Cyber Security Engineer Senior at General Dynamics Information Technology
Fairfax, VA
$97,968–$120,750from the description
Jul 14, 2026
Fairfax, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior cybersecurity engineering role focused on administering and maintaining network security tools — primarily Cisco FirePower/FTD, SkyHigh Web Gateway, CrowdStrike Falcon, and Palo Alto NGFW — within a federal cloud environment supporting a CMS healthcare quality program. Day-to-day work spans IPS configuration, threat analysis, vulnerability assessments, SIEM integration via Splunk, and coordinating with SOC and application teams. Suits an experienced cloud security engineer with a strong AWS background.
Senior level · 5+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $132,021 (middle half $99,961–$167,095). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field is listed, but the JD explicitly accepts 'the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, or work experience' — degree requirement is therefore treated as None.
The posting requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust background investigation, but this is not a formal US security clearance (Confidential/Secret/TS); the clearance requirement is set to None accordingly.
SkyHigh Web Gateway is the current product name (formerly McAfee Web Gateway); McAfee Web Gateway is listed as an alternative since the job family skills tag still references it.
USGCB is listed as an alternative to STIG since the JD groups them together as equivalent system hardening benchmarks in the required skills section.
CrowdStrike Falcon, Palo Alto NGFW, and Snyk appear only under 'Preferred Skills' and are marked preferred accordingly.
AWS GuardDuty, Security Hub, and Inspector are explicitly called out as required ('Must possess background in AWS Security services including Guard Duty, Security Hub, Inspector') and are marked required.
The role sits at the boundary between Information Security Analyst (15-1212) and Network/Systems Administration (15-1244) given the heavy focus on configuring and maintaining network security appliances (FirePower, NGFW, Web Gateway); 15-1212 is chosen as primary because threat analysis, incident response, vulnerability assessment, and security policy management are the dominant activities.
This posting reads as a fully-remote role, so it was scored against the national candidate pool rather than a single metro.
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