Security Engineer (Junior) at CGI Technologies and Solutions, Inc.
Knoxville, TN
$63,700–$139,300from the description
Jun 29, 2026
Knoxville, TN
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An entry-level security engineering role focused on deploying and validating security tooling — such as endpoint detection, data loss prevention, and log agents — to support a federal government client's security operations. Day-to-day work includes ensuring telemetry quality, assisting with system hardening and vulnerability remediation, troubleshooting integrations, and maintaining documentation and runbooks. Suited to candidates with up to three years of experience in systems or security engineering and a willingness to obtain a federal public trust clearance.
Junior level · Knoxville, TN · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 35 people in the Knoxville, TN area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (information security analysts). range 10–55
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $104,458 (middle half $68,463–$135,526). 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 (7)
The role is hybrid (Knoxville, TN office with hybrid flexibility) — not fully remote.
The clearance gate is 'ability to obtain/maintain a Public Trust', which is not a US security clearance in the traditional sense (Confidential/Secret/TS); it is a federal suitability determination. Clearance_required is set to None accordingly, but note that US Citizenship or Green Card is explicitly required.
The 0–3 year experience range is stated in the required qualifications, making this a genuine entry-level/junior role despite the wide posted salary band ($63,700–$139,300/year), which CGI notes is a broad estimate.
A Bachelor's degree is listed under Desired qualifications only, so it is not treated as a hard requirement.
AWS/Azure Architect certifications are listed under Desired qualifications; AWS is captured as preferred with Azure as an alternative.
'Cloud fundamentals' appears in required qualifications but names no specific platform, so it is not emitted as a named skill. The specific cloud platforms (AWS/Azure) are captured under preferred qualifications.
The alt SOC (15-1244) reflects that the role has a meaningful systems/operations component (deploying agents, hardening, patching, runbooks), though the security-analysis framing is primary.
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