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Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

Princeton, New Jersey, United States💼 Full-time💰 $124,000–$124,000🗓 2026-06-10 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead CrowdStrike implementation and integration across virtual, physical, and cloud environments while hardening mission infrastructure and managing vulnerability processes.

Role type

Senior IC cybersecurity engineer (EDR/SIEM focus)

Builds

Secure mission infrastructure assets, SIEM queries, and log parsing for defense and intelligence missions

Domain

U.S. National Security and Defense (missile defense, ISR, space domain awareness)

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | infrastructure

Required skills

CrowdStrike EDR/NG-SIEM, vulnerability scanning and remediation, NIST 800-171/CMMC compliance, Linux/Windows security, Active Directory/IAM, scripting (Python/PowerShell/Bash), network segmentation

Preferred skills

Cloud Security (AWS/Azure), DevSecOps integration, GCIH certification, CCFA certification

Technologies

CrowdStrike, AWS, Azure, Tenable, NinjaOne, Linux, Windows, Active Directory

Responsibilities

Lead CrowdStrike implementation and integration, harden mission infrastructure assets, manage vulnerability prioritization and remediation, collaborate on system architecture and enclave segmentation, serve as technical lead for CMMC/NIST 800-171, create and maintain SIEM queries, develop NG-SIEM log parsing, ensure logging and access controls meet compliance, identify and mitigate operational risks, support incident response preparation, communicate cybersecurity posture to leadership

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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