Cybersecurity Operations Engineer

Cybersecurity Operations Engineer

Client: National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC)

POP: 12+ months

Location: Washington, DC

US Citizen

SCOPE

Seeking an experienced Cybersecurity Operations Engineer to support a federal agency cybersecurity program. This role will lead daily cyber defense operations across hybrid cloud and on-prem environments, strengthen monitoring capabilities, improve threat detection, and support incident response.

REQUIRED SKILLS

• 6+ years cybersecurity operations experience
• Federal cybersecurity experience preferred
• Strong knowledge of:
• NIST
• FISMA
• CISA directives
• Azure Security
• Defender
• SIEM platforms
• Experience with PowerShell automation

PREFERRED CERTIFICATIONS

• CISSP
• CEH
• Security+
• SC-200
• AZ-500

TASKS

• Manage and optimize SIEM, Syslog, EDR, NDR, firewall, and Microsoft security tools
• Monitor logs, alerts, anomalies, and indicators of compromise
• Perform proactive threat hunting
• Lead cybersecurity incident response actions
• Improve detection rules, automation, SOAR workflows
• Support Continuous Monitoring under FISMA/NIST
• Prepare metrics, dashboards, risk reports
• Develop SOPs and security documentation
• Support Azure security, Defender for Cloud, M365 security stack