Cybersecurity Engineer [JOB ID 20260707] at Phoenix Cyber
Washington, DC
$70,000–$130,000
Jul 6, 2026
Washington, DC
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A client-facing cybersecurity engineering role focused on building and maintaining security tooling across SIEM, SOAR, WAF, and endpoint platforms. Day-to-day work includes developing detection content, writing WAF rules, tuning security solutions, and automating incident response workflows. Suited to candidates with a background in security operations and incident response who hold an active security clearance.
Mid level · 5+ years · National · Secret clearance
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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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 $132,021 (middle half $99,961–$167,095).
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)
Location is not specified in the posting; no CBSA or state could be determined. Phoenix Cyber is a national provider, so the role may be multi-location or remote, but the posting does not explicitly state remote eligibility.
Clearance level is stated as 'security clearance required' without specifying the level (Secret, Top Secret, etc.). Defaulted to Secret as the minimum common gate; the actual level may be higher depending on the client engagement.
The degree requirement is listed as 'Degree in a STEM related discipline AND/OR a minimum 5 years of experience,' meaning equivalent experience is explicitly accepted — no hard degree gate.
All cybersecurity platform skills (SOAR, SIEM, IDS/IPS, DLP, WAF, Endpoint Security, Linux, cloud) appear under the 'Nice to have' section and are marked preferred accordingly.
IT certifications (CySA, CEH, etc.) are listed under Requirements but name no specific technology tool — omitted from the skills list per extraction rules.
No compensation information was provided in the posting.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Security Operations.
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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