Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

Job overview

The Senior Cybersecurity Engineer role is listed as onsite in Washington, DC, although the posting also describes the position as hybrid remote. Compensation is $150,000–$185,000 per year. Akumen delivers technology, cybersecurity, and cloud solutions for federal agencies. This engineer designs, implements, secures, and maintains enterprise firewall infrastructure for mission-critical federal environments. The role also supports network segmentation, Zero Trust security, incident response, compliance, and secure integration across cloud, infrastructure, and application teams.

What you'll do

• Design, configure, and maintain enterprise firewalls
• manage firewall policies, ACLs, NAT, VPNs, and network segmentation
• support Zero Trust and micro-segmentation
• troubleshoot network and security issues
• monitor firewall health and respond to incidents
• conduct security assessments and audits against NIST, DISA STIGs, and agency requirements
• collaborate with cloud, infrastructure, and application teams
• maintain network diagrams and security documentation
• support ATO, vulnerability remediation, and continuous monitoring.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

cybersecurity engineer

senior engineer

firewalls

network security

zero trust

vpn

federal agencies

secret clearance

washington dc

akumen

$150k–$185k annually

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Requires an active Secret clearance; the posting lists a $150,000–$185,000 annual salary range.

About the employer

Akumen, Inc. is hiring for this role. Industry: Engineering Services. Sector: 54.