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Cyber Engineer

HireVeterans.com
Tucson, AZ Contractor
POSTED ON 5/22/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/19/2026

Position Overview: The Cyber Engineer – Compliance is responsible for implementing, sustaining, and validating cybersecurity controls to ensure systems, networks, operational technology (OT), and third-party integrations meet regulatory, contractual, and enterprise compliance requirements.


Key deliverables for this role:

  • Implement and sustain security controls aligned with:
  • NIST SP 800-171
  • CMMC
  • DFARS ***
  • NIST SP 800-53 (as applicable)
  • NIST SP 800-82 (OT environments)
  • Translate regulatory requirements into enforceable technical controls.
  • Ensure enterprise policy alignment across IT, OT, and third-party environments.


What does success look like for this role?

  • ATO Submission with completed artifacts

Core Technical Skills:

  • System vulnerability analysis
  • Windows OS proficiency
  • Linux OS proficiency
  • Networking fundamentals
  • NIST 800-171

Desired Skills:

  • Risk Analysis
  • Security Technical Implementation Guides
  • System administration

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

  • Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of all equipment assets in accordance with iRAMP requirements to ensure proper accountability, configuration management, and cybersecurity risk tracking throughout each asset's lifecycle.
  • Providing Cybersecurity compliance guidance to engineering for production and procurement of TE
  • Install software packages/updates to enhance operations and testing of production hardware.
  • Troubleshoot production and development TE to ensure connectivity, functionality, compliance, and test integrity.
  • Collaborate with Digital Technologies to integrate TE to controlled networks or enterprises

Tools / Technologies Required:

  • Nessus
  • Splunk

Education Required:

  • STEM Degree

Salary : $70 - $75

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