Sr Cyber Security Engineer
Scientific Research Corporation · Huntsville, AL
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Jul 19, 2026
Huntsville, AL
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior cybersecurity engineering role supporting U.S. Space Command, focused on assessing and maintaining the security posture of an on-premises Nutanix private cloud environment running Windows Server and HPE endpoints. Day-to-day work centers on STIG compliance evaluations, ACAS scanning, vulnerability management, and developing and maintaining authorization documentation such as ATOs, POA&Ms, and Security Assessment Reports against NIST 800-53 and DISA frameworks. Suits candidates with prior ISSE, ISSO, or SCA experience and an active DoD 8570 Level II certification.
Mid level · 2+ years · Colorado Springs, CO · Bachelor's required · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
Advertised as Senior, but the requirements read as Mid.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $133,758 (middle half $108,740–$165,225).
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 (9)
The role is titled 'Senior' but requires only 1–2 years of cybersecurity experience in ISSE/ISSO/SCA roles plus 2+ years of Windows/RHEL sysadmin — scope and experience gates are consistent with a Mid-level practitioner.
USSPACECOM is headquartered at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, CO; the posting does not explicitly state a city but the customer context strongly implies that location.
The clearance requirement is stated as 'Secret level with Top Secret / SCI eligibility' — mapped to TopSecretSci because TS/SCI eligibility is explicitly required.
Nutanix and Citrix appear only in the role context/environment description, not in a requirements section — marked as preferred accordingly.
DoD 8570 Level II Certification (e.g., Security+ CE, CCNA Security) is listed as a hard requirement; the examples are illustrative certifications that satisfy the gate, not separate skills.
POA&M and ATO documentation are process/framework artifacts rather than named tools, but they are explicitly called out as required deliverables the candidate must be able to produce, so they are retained as required skills.
Position is contingent upon funding, as noted in the posting.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): DoD 8570 Level II, ATO documentation.
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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