Sigma Defense
1785 - Network Security Engineer II
$95K–$136K
San Diego, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- 3–10 years.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
About the job
Implements and maintains cybersecurity protections for CANES systems, including vulnerability remediation, system hardening, compliance, and security engineering.
What you'll do
- Apply DoD cybersecurity policies and address vulnerabilities across CANES systems; harden operating systems, applications, network devices, and hardware.
- Perform compliance and security operations such as IAVM tasks, log analysis, patch management, scanning, and incident response coordination.
- Maintain cybersecurity documentation and support system validation, assessments, and production installations.
What they ask for
- Must be a U.S. citizen.
- Security+ CE or CISSP certification, plus at least one operating system/platform certification in Linux, Windows, VMware, or Cisco.
- Must possess or be able to obtain an active Secret security clearance or higher.
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
Nice to have
- Sentinel and Splunk experience.
- RHEL 7+ experience is described as ideal.
Pay
$95,000 - $136,000 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
ACAS, Trellix ESS, Spork/Spork+, NetIQ SIEM Sentinel, RHEL, Windows, ArcSight, Splunk
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