Cybersecurity Engineer
ConsultNet · Posted Nov 5, 2026
- Rockville, Maryland, United States
- Hybrid
- Associate
- DOE
- 3+ years
The role focuses on strengthening the security posture across the organization by running and tuning core security tooling, prioritizing vulnerability remediation, and providing hands-on support for monitoring and incident response.
Responsibilities
- Investigate, analyze, respond to, and recover from cybersecurity incidents, events, and threats following the incident response lifecycle.
- Configure and maintain the enterprise vulnerability management platform, covering scan coverage, credentialed scans, and reporting.
- Analyze and prioritize vulnerabilities based on risk, exploitability, and business context, and set the remediation queue.
- Work with IT and engineering teams to identify remediation options or compensating workarounds, track remediation through to closure, and advise teams on preventative measures.
- Engineer security solutions that reduce risk and strengthen the organization's security posture.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, MIS, Computer Science, or a related field
- Nice to have: life sciences industry
- Nice to have: GCIH
- Nice to have: GCIA
- Nice to have: OSCP