Principal Cyber Vulnerability Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

ACTIVE SECURITY CLEARANCE AT THE TS/SCI POLYGRAPH LEVEL IS REQUIRED

We are seeking an experienced Offensive Cyber Operations Engineer  to conduct hands-on adversary emulation, technical vulnerability assessments, and mitigation reporting across diverse mission environments. This is an active, operational assessment and offensive engineering role requiring periodic OCONUS travel. The ideal candidate possesses deep experience executing offensive cyber operations or full-scope Red Team assessments rather than standard defensive watchfloor or SOC monitoring. You will be responsible for planning and executing technical operations, analyzing collected network and telemetry data for indicators of compromise (IOCs) and unauthorized activity, and authoring actionable mitigation reports to strengthen customer network architectures.

The annual base salary range for this role is $197,000-$233,000 (USD) , which does not include discretionary bonus compensation or our comprehensive benefits package. Actual compensation offered to the successful candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level, among other things.

, Required Skills

1. Offensive Cyber Operations (OCO) Red Teaming: Proven, hands-on experience executing full-scope Red Team operations, adversary emulation, or tactical OCO engagements (distinct from passive watchfloor, triage desk, or SOC operations).

2. Assessment Execution Mitigation Reporting: Demonstrated ability to independently conduct technical vulnerability and penetration assessments, with a track record of authoring comprehensive assessment findings and actionable mitigation/remediation reports.

3. Network Analysis Anomaly Detection: Strong proficiency analyzing raw packet captures (PCAP), network session telemetry, and protocol flows to identify anomalous communication patterns, unauthorized persistence, and malicious activity.

4. Indicators of Compromise (IOC) Analysis: Demonstrated experience hunting, identifying, and evaluating IOCs and suspicious behavior across disparate host and network telemetry sources.

5. Operational Travel Readiness: Ability and willingness to support periodic OCONUS travel as required by mission and assessment schedules.

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline, PLUS 11+ years of professional cybersecurity and Red Team assessment experience OR  Master’s Degree in a related technical field, PLUS 9+ years of specialized offensive security and threat assessment experience OR  Associate's Degree  , PLUS 13+ years of hands-on technical experience in cybersecurity operations, network assessment, and Red Teaming in lieu of a degree.

, Desired Skills

1. Offensive Penetration Testing Certifications: Active industry certifications validating offensive tradecraft, such as OSCP, CRTO, CRTE, GRTP, PenTest+, or GCIH.

2. Penetration Testing Exploit Tradecraft: Hands-on experience performing network, host, and application-layer penetration testing using standard offensive tooling, custom scripts, and post-exploitation frameworks.

3. Network Infrastructure Hardening: Background in network architecture review, switch/router hardening, zero-trust design, firewall rule analysis, and network defense-in-depth engineering.

4. Network Administration: Practical experience configuring, troubleshooting, and administering enterprise networking hardware, routing protocols (e.g., BGP, OSPF), VLANs, VPNs, and directory services.

, About Nyla Technology Solutions

Nyla Technology Solutions delivers exceptional Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Science, and Software Engineering services for the U.S. Government. Nyla embraces a forward-thinking and bold approach at every turn,  earning us a solid reputation of technical trendsetters within the industry. We have a passion for developing solutions that have a quick and immediate impact on mission. Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, our customers love how we tackle their most challenging problems and get things done.

If you have the unique experience and expertise we are seeking, along with the desire and determination to invest your time and energy as a part of Nyla’s team, 

Taking Care of All of You

Nyla provides a top-of-market compensation and benefits package. And through our unique Nyla FLEX program, we custom tailor these benefits to best fit your lifestyle. 

The Nyla FLEX benefit program is designed to offer you flexibility in the 3 biggest areas of your life: your pay, your leave, and your schedule. 

PAY - Nyla starts with 4 weeks of Annual Leave plus 11 holidays and an additional day of Annual Leave for each year you’re at the company. You have the flexibility to cash out your annual leave hours, opt out of other Nyla benefits, and/or arrange for additional hours on contract* (over 40 hrs/week). There’s even an option to earn 1.3 times your hourly rate once you work over 1880 hours on contract!

LEAVE - Want to spend more time with the family? Want more time to travel the world? You can BUY additional annual leave for a total of 6 weeks of annual leave. That’s up to 240 hours of leave plus 11 holidays! That’s not even including paid anniversary leave!

SCHEDULE - Does the traditional 40-hour workweek no longer fit your lifestyle? With Nyla FLEX, you have the freedom to scale down to 30-32 hours while still enjoying the top-notch Nyla benefits you know and love. It's flexibility that works for you without compromising the perks!

WHAT ABOUT OTHER BENEFITS?  Nyla’s health care (medical, dental, and vision) is 100% covered by the company. We provide 10% 401k matching - with full vesting day 1! Our Professional Development offers $5,000 per year to be used towards fees, tuition, or time off for your continued growth. We even have a student loan repayment program and we provide 8 hours of volunteering annually so you can support your community, making your world a better place.  

To learn more about Nyla's culture and our exceptional benefit packages click here.

Nyla is an equal opportunity employer.