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Cybersecurity Engineer II

Electrosoft

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Compensation
$150–160K/yr
Location
Washington, DC
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

IAT II Level Certification

Job overview

The Cybersecurity Engineer II supports cybersecurity engineering and SOC technology integration, deployment, testing, configuration, and sustainment for customer environments. The role works with SOC tools, sensors, platforms, and data sources, and supports detection engineering and custom capability development. It also validates capabilities before operational use and documents configurations, dependencies, limitations, and sustainment considerations.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Cybersecurity EngineeringSOC Technology IntegrationSOC Technology DeploymentSOC Technology ConfigurationSOC Technology OperationsSOC Technology MaintenanceTroubleshootingInteroperabilityDetection EngineeringDetection DevelopmentDashboard DevelopmentScript DevelopmentAnalytics DevelopmentInterface DevelopmentAutomation PlaybooksSensor TuningAlert TuningTesting and Validation

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree3 Years ExperienceBachelor's or 3 Additional Years ExperienceIAT II Level Certification

Full job description

Electrosoft Services, LLC is an award-winning company that provides comprehensive technology-based solutions and services to federal customers. While cybersecurity is our specialty, we also focus on ICAM, Zero Trust, digital engineering and transformation, and enterprise AI and intelligent automation. We always seek to delight our customers, so we retain highly qualified employees and offer them meaningful work, growth opportunities, and work-life balance. What sets us apart from all other contractors is the sense of teamwork our employees feel – and the knowledge that outstanding effort is recognized and rewarded. The camaraderie we share emanates from Lunch & Learn sessions where we explore new ideas together, fun group activities ranging from escape rooms to miniature golf, and much, much more. If we’ve described you and your dream workplace, please apply and share in the many benefits and opportunities we offer.

Cybersecurity Engineer II

The Cybersecurity Engineer II performs cybersecurity engineering, integration, deployment, testing, configuration, and sustainment activities supporting customer SOC technologies.

The position supports the engineering and deployment of SOC tools, sensors, platforms, enclaves, and supporting capabilities, including technology research, evaluation, prototyping, integration, deployment, maintenance, and troubleshooting. The Engineer II supports interoperability between data sources, cybersecurity tools, applications, workflows, sensors, and supporting infrastructure.

The Engineer II also supports detection engineering and custom SOC capability development, including development, testing, tuning, maintenance, and documentation of analytics, detections, dashboards, scripts, interfaces, automation playbooks, and related capabilities. The position validates developed capabilities prior to operational use and documents configurations, dependencies, limitations, and sustainment considerations.

Responsibilities

  • Support cybersecurity architecture, engineering, research, evaluation, prototyping, integration, deployment, and sustainment.

  • Deploy, configure, operate, maintain, and troubleshoot Government-approved SOC technologies.

  • Support technical integration and interoperability between SOC tools, platforms, sensors, applications, workflows, and data sources.

  • Develop engineering documentation, configuration information, test plans, diagrams, deployment records, and handoff documentation.

  • Support Government technical change-control activities.

  • Develop and test detections, dashboards, scripts, analytics, interfaces, automation, and custom SOC capabilities.

  • Tune sensors, rules, alerts, and analytics to improve detection quality and reduce false positives.

  • Test and validate capabilities before operational deployment.

  • Support knowledge transfer and technical documentation for Contractor-supported capabilities.

Basic Qualifications:

  • Education: Bachelor's degree.

  • Experience: 3 years.

  • Education substitution: 3 additional years of experience in lieu of degree.

  • IAT II level certification

The actual base salary offered will be determined based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant years and depth of experience, skills and qualifications, education, certifications, internal equity, and the specific requirements of the position. Candidates should not assume they will be offered the top of the posted range, as compensation is based on the individual qualifications and overall fit for the role.

Salary Range

$150,000—$160,000 USD

Electrosoft is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

All qualified applicants are considered for employment, and employees are treated during employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, citizenship, disability, or Veteran status. Additionally, the company provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.

How this job compares

Set against the 1,638 open Cybersecurity Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$150–160K/yr
  • Washington, D.C. median$123–190K/yr30 salary ranges
  • US median$108–195K/yr1,312 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $155K, is close to the Washington, D.C. median midpoint ($156K) — in the middle half of Cybersecurity Engineer salary ranges in Washington, D.C..

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 47 open Cybersecurity Engineer jobs in Washington, D.C. and 1,638 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Cybersecurity Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years at the median (1,529 postings).
Education
665 of the 1,638 open Cybersecurity Engineer jobs (41%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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