
Project Cyber Engineer (On-Site Colorado Springs, CO)
Denver, COJob$96–159K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
Deloitte’s Enterprise Security team is hiring a Project Security Engineer III to support cybersecurity solutions for government clients. The role supports the design, integration, deployment, and sustainment of enterprise security solutions and secure transformation efforts. It requires onsite work five days a week in Colorado Springs and an active TS/SCI clearance or SCI eligibility. The position is tied to a client project and offers a stated wage range.
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Full job description
Our Deloitte Cyber team understands the unique challenges and opportunities businesses face in cybersecurity. Join our team to deliver powerful solutions to help our clients navigate the ever-changing threat landscape. Through powerful solutions and managed services that simplify complexity, we enable our clients to operate with resilience, grow with confidence, and proactively manage to secure success.
Recruiting for this role ends on 12/30/2026.
As a PROJECT - Security Engineer III on the Enterprise Security team, you will be responsible for...
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Managing dependencies across stakeholders, driving issue resolution, and helping translate operational needs into actionable engineering priorities.
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Supporting the implementation and delivery of cybersecurity solutions for government clients.
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Provide day-to-day leadership across fast-moving mission workstreams.
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Support the design, integration, deployment, and sustainment of enterprise security solutions
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Analyze technical requirements and align security activities to project objectives and client needs
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Coordinate with cross-functional teams to support implementation milestones, issue resolution, and delivery timelines
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Document security configurations, findings, and remediation activities across assigned workstreams
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Support secure transformation efforts across infrastructure, applications, cloud environments, and emerging technologies
A successful candidate would possess these skills:
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Strong technical judgement
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Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
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Effective written and verbal communication skills
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Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
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Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
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Ability to lead projects or workstreams
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Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
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Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
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Ability to meet deadlines
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Ability to provide clear guidance to others
The Team
Deloitte's Government & Public Services (GPS) practice - our people, ideas, technology and outcomes - is designed for impact. Serving federal, state, & local government clients as well as public higher education institutions, our team of professionals brings fresh perspective to help clients anticipate disruption, reimagine the possible, and fulfill their mission promise.
Our Enterprise Security offering embeds security in all aspects of digital transformation by securing a client's technical backbone while enabling secure digital transformation. Includes security architecture, secure development and deployment, end-to-end cyber cloud capabilities, application security, and security for emerging technologies and connected products.
The Project Delivery Talent Model is designed for professionals with specialized skills that align to a current client need. Team members focus on delivering services to clients, without additional expectations related to business development or promotion. Their employment is tied to their role on a project, and they are eligible for a benefits package that is competitive for project delivery-focused professionals.
Qualifications
Required:
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Bachelor's and 3 years of professional experience
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Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
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Active TS/SCI clearance or SCI eligibility
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This role has a requirement to be onsite 5 days a weekin Colorado Springs, CO.
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3+ years of experience working in a DOW and/or cyber program
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3+ years of experience with the follow:
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Identity and access management (IAM)
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Network management and virtualization
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NIST risk management frameworks
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Vulnerability management process design
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Networking routing
Preferred:
- Relevant certifications including CISSP, Network+, Security+ , or CEH
The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $95,600 to $159,300.
You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.
How this job compares
Set against the 4,227 open Security Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 14, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$96–159K/yr
- Colorado median$124–191K/yr97 salary ranges
- US median$132–203K/yr3,455 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $127K, is 17% below the Colorado median midpoint ($154K) — in the lowest quarter of Security Engineer salary ranges in Colorado.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 112 open Security Engineer jobs in Colorado and 4,227 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Colorado
- Deloitte (this employer)16 open
- General Dynamics Mis8 open
- Meta5 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience — less than three in four Security Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 3,644 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,106 of the 4,227 open Security Engineer jobs (26%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 14, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.
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