Cybersecurity Engineer

Advance your career while impacting our national security in cyber as Cybersecurity Engineer at GDIT. Here, technologists have many paths to grow a meaningful career supporting cyber missions and operations across the federal government.

The Advana team is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer to join their program. Advana is the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office’s (CDAO) enterprise-wide, multi-domain data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) platform that provides all DoD military and civilian decision makers, analysts, and builders with unprecedented access to enterprise data, tools, and capabilities.

Cybersecurity Engineer

• Implements cybersecurity architecture, defensive monitoring capabilities, and enclave-specific protections supporting Advana operations across Unclassified, Secret, and Top Secret domains powering mission execution for Combatant Commands, Joint Staff elements, and strategic decision makers.

• Deploys and configures NIST SP 800-53 security controls, identity and access management services, continuous monitoring sensors, Zero Trust enforcement mechanisms, and cross-domain cybersecurity components consistent with DoD cybersecurity directives and CDAO governance.

• Conducts recurring vulnerability assessments, penetration-test follow-up activities, and automated scanning operations using platforms such as Nessus, ACAS, Splunk Enterprise Security, Elastic Security, and cloud-native threat-detection tools to identify, analyze, and remediate configuration weaknesses across Advana cloud, data, and application ecosystems.

• Supports incident response operations by performing log analysis, event correlation, triage actions, and threat-hunting tasks within multi-classification environments, producing technical findings, mitigation actions, and post-incident reports for enterprise leadership.

• Develops and maintains cybersecurity documentation, Body-of-Evidence artifacts, system security plans, standard operating procedures, and RMF compliance updates required for Authorizing Official review.

• Collaborates with DevSecOps, infrastructure, and platform engineering teams to integrate secure coding practices, encryption configurations, automated guardrails, and enclave boundary protections.

• Strengthens operational resilience by monitoring emergent threats, validating countermeasures, and contributing technical recommendations that advance Advana cybersecurity maturity and mission readiness.