Cyber Security Engineer with Security Clearance

Senior Level Cyber Ark Engineer Step into the role of a Senior-Level Cyber Ark Engineer supporting our client at the Department of Transportation. You will contribute to deploying and maintaining a Privileged Access Management solution across development, testing, and production environments. You will collaborate with stakeholders, including DHS CISA integrators, to ensure reliable operations. You will assist with role and safe management, software updates, reporting on PAM performance and security, and vulnerability mitigation.

You will support on-call troubleshooting and remediation, annual disaster recovery testing, documentation of recovery and contingency plans, and operating system patching on vault appliances. You will follow change management processes and help enhance reporting capabilities aligned to DHS CISA requirements. Due to federal security clearance requirements, applicant must be a United States Citizen or Permanent Resident with an active Public Trust clearance.

This is a contract to hire opportunity. Applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis and convert to FTE following contract duration. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance. Duration: 6 months contract to hire

Location:

Washington, DC 20590
Clearance:
Must be willing and able to obtain Public Trust Clearance
Interview Process: 1st interview with hiring manager, 2nd interview panel Responsibilities

• Assist in deployment, configuration, and maintenance of Cyber Ark PAM across environments.

• Manage roles, safes, access policies, and periodic software updates.

• Prepare reports on PAM performance, compliance, and security posture.

• Identify and mitigate security vulnerabilities within PAM scope.

• Provide on-call troubleshooting and remediation support.

• Support annual disaster recovery testing and update contingency documentation.

• Perform OS patching and maintenance on vault appliances.

• Follow change management processes and contribute to reporting enhancements aligned to DHS CISA requirements.

• Collaborate with integrators and stakeholders to ensure solution reliability and alignment with enterprise requirements.
Experience Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of related experience delivering business solutions engineering, including architecture, engineering design, proof of concept, pilots, analysis, and documentation.

• Ability to translate functional requirements into technical solutions and perform evaluations with quantitative analysis of alternatives.

• Cyber Ark Sentry certification required.

• At least one year designing and implementing Cyber Ark lifecycle processes in a large enterprise environment.

• Three years of server administration with Windows Server 2019 and RHEL 8.

• Preferred:
Integration experience with SailPoint, advanced Active Directory expertise including GPO, schema, PKI, and Power Shell automation.

• Preferred: SQL Server 2019 competencies including backups, indexing, integrity checks, configuration, maintenance plans, troubleshooting, and understanding of data models and ERDs.

• Preferred:
Configuring Cyber Ark with networks, iDRAC, applications, cloud, storage, servers, and appliances.
Education
Must have a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and fifteen (15) years of related experience; or a Master’s degree and thirteen (13) years of related experience; or a Ph.D. and ten (10) years of related experience; or eighteen (18) years of related experience with no degree.