Defense Cyber Operations (DCO) Engineer, Senior Consultant

Our Deloitte Cyber team understands the unique challenges and opportunities businesses face in cybersecurity. Join our team to deliver powerful solutions to help our clients navigate the ever-changing threat landscape. Through powerful solutions and managed services that simplify complexity, we enable our clients to operate with resilience, grow with confidence, and proactively manage to secure success.

Recruiting for this role ends on November 30, 2026.

Work You'll Do

As a Defense Cyber Operations Engineer SME on our Enterprise Security team, you will be responsible for...

• Leading engineers across complex Defensive Cyber Operations assignments and aligning team members toward mission objectives and deliverables
• Lead the development and refinement of Defensive Cyber Operations methodologies and presenting solutions to cyber defense and technical implementation challenges
• Assessing cyber key terrain to understand mission requirements, system architecture, and associated threats, and advising on defensive architecture and technologies
• Advises on technical designs, implementation, configuration, tuning, and adaptation of cyber defensive capabilities to protect, detect, and respond to cyber threats and attacks
• Authoring and maintaining documentation such as standard operating procedures, checklists, implementation guides, architecture diagrams, and crew binders to support Defensive Cyber Operations.
• Contributes to deliverables and performance metrics.
• Researches cyber defense technologies for best fit based on mission, architecture, and current threat.

A successful candidate would possess these skills:

• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
• Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
• Ability to lead projects or workstreams
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
• Strong cyber and technical acumen.
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to provide clear guidance to others

The Team

Deloitte's Government & Public Services (GPS) practice - our people, ideas, technology and outcomes - is designed for impact. Serving federal, state, & local government clients as well as public higher education institutions, our team of professionals brings fresh perspective to help clients anticipate disruption, reimagine the possible, and fulfill their mission promise.

Our Enterprise Security offering embeds security in all aspects of digital transformation by securing a client's technical backbone while enabling secure digital transformation. Includes security architecture, secure development and deployment, end-to-end cyber cloud capabilities, application security, and security for emerging technologies and connected products.

The Project Delivery Talent Model is designed for professionals with specialized skills that align to a current client need. Team members focus on delivering services to clients, without additional expectations related to business development or promotion. Their employment is tied to their role on a project, and they are eligible for a benefits package that is competitive for project delivery-focused professionals.

Qualifications

Required :

• Bachelor's degree in a related field, plus 18 years of professional experience.
• Active TS/SCI or SCI eligibility is required.
• 7+ years of professional technical experience in cyber defense or cybersecurity related field (e.g. engineering, networking, systems integration, or technology solutions) with 2 years of supervisory experience.
• Experience in at least 3 of the following areas: containers or virtual environments (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, VMware, or AWS); network traffic collection and aggregation platforms (e.g. Gigamon); data storage solutions (e.g. Network File System, Ceph, or distributed storage); data analysis platforms (e.g. Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, or Splunk); Agile software development frameworks; Windows operating systems; network infrastructure; or security applications (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), or Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS),
• Experience supporting cyber defense architecture, threat detection, incident response, or security operations
• Experience authoring technical documentation such as standard operating procedures, implementation guides, or architecture diagrams
• Experience advising on the technical design and implementation of cyber defensive capabilities
• Experience with containerization packages.
• Experience with Network monitoring.
• Experience with RedHat Linux operating system.
• Certification related to cybersecurity (e.g. Certified Ethical Hacker, CompTIA Cloud+, CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst, CompTIA Security+, GIAC Security Essentials Certification, etc.)
• Ability to travel 10%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

Preferred:

• Masters Degree and 10 years of experience.
• Experience supporting Department of Defense or Federal environments
• Experience assessing mission systems, architecture, and cyber threat activity
• Experience with security engineering across enterprise or mission-focused environments
• Experience leading technical workstreams or teams on cyber defense efforts
• Prior experience working on a Cyber Protection Team.
• Systems administration experience.

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $91,100 to $151,800.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.