Cyber Systems Engineer with Security Clearance

This is a full-time direct hire position and you must currently have an active TS/SCI Security Clearance or above. We are not able to offer visa sponsorship, 1099 status, or work with C2C for this role. Why WWT? At World Wide Technology, we work together to make a new world happen. Our important work benefits our clients and partners as much as it does our people and communities across the globe.

WWT is dedicated to achieving its mission of creating a profitable growth company that is also a Great Place to Work for All. We achieve this through our world-class culture, generous benefits and by delivering cutting-edge technology solutions for our clients. Founded in 1990, WWT is a global technology solutions provider leading the AI and Digital Revolution. WWT combines the power of strategy, execution and partnership to accelerate digital transformational outcomes for organizations around the globe.

Through its Advanced Technology Center, a collaborative ecosystem of the world's most advanced hardware and software solutions, WWT helps clients and partners conceptualize, test and validate innovative technology solutions for the best business outcomes and then deploys them at scale through its global warehousing, distribution and integration capabilities. With over 12,000 employees across WWT and Softchoice and more than 60 locations around the world, WWT's culture, built on a set of core values and established leadership philosophies, has been recognized 14 years in a row by Fortune and Great Place to Work® for its unique blend of determination, innovation and creating a great place to work for all.

Want to work with highly motivated individuals on high-performance teams? Join WWT today! What is the Government Services Team and why join? Our Government Services team provides cleared resources with a global reach to federal civilian, Department of Defense (DoD), and intelligence community markets. We excel at delivering innovative, operationally ready, and cost-effective IT solutions that accelerate the interoperability and resiliency of mission-critical systems.

Location:

San Diego, CA What will you be doing? WWT is seeking a Cyber Systems Engineer that will serve as a senior technical lead supporting the design, deployment, integration, and validation of cyber deception and threat detection technologies for a U.S. Navy Cyber Defense pilot. This role blends hands-on engineering, solution architecture, and trusted-advisor responsibilities, supporting phased pilot execution while shaping production-ready architectures aligned to Navy modernization and Defensive Cybersecurity Operations (DCO).

The engineer will work directly with Navy cyber operators, architects, and leadership to translate mission requirements into secure, scalable designs, integrate deception capabilities into enterprise cyber tooling, and guide operators through testing, training, and transition to operations.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Platform Deployment & Integration
* Install, configure, and operate Acalvio Shadow Plex platforms (ADCs, sensors, decoys, breadcrumbs, identity artifacts).
* Design and deploy deception strategies across segmented enterprise and enclave environments.
* Validate platform stability, resilience, and performance at increasing scale.
* Support multi-VLAN, trunked, and segmented deployments across large-scale environments.
* Deploy solutions in virtualized environments (VMware ESXi, Hyper-V, KVM).
* Integrate deception telemetry into SIEM platforms (Splunk, ELK, or equivalent).
* Enable SOAR integrations (Splunk Phantom, Cortex XSOAR, etc.) for triage and response workflows.
* Integrate endpoint deception with EDR platforms (Crowd Strike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, etc.). Solution Architecture & Technical Leadership
* Lead technical discovery and design workshops with Navy stakeholders.
* Translate mission, security, and compliance requirements into actionable architectures and deployment models.
* Whiteboard and document solution designs spanning on-prem, enclave, and hybrid-cloud environments.
* Develop engineering diagrams, deployment patterns, and standardized runbooks supporting repeatable…