Cyber Protection Principal/Sr. Principal Engineer-AHT
$98,400–$193,900 year
On-site · Warner Robins, Georgia, United States or Rome, New York, United States
Job Summary
Cyber Protection Principal/Sr. Principal Engineer for DAF CLOUDworks in cleared DoD environments (Rome NY / Warner Robins GA / Wright Patterson OH). Role focuses on cloud penetration testing, adversarial emulation, red team operations, and container security assessments in AWS/Azure, with proficiency in cloud-native offensive tooling, scripting, and threat emulation. Requires active Top Secret/SCI clearance or the ability to obtain IAT II/III certification within 60 days; Bachelor’s degree in Science (Master’s preferred in some levels) and 5+ years (or 3+ with Master’s) of related software development/security experience. Relocation assistance may be available; travel ~10%. Primary and secondary salary ranges provided (Base: $98,400–$155,400; Secondary: $122,800–$193,900). Equal opportunity employer statement included.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Science with 5+ years of software development experience; or Master’s with 3+ years of relative experience; or 8+ years total experience with degree
- active Top Secret/SCI clearance
- ability to obtain IAT Level II or III certification within 60 days
- experience with cloud security tooling (Pacu, AADInternals)
- experience with Docker and Kubernetes security assessments
- experience with scripting (Bash, Python, PowerShell)
- familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK in cloud/hybrid environments
- experience in cloud penetration testing, adversarial emulation, red team operations, container security assessments
- preferred: DoD/IC classified environment experience
- secure cloud environments (AWS/Azure)
- threat scenario design and after-action reporting
Additional Requirements
- US Citizenship required for government clearance
- travel 10% of the time
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