Cyber Security Automation Engineer
ManTech · Boulder, CO
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Jul 22, 2026
Boulder, CO
Jul 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role sits within a security operations center supporting around-the-clock protection of government infrastructure, focused on building and maintaining automation tooling. Day-to-day work involves writing code to automate security tasks and incident response, debugging internal scripts and applications, and prototyping new cyber defense capabilities. It suits early-career engineers with programming fundamentals who have an interest in cybersecurity workflows.
Junior level · Boulder, CO · Secret clearance · 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 $168,179 (middle half $132,051–$211,194).
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 split between software/automation development (writing tools, scripts, and code for a SOC) and cybersecurity operations support — the primary day-to-day work leans toward building automation code, hence Software Developers (15-1252); Information Security Analysts (15-1212) is a genuine runner-up given the SOC/incident-response context.
Two work locations are listed — Boulder, CO and Fairmont, WV — with no indication of which is primary; Boulder, CO is used as the metro.
The clearance gate is a current/active Secret clearance (hard requirement); an active TS/SCI is listed under Preferred Qualifications only.
The programming language requirement names Python, Java, and JavaScript as examples of 'at least one major programming language' — Python is used as the primary skill name with the others captured as alternatives.
The degree requirement is explicitly framed as 'preferred' and the posting accepts equivalent military/professional experience or alternative degree paths, so the degree requirement is set to None.
Experience range is 0–2 years with a bachelor's degree (or 6 years without), placing this firmly at the Junior level.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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