Cyber Security Engineer (Secret Clearance)

We are looking for a Cyber Security Engineerto join our client’s team.

Client: Federal

Duration: 4–6 months

Location: Onsite at multiple CONUS bases; 75% travel

Clearance: Active Secret required

Travel Included but billed seperately.

Role Summary

The Cyber Security Engineer is a hands-on engineer who configures and runs the Comply-to-Connect (C2C)/NAC platform at the base. This role closes Step 1–3 gaps, builds and tunes policies, and executes Step 4 enforcement waves. Work is directed by the Program team, which defines deliverables.

Key Responsibilities

• Close remaining device discovery, classification, and interrogation gaps on the NAC platform.
• Build and test posture checks and auto-remediation policies, validating on a pilot group before expanding.
• Configure and validate integrations with ACAS, endpoint security/EDR, AD, SIEM, and ticketing.
• Enable monitor mode, analyze failures, and tune policies before enforcement.
• Execute enforcement waves with the network engineer, triaging failures and rolling back quickly when needed.
• Identify, categorize, and document exception devices, and support the base in obtaining waivers.
• Document configurations, policies, and runbooks for handoff to base staff.

Required Qualifications

• 5–8 years in cybersecurity, including 2+ years enforcing NAC policy in production.
• Active Secret clearance.
• Production experience administering and enforcing policy on a NAC platform (Forescout or Cisco ISE, matching the base) at a scale of thousands of endpoints.
• Solid understanding of 802.1X, MAB, RADIUS, Active Directory/GPO, and PKI/certificate deployment.
• Familiarity with STIGs, SCAP, ACAS/Tenable, and endpoint security tools.
• Scripting or automation experience (PowerShell, Python, or REST APIs).
• Comfortable working in a live DoD environment with strict change control.
• Willingness and ability to travel 75% of the time to multiple CONUS locations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience on DoD/DISA C2C deployments.
• Experience in a base NOC or with a base cyber/comm squadron.
• Experience with SIEM/log analysis and troubleshooting user impact.

Certifications

• Security+ (baseline, required)
• CISSP, CEH, or CySA+ (preferred)
• Forescout Certified Administrator/Engineer or Cisco ISE/CCNP Security (preferred)

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