Cybersecurity Integration Engineer / Active Secret
Peraton · Beltsville, MD
$86,000–$138,000from the description
Jul 27, 2026
Beltsville, MD
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A cybersecurity integration engineer role supporting federal government programs, focused on deploying, hardening, and integrating security tools across hybrid cloud and on-premises environments. Day-to-day work spans RHEL/Linux system administration, enterprise network validation, cloud security (Azure preferred), vulnerability remediation, and technical documentation. Suits an experienced engineer comfortable with both infrastructure operations and security compliance frameworks in a cleared federal context.
Senior level · 5+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Secret clearance · Full-time
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What the occupation pays Median $152,225 (middle half $125,286–$177,673). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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The role sits at the boundary between 15-1212 (Information Security Analysts) and 15-1244 (Network/Systems Administrators). The primary framing is cybersecurity integration and hardening, with security compliance (NIST 800-53, RMF, FISMA) and vulnerability remediation as explicit duties — hence 15-1212 as primary. However, a substantial portion of the day-to-day work is infrastructure operations (RHEL administration, networking, virtualization, data center hardware), which is characteristic of 15-1244.
An active Secret clearance is required; the posting also states candidates must be able to obtain a final Top Secret clearance, but the hard gate for hiring is the active Secret.
A Bachelor's degree is listed as the baseline, but the posting explicitly accepts 4 additional years of experience in lieu of the degree — so no degree is treated as a hard requirement.
Candidates must hold or obtain one of a long list of security certifications (Security+, CISSP, CASP+, CISM, etc.) prior to their start date; this is a hard employment condition but is not captured as a named technology skill.
vSphere/ESXi, Nutanix, and Citrix are listed together as interchangeable virtualization/VDI platform options; vSphere/ESXi is used as the primary with the others as alternatives.
Microsoft Visio appears only in the narrative 'What You'll Do' section rather than the formal Minimum Requirements block, so it is marked as preferred.
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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