SITEC - Cyber Security Engineer (ESS) - MacDill AFB
Peraton · MacDill AFB, FL
$104,000–$166,000from the description
Jul 6, 2026
MacDill AFB, FL
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role involves engineering and maintaining a multi-layered endpoint security architecture for U.S. Special Operations Command at MacDill AFB, Florida. Day-to-day work centers on deploying and integrating endpoint protection, EDR/XDR, and Zero Trust technologies across DoD networks, automating compliance and threat response through scripting, and producing technical design documentation. It suits an experienced cybersecurity engineer with a DoD TS/SCI clearance and DoD 8570 IAT II certification.
Senior level · 8+ years · Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL · TS/SCI 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 $121,586 (middle half $89,036–$154,361). 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)
The role title is 'Cyber Security Engineer' / 'Cyber Systems Engineer' with no seniority level in the title; advertised seniority is Unspecified. However, the minimum experience requirement (8 years with a BS/BA, up to 12 years with a HS diploma) and the scope of responsibilities (enterprise architecture design, DoD Zero Trust engineering, telemetry pipeline design) firmly support a Senior classification.
SOC confidence is Medium: the role is primarily a security engineering/architecture position (15-1212) but has a meaningful software/scripting component (custom PowerShell/Python automation, telemetry pipeline engineering) that could also support 15-1252.
Degree requirement is set to None because the JD offers a sliding experience scale in lieu of a degree — a high school diploma with 12 years of experience satisfies the minimum, so no specific degree is hard-gated.
The overall years minimum is set to 8, reflecting the minimum experience required when holding a BS/BA (the most common credential). The JD's full scale is: HS=12 yrs, AS/AA=10 yrs, BS/BA=8 yrs, MS/MA=6 yrs.
DoD 8140 compliance by 1 October 2026 is noted as a future requirement; it is not a current hard gate at time of hire and is therefore not listed as a required skill.
The desired qualifications section lists specific commercial EPP/EDR products (Trellix, Symantec, CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Carbon Black) and configuration management tools (MECM/Intune, Ansible, Tanium) as preferred, not required.
The role is on-site at MacDill AFB, Tampa, FL — no remote option is indicated.
Requires a TS/SCI 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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