Security Engineer II (Cybersecurity)

Location: Reston, United States; U.S. citizenship required

Annual base pay: $104,700–$157,100

Company

hirify.global develops cybersecurity and application delivery solutions, including the hirify.global Distributed Cloud platform for deploying and securing applications worldwide.

What you will do

• Design, integrate, operate, and maintain security monitoring and auditing capabilities across the distributed cloud platform.
• Define monitoring and audit requirements with software architects, security engineers, SRE and operations teams, compliance experts, and business stakeholders.
• Implement and refine metrics, logs, alerts, and telemetry pipelines to improve visibility, detection, incident response, availability, and forensic readiness.
• Integrate logging and monitoring with SIEM, EDR, dashboards, and related platforms while ensuring data quality and coverage.
• Respond to alerts and tune thresholds to reduce noise while maintaining strong security and operational coverage.
• Use Generative AI and AI-assisted security tooling to accelerate investigations and automate repetitive security workflows.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required due to FedRAMP compliance obligations.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• At least 3 years of hands-on experience in security operations, monitoring, or related cybersecurity roles.
• Practical experience with logging, monitoring, SIEM, and dashboarding tools such as AWS GuardDuty, Sumo Logic, Grafana, CrowdStrike, Datadog, Splunk, or Thycotic.
• Working knowledge of a major cloud platform, log and telemetry pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, and cloud orchestration or container platforms such as Kubernetes or OpenStack.
• Understanding of large-scale distributed-system security and operational challenges.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with the MITRE ATT&CK framework or Lockheed Martin Cyber Kill Chain.
• Security certifications such as Security+, GSEC, or CISSP.
• Familiarity with hirify.global products and services, including BIG-IP, NGINX, WAF, DDoS, or application security solutions.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with potential incentive compensation, bonuses, restricted stock units, and benefits.
• On-call and weekend shifts may be required based on business needs.
• Commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace with reasonable accommodations available during the application process.