The Role
The Lead Cybersecurity Engineer will oversee enterprise cybersecurity engineering, support SOC/NOC teams, enhance monitoring tools, and implement detection rules while leading security initiatives.
Summary Generated by Built In
cFocus Software seeks a Lead Cybersecurity Engineer to join our program supporting the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). This position is remote. This position requires the ability a Public Trust clearance.
Qualifications:
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- Demonstrated experience in enterprise cybersecurity engineering, SIEM, or monitoring environments.
- Experience supporting large-scale, complex cybersecurity operations.
- Proven experience leading or supporting enterprise-level cybersecurity engineering initiatives.
- Strong understanding of NIST frameworks, RMF, and federal cybersecurity standards
- Expertise in SIEM platforms (e.g., Splunk, Sentinel).
- Experience with endpoint security, cloud security, and network monitoring tools.
- Strong knowledge of detection engineering, threat hunting, and log analytics.
- Experience with automation, scripting, and SOAR platforms.
- Understanding of Zero Trust Architecture and modern cybersecurity frameworks.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
- Required Certifications
- CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional)
- ISSEP (Information Systems Security Engineering Professional) or equivalent
- ITIL Foundation (latest revision)
- Additional advanced security engineering or architecture certifications preferred
- Lead security engineering, SIEM, and enterprise monitoring capabilities.
- Oversee onboarding and integration of security telemetry and data sources.
- Design, implement, and optimize detection rules, alerting, and correlation logic.
- Lead continuous improvement of monitoring tools, analytics, and detection accuracy.
- Collaborate with SOC/NOC teams to improve threat detection and response.
- Support vulnerability management, configuration monitoring, and control validation.
- Provide technical leadership for Zero Trust, cloud, and hybrid security architectures.
- Develop engineering documentation, baselines, and implementation guidance.
- Identify monitoring gaps and recommend corrective actions and enhancements.
- Support automation, SOAR, and emerging cybersecurity capabilities
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The Company
What We Do
Established in 2006, cFocus Software automates FedRAMP compliance and develops government chatbots for the Azure Government Cloud, Office 365, and SharePoint. cFocus Software is the exclusive vendor of ATO (Authority To Operate) as a Service™, which automates FedRAMP compliance for the Azure Government Cloud and Office 365. Contact Us for a demo of ATO as a Service™ or a FREE government chatbot proof of concept project today!
