IS & Cyber Security Engineer at Redwire Defense Tech
San Luis Obispo, CA
$141,000–$164,000
Jul 19, 2026
San Luis Obispo, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A mid-level cybersecurity and information systems role supporting unmanned aircraft systems development and operations. Day-to-day work centers on administering secure environments, implementing and monitoring security controls, managing access, executing patching and system hardening, and maintaining compliance documentation under frameworks such as NIST and STIGs. Suits someone with a couple of years of hands-on IS or cybersecurity experience who can work largely independently.
Mid level · 2+ years · San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA · Bachelor's required · Full-time
Pay in the description: $118,000–$137,000
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 2 people in the San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (information security analysts). range 1–4
Applicant volume Light — Few people clear these requirements, so an application that does clear them gets looked at. Worth applying to even if you miss a nice-to-have.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $136,027 (middle half $80,328–$176,835). 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 (7)
The posting explicitly describes this as a 'mid-level' role in its summary, but the title carries no level word — advertised seniority is therefore Unspecified. The actual requirements (2+ years, independent execution, some mentoring of junior staff) align squarely with Mid.
The role blends information security analysis with hands-on systems administration (patching, hardening, access management), making 15-1212 the best fit, though 15-1244 is a plausible runner-up given the sysadmin duties.
SIEM, endpoint protection, and identity management are listed under Required Qualifications as 'familiarity with security tools such as…' — the 'such as' qualifier means the specific tools are interchangeable examples, but the capability itself is a hard gate per section placement.
Scripting/automation is listed under Required Qualifications with 'basic' framing; it is still a hard gate by section placement.
No formal security clearance is required; the ITAR/EAR note only requires verification of US person status, not a DoD clearance.
The single Preferred Qualification (aerospace/defense/government environment exposure) names no concrete technology and was therefore omitted from the skills list per the generic-concept exclusion rule.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): configuration management, patch management.
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