Federal Security Engineering Manager (Cybersecurity)

Location: US, Remote; up to 5% travel may be required. The role supports federal environments and requires U.S. citizenship, the ability to meet DoD personnel security requirements, and eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance.

Base salary: $175,950–$230,000 annually, plus eligible equity in the form of stock options.

Company

hirify.global is a remote cybersecurity product company developing NodeZero, a platform for production-safe autonomous penetration testing and security assessment operations across internal, external, cloud, and hybrid cloud environments.

What you will do

• Build, recruit, lead, coach, and retain a federal security engineering team covering cloud security, SIEM, and SOC operations.
• Set technical direction for AWS GovCloud security, identity and access management, network segmentation, encryption, key management, hardening, logging, and Infrastructure as Code controls.
• Ensure federal cloud controls align with FedRAMP High and DoD IL4/IL5 requirements, including architecture reviews, threat modeling, risk assessments, and secure SDLC integration.
• Define SIEM, log aggregation, detection, SOC operating models, on-call structures, escalation paths, and incident response for federal environments.
• Guide automation, SOAR and AI/ML-assisted triage, MITRE ATT&CK-aligned detection engineering, threat hunting, and purple-team improvements.
• Manage metrics, budget, tooling, vendors, standards, SOPs, and security posture reporting to leadership and federal stakeholders.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship and ability to meet DoD personnel security requirements for IL4/IL5 environments; ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance required.
• 8+ years of cybersecurity experience, including 5+ years in cloud security; AWS is strongly preferred.
• 3+ years managing or technically leading security engineers, with experience hiring, developing, and retaining strong talent.
• Experience building and scaling a security engineering team.
• Working knowledge of how FedRAMP High and DoD IL4/IL5 requirements affect cloud architecture, logging, and incident response.
• Strong foundation in cloud security architecture, IAM, encryption and key management, network security, secure SDLC, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Familiarity with SIEM, detection engineering, SOC operating models, incident response, and automation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with engineers, executives, and government stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice to have

• Experience establishing security capabilities for a SaaS product entering the federal market.
• Prior hands-on or leadership experience in FedRAMP or DoD IL4/IL5 environments.
• Background in incident management, detection engineering, log or event processing, or SOC build-out and scaling.
• Active security clearance.
• CISSP, CISM, CCSP, AWS Certified Security – Specialty, GCIH, GCIA, or similar certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work with company-wide remote and hybrid models; some roles require regular presence at the Chicago office.
• Inclusive, collaborative culture emphasizing respect, ownership, accountability, and results.
• Health, vision, and dental insurance for employees and families.
• Flexible vacation policy, generous parental leave, and career development opportunities.
• Full-time employment with competitive compensation and equity eligibility.

Hiring process

• Submitted materials may redact age-identifying information, including age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation, without penalty.