design documents describing how security features are implemented \nDevelop technical solutions and new security tools to help mitigate security vulnerabilities and automate repeatable tasks \nRequirements:\nBachelor’s degree and 7 years related experience required \nRequires technical knowledge in security engineering and IT systems engineering \nProven work experience as a system security engineer or information security engineer \nExperience in building and maintaining security systems \nDetailed technical knowledge of network and operating system security \nHands on experience in security systems, including firewalls, intrusion detection systems, anti-virus software, authentication systems, log management, content filtering, etc \nExperience with network security and networking technologies and with system, security, and network monitoring tools \nThorough understanding of the latest security principles, techniques, and tools \nProblem solving skills and ability to work under pressure \nSecurity Requirements\nUS Citizenship required and active Secret clearance","description_format":"text","description_chars":3200,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":7,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":true,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Cybersecurity","Information Security","National Security"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-29T01:51:31Z"}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":2,"expected_fill_days":42,"reasons":["conf:3","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-01T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/tau-six-senior-cybersecurity-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/tau-six-senior-cybersecurity-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-01T12:27:59Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":3887,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":1113,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-02T00:00:00Z"}}}