PKH Enterprises is hiring: Systems Engineer / Cybersecurity Engineer in Washingt

*This opportunity is primarily remote. Only occasional meetings in the Washington, DC area, candidates must be local.

Job Title: Systems Engineer – Cyber Security (Intermediate) / Security Engineer

Job Summary: We are seeking an experienced Systems Engineer – Cyber Security (Intermediate) to serve as a Security Engineer responsible for designing, developing, and evaluating end-to-end cybersecurity systems and solutions. The successful candidate will work closely with the Task Lead to support the establishment and operation of the Security Architect Review (SAR) and Security Systems Engineering (SSE) program, ensuring security controls are integrated into IT transformational projects to reduce risks and improve assessment timelines. The Security Engineer will conduct research, perform security reviews, and enforce security standards, policies, and procedures to protect the customer’s IT assets.

Key Responsibilities:

• Utilize a holistic approach to design, develop, evaluate, and modify end-to-end systems and systems-oriented products throughout their life cycle, ensuring alignment with security requirements.
• Ensure that all system requirements comply with client needs and government standards through formal verification methods.
• Translate high-level product development strategies into system requirement specifications and collaborate with other engineering disciplines to define detailed implementation requirements.
• Support the Task Lead in providing, establishing, and operating a Security Architect Review (SAR) and Security Systems Engineering (SSE) program to enforce security controls for IT transformational projects.
• Establish and implement a SAR capability that incorporates security into the software development life cycle (SDLC), defines roles and responsibilities for security activities, and implements security configurations to minimize vulnerabilities and prevent project delays.
• Conduct research on innovative security technologies, processes, and procedures to support the Security Operations Center, Vulnerability Management, Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC), and other strategic cybersecurity initiatives.
• Perform security reviews of customer’s planned and existing architecture to ensure adherence to security best practices.
• Establish, implement, enforce, and evaluate customer-specific security architecture and SSE principles, standards, policies, procedures, and processes to ensure protection for perimeter security, network security, endpoint security, application security, physical security, and data security across IT assets.
• Maintain and update security models and artifacts in the customer’s enterprise architecture and cybersecurity repositories.
• Review the architecture of all planned and existing cybersecurity solutions to assess the security of the Department’s General Support Systems (GSS), Major Applications (MAs), Minor Applications, and Cloud Service Provider (CSP) services.
• Research, analyze, and recommend innovative technologies, processes, and procedures to enhance the overall cybersecurity program.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Systems Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in systems engineering with a focus on cybersecurity.
• IAT Level II certification (e.g., CompTIA Security+, GIAC, or equivalent).
• Strong understanding of systems engineering principles, especially in designing and securing end-to-end systems.
• Experience integrating security controls into the SDLC and managing the security of complex IT environments.
• Familiarity with Security Architecture Review (SAR) and Security Systems Engineering (SSE) programs, with a proven ability to enforce security controls and processes.
• Knowledge of industry best practices in perimeter, network, endpoint, application, physical, and data security.
• Strong ability to conduct security reviews of architectures and solutions, ensuring alignment with NIST, FISMA, and other security frameworks.
• Excellent research skills with the ability to recommend innovative security technologies and process improvements.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience working with General Support Systems (GSS), Major Applications (MAs), Minor Applications, and Cloud Service Provider (CSP) services.
• Familiarity with enterprise cybersecurity repositories and maintaining security documentation.
• Strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally and collaborate with multiple teams.

Location: Remote with some need for meeting in DC

Salary: $100-115K