Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

Work with a nationally ranked CPA and advisory firm that is passionate for what's next. Aprio has 30 office locations, one in the Philippines and more than 2,100 team members that speak 60 languages across the globe. By bringing together proven expertise, deep understanding, and strategic foresight for fast-growing industries, Aprio ensures clients are prepared for wherever life or business may take them. Discover a top-rated culture, vast growth opportunities and your next big career move with Aprio.Join Aprio'sinformation Technology team and you will help clients maximize their opportunities.Aprio is a progressive, fast-growing firm looking for a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to join their dynamic team.Aprio operates a dedicated regulated cloud environment to support Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and meet CMMC requirements. This role is hands-on and execution-focused: you will implement, operate, and continuously improve the security controls that protect the CUI boundary and keep the environment audit-ready.You will support the day-to-day security engineering and operations for Aprios CMMC-aligned regulated cloud environment. Youll take architecture standards and compliance requirements and turn them into reliable configurations, repeatable deployments, measurable control health, and clean evidence.

Position Responsibilities

• Security control implementation: Implement and operate security controls across identity, network, compute, storage, key management, endpoint security, logging, and monitoring within the CUI boundary.
• Access and privilege management: Administer role-based access, privileged access workflows, MFA/conditional access enforcement, service account governance, and secrets/cert lifecycle tasks.
• Configuration baseline and hardening: Apply and maintain secure configuration baselines for in-scope systems and services. Investigate drift, remediate misconfigurations, and document exceptions with approvals.
• Logging and detection operations: Ensure required logging is enabled and flowing to centralized monitoring. Help tune detections, investigate alerts, and support incident response procedures specific to the CUI environment.
• Vulnerability and patch execution: Run vulnerability scans (or validate results), track remediation, coordinate patching, and verify closure. Manage remediation SLAs and support risk-based prioritization.
• Change control support: Participate in change reviews for CUI-scoped systems, assess security impact, implement approved changes, and validate post-change security posture.
• Evidence collection and audit readiness: Produce and maintain audit evidence (config snapshots, access reviews, logging verification, vulnerability reports, change records). Keep evidence organized, complete, and easy to validate.
• Automation and reliability: Build lightweight automation to reduce manual work (repeatable deployments, configuration validation, evidence collection) and improve consistency without introducing risk.
• Partner enablement: Support IT and delivery teams working inside the boundary by providing secure implementation guidance, troubleshooting, and clear how-to documentation.
  
  

What Success Looks Like

• First 3060 days: You can operate the environment safely, understand the boundary, and execute core security tasks (access, logging, vuln/patch, evidence) with minimal supervision.
• By 90 days: Control operations are predictable: low drift, reliable logging, consistent remediation cadence, and clean evidence artifacts that map to control outcomes.
• By 612 months: Youve helped reduce manual effort through repeatability and automation, improved control health metrics, and strengthened day-to-day operational resilience.
  
  

Required Qualifications

• 4 years in security engineering, cloud engineering, or security operations with hands-on responsibility for implementing controls.
• Experience working in regulated or compliance-driven environments (CMMC, NIST 800-171, NIST 800-53, FedRAMP-aligned environments, SOC 2, ISO 27001, or similar).
• Strong fundamentals in identity and access management, network segmentation concepts, encryption/key management basics, and centralized logging/monitoring.
• Experience executing vulnerability management and patch workflows (scan, prioritize, remediate, validate).
• Ability to write clear operational documentation and produce defensible evidence artifacts.
• Strong collaboration skills with the ability to work across Security, IT, and delivery teams.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting a CMMC assessment or maintaining controls mapped to NIST 800-171.
• Familiarity with incident response processes and maintaining chain-of-custody and evidence handling in regulated contexts.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code or scripting for automation (, Terraform/Bicep equivalents, PowerShell, Python).
• Security certifications (one or more): Security , SSCP, GSEC, or cloud/security engineering equivalents.
  
  

$80,000 - $100,000 a yearThe salary range for this opportunity is stated above. As such, an actual salary may fall closer to one or the other end of the range, and in certain circumstances, may wind up being outside of the listed salary range.The application window is anticipated to close on March 10, 2026 and may be extended as needed.Why work for Aprio:Whether you are just starting out, looking to advance into management or searching for your next leadership role, Aprio offers an opportunity to grow with a future-focused, innovative firm.Perks/Benefits we offer for full-time team members:- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance on the first day of employment- Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Care Account- 401k with Profit Sharing- 9 holidays and discretionary time off structure- Parental Leave coverage for both primary and secondary caregivers- Tuition Assistance Program and CPA support program with cash incentive upon completion- Discretionary incentive compensation based on firm, group and individual performance- Incentive compensation related to origination of new client sales- Top rated wellness program- Flexible working environment including remote and hybrid optionsWhats in it for you:- Working with an industry leader: Be part of a high-growth firm that is passionate for whats next.- An awesome culture:Thirty-one fundamental behaviors guide our culture every day ensuring we always deliver an exceptional team-member and client experience. We call it the Aprio Way. This shared mindset creates lasting relationships between team members and with clients.- A great team:Work with a high-energy, passionate, caring and ambitious team of professionals in a collaborative culture.- Entrepreneurship: Have the freedom to innovate and bring your ideas to help us grow to become the CPA firm of choice nationally.- Growth opportunities: Grow professionally in an environment that fosters continuous learning and advancement.- Competitive compensation: You will be rewarded with competitive compensation, industry-leading benefits and a flexible work environment to enjoy work/life balance.