Cyber Security Engineer

Type of

Requisition :
Pipeline Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Interim Secret Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Top Secret/SCI Public Trust/Other

Required:

None Job Family:
Cyber and IT Risk Management

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Cyber Defense, Cyber Operations, Forensic Sciences, Information Assurance, Information System Security

Certifications:

None

Experience:

7 + years of related experience US Citizenship

Required:

Yes

Job Description:

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Cybersecurity Engineer. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career. At GDIT, people are our differentiator. You will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Cybersecurity Engineer joining our team as a key technical authority supporting Cybersecurity Service Provider (CSSP) and Defensive Cyberspace Operations (DCO).

This role is critical in safeguarding global digital infrastructure, ensuring cyber resiliency across mission systems that support detection, tracking, and interception of threats. The Cybersecurity Engineer is the Technical Lead that elevates the mission by guiding analysts, engineers, and responders to meet strict operational timelines, improve detection fidelity, and strengthen defensive capabilities against sophisticated adversaries.

Technical Leadership & Oversight Serve as the senior technical authority across cybersecurity functions including incident response, cyber defense, threat hunt, forensics, vulnerability management, and threat emulation Provide SME-level guidance to ensure all technical activities meet DoD/client cybersecurity requirements, CJCSM 6510.01B, and CSSP governance standard Lead technical planning, coordination, and execution for mission-essential operational requirements Operational Support & Mission Execution Oversee 24/7 cyber defense monitoring, detection, and incident classification activities under Cyberspace Domain Awareness Ensure rapid response performance, maintaining CSSP Mean Time to Respond (MTTR) requirements Lead teams performing vulnerability analysis, ACAS posture rollups, IAVM trending, PPSM compliance assessments, and endpoint security rollups Oversee forensic analysis capability, ensuring adherence to NIST SP 800‑86, maintaining chain‑of‑custody, and delivering full forensic case reports Threat Intelligence & Proactive Defense Guide intelligence-driven threat hunt missions;

correlate OSINT/CSINT with internal telemetry to identify advanced adversary TTPs Lead the development of analytics, rulesets, and countermeasures for CSSP toolsets (SIEM/EDR/Elastic Stack) Support Cyber Threat Emulation activities using GFE toolsets to test defensive posture against realistic adversary behaviors. Technical Documentation, Quality & Compliance Oversee technical documentation including SOPs, TTPs, CTOs, COAs, forensic reports, vulnerability reports, and training materials. Ensure all outputs meet DoD plain-language standards and are delivered in Government-approved formats.

Support RMF lifecycle activities including SSP updates, control assessments, POA&M management, audit log review, and incident response testing. Tooling, Automation & Innovation Lead development and refinement of Elastic dashboards, data enrichment pipelines, anomaly detection models, and threat analytics. Oversee Cybersecurity Business Intelligence Dashboards on unclassified and classified networks, ensuring daily refreshed, validated data pipelines. Drive automation and testing strategies to evolve defensive operations toward proactive, data-driven cyber defense.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity,…