Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

Tharros is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to support a DHS cybersecurity program in the National Capital Region.

This role will provide senior technical direction across cybersecurity engineering, cloud security, DevSecOps, AI/ML security, Zero Trust, security tooling, and technical architecture.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on technical leader who can translate complex cybersecurity requirements into scalable, secure, and executable engineering solutions across cloud, on-premise, classified, and unclassified environments.

Responsibilities: Provide senior technical direction across cybersecurity engineering, cloud security, DevSecOps, AI/ML security, and Zero Trust activities.Work with enterprise architects, system architects, developers, and security teams to integrate cybersecurity requirements into reusable technical architectures and engineering practices.Assess and recommend scalable, resilient cloud architectures that incorporate cybersecurity and safeguarding requirements.Support cybersecurity tool configuration, maintenance, integration, and improvement across enterprise environments.Support STIG implementation, vulnerability scanning, secure configuration, and security tool maintenance.Identify opportunities to apply automation, emerging technologies, and process improvements to improve cybersecurity engineering delivery.Develop repeatable security processes for cloud and AI capabilities.Support technical remediation and assessment activities, including engineering support for Assessment and Authorization efforts.Recommend, configure, operate, and maintain approved cybersecurity tools and applications.Support Zero Trust maturity efforts, including capability gap analysis, implementation recommendations, roadmap development, and dashboard integration.Integrate security into DevSecOps pipelines, including automation scripts, security testing, configuration validation, and continuous monitoring support.Assess DevSecOps tool configurations, identify gaps, and recommend improvements.Develop and apply tools and scripts to automate security requirements, STIG implementation, and configuration validation.Support near real-time dashboards and reporting that improve visibility into security testing, vulnerabilities, compliance status, and cyber risk.Collaborate with cross-functional teams throughout requirements, design, implementation, testing, delivery, and enhancement of secure IT solutions.Support migration of IT services to cloud environments by identifying security requirements, risks, and technical issues.Apply secure coding, security testing, static analysis, fuzzing, and threat modeling practices.