A professional services organization in Texas is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to support the delivery of secure command-and-control systems for critical infrastructure environments. This role combines systems engineering, cybersecurity architecture, integration, and validation work within a V-Model framework.
**Please no 3rd Parties as this is W2 only**
About the Opportunity:
Schedule: Monday to Friday
Hours: Standard business
Setting: On-site
Responsibilities:
Translate cybersecurity needs into traceable system-level and component-level specifications.
Design cybersecurity architectures for command-and-control solutions, including network segmentation, access control, encryption, and secure communications.
Build, configure, and support Windows-based server and workstation environments within an Active Directory domain.
Develop and maintain engineering documentation, architecture diagrams, configuration specifications, and cybersecurity control mappings.
Support integration, verification, validation, acceptance testing, and onsite system turn-up activities.
Qualifications:
5 to 7 years of hands-on experience
Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline
Experience with Windows systems engineering, networking concepts, VMware, cybersecurity hardening, and Active Directory
Knowledge of engineering methodologies
Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to produce formal engineering documentation and present technical content effectively
Desired Skills:
Experience in project-based work with requirements-driven deliverables
Networking protocols and small to mid-sized network design
Virtualized clusters
Direct experience delivering systems in nuclear power, defense, or other regulated environments
Familiarity with NIST SP 800-82, NIST SP 800-53, and IEC 62443 standards
