Cyber Security Engineer at Redhorse Corporation
Herndon, VA
$180,000–$195,000
Jul 14, 2026
Herndon, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level hands-on penetration testing role supporting a government sponsor's enterprise cybersecurity program. The work centers on identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities across information systems — including Linux, Windows, and virtual platforms — documenting findings, and translating results into risk mitigation recommendations for senior decision-makers. Suits an experienced ethical hacker with deep knowledge of adversarial tactics, network security analysis, and enterprise-scale system architecture.
Senior level · 8+ years · National · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
Pay in the description: $180,000–$195,000
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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). 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)
Location is not specified in the posting; Redhorse Corporation is headquartered in the Washington, DC area and the TS/SCI with Polygraph requirement strongly implies an on-site role in the National Capital Region or a similar cleared-work hub, but no city or state is explicitly stated.
The TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance is a hard gate — explicitly listed under 'Required Experience/Clearance'.
A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field is listed under 'Desired Experience' (the secondary, optional section), so it is treated as preferred rather than required.
Several 'Desired Experience' items (communicating to executives, researching security policies, working with minimal direction) are soft skills or methodologies rather than named technologies and are omitted from the skills list per extraction rules; the degree and security policy development are captured as preferred.
The 8+ years of experience requirement is stated at the role level against cybersecurity broadly, not tied to a specific named technology, so it is captured in total experience rather than on any individual skill.
Ignored 4 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): IT security architecture, network security analysis, risk management, security policy development.
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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