Senior SOC/Security Engineer (Cybersecurity)

Location: Onsite in New Carrollton, Maryland, or Memphis, Tennessee, United States. The role requires onsite presence at client facilities as directed. U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance are required.

Salary: $155,000–$195,000 per year, depending on experience.

Company

hirify.global delivers advanced technology and mission-support solutions to federal agencies across civilian, health, and national security environments, including cybersecurity, AI/ML, cloud, and IT modernization capabilities.

What you will do

• Lead SOC engineering, deployment, operations, maintenance, and sustainment for a 24x7x365 Security Operations Center supporting a large federal agency.
• Assign, review, and report on the work of SOC engineers while serving as task lead.
• Engineer, deploy, configure, operate, maintain, troubleshoot, and integrate SOC tools, sensors, platforms, enclaves, and related cybersecurity technologies.
• Support cybersecurity architecture, strategy, research, evaluation, prototyping, integration, and deployment of SOC technologies.
• Ensure solutions comply with client policies, standards, hardening guidelines, security requirements, and approved technical direction.
• Create engineering documentation and support change control, asset, licensing, maintenance, inventory, and operational handoff activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field and 10+ years of relevant professional experience; three additional years of relevant experience may substitute for the degree.
• Extensive expertise in the technical domain, with expert knowledge and application of advanced technical principles, theories, and concepts.
• Ability to develop solutions to undefined, complex technical issues affecting multiple areas or disciplines.
• Demonstrated ingenuity and creativity in developing new technical solutions and systems.
• Expert experience engineering and sustaining enterprise SOC technologies, including SIEM, SOAR, EDR, IDS/IPS, and network sensors, in large environments.
• Experience with change management and configuration management processes.
• Working knowledge of NIST SP 800-53 and security hardening standards.
• Experience leading a team or serving as a task lead, including assigning work, reviewing quality, and reporting status to client leadership.
• Must be a U.S. citizen and able to obtain a Public Trust clearance.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting federal government contracts as a contractor, including contract performance standards, deliverable schedules, and government review and approval processes.
• Certifications such as CISSP, GIAC GCIA, GIAC GCED, or vendor engineering certifications.
• Experience with hybrid on-premises and cloud SOC environments, including AWS and Azure.
• Scripting and automation skills with Python, PowerShell, and Ansible.

Culture & Benefits

• Family-focused culture with a dynamic and productive work environment.
• Medical insurance plans, including HSA-eligible options.
• Employer-paid dental and vision insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, and life insurance.
• 5% 401(k) company matching, paid holidays, PTO accrual plans, and paid parental leave.
• Flexible schedules, teleworking options, professional development, career growth opportunities, and team events.