Senior Cyber Infrastructure & Tooling Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

The Opportunity:

Illuminate Technologies (ILT) is seeking a Cyber Infrastructure & Tooling Engineer at the Senior level to support a federal customer on the SCOR 55 Adaptive Engineering & Machine Learning Operations mission. This role focuses on mission-critical cyber infrastructure, tooling, and secure automation.

The Senior Cyber Infrastructure & Tooling Engineer builds and maintains specialized technical environments and custom software tools that support cybersecurity operations. This role develops automated workflows, secure data pipelines, and virtualized testing environments used for incident response and threat analysis. The engineer drives process improvements, standardizes secure engineering practices, and mentors team members while ensuring systems remain resilient, scalable, and optimized for mission needs.

Responsibilities:

•  Design and maintain multi platform virtualized environments for testing, analysis, and security operations.

•  Build custom software utilities, automation scripts, and data processing tools to support rapid cyber response.

•  Develop secure data ingest pipelines and integrate tools across commercial, government, and custom systems.

•  Implement CI/CD pipelines, version control standards, and automation practices for rapid capability delivery.

•  Support secure posture development and ensure environments remain reliable and scalable.

•  Translate analytical or mission requirements into functional, secure software solutions.

•  Provide mentorship and contribute to cross team standardization and process improvement.

Qualifications:

Required:

•  Minimum 8 years of relevant experience performing the duties described above.

•  Bachelor's degree required.

•  Experience in cybersecurity engineering, software engineering, or infrastructure automation.

•  Experience with virtualized environments, multi platform ecosystems, and secure system design.

•  Strong programming skills in modern languages used for automation and tooling development.

•  Experience with CI/CD pipelines, version control, and automated build processes.

•  Knowledge of secure data flows, encryption, and cybersecurity operations support tools.

•  Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and collaboration skills.

Mission-Specific Technical Environment:

The following technologies and capabilities are drawn from the customer role description. Specific platform assignments vary by team and position.

•  In-house custom developed application

•  UI

•  Angular

•  Django (Python)

•  Database (Postgres)

•  Redis

•  Svelte

•  ETL

•  Python

•  Cribl

•  Splunk

•  Variety of forensic tools / scripts to parse forensic images

Preferred:

•  Experience supporting SOC or tactical cybersecurity teams.

•  Familiarity with mixed vendor environments, commercial/GOTS/COTS tools, and secure multi enclave operations.

•  Certifications such as Security+, CISSP, CEH, or DevSecOps/cloud credentials.

Eligibility Requirements:

•  United States citizenship is required for all contractor personnel associated with this SCOR 55 effort.

•  Active Top Secret clearance and eligibility for access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI); active, transferable TS clearance is required before assignment to government-facility work.

•  Compliance with FBI security vetting, criminal and credit checks, and required polygraph screening for Cyber Division (CyD) and Counterterrorism Division (CTD) assignments; final access adjudication is performed by the Government.

Additional Information:

This is an onsite position supporting government facilities in the Chantilly, Virginia / Washington, DC metropolitan area, with alternate sites if assigned. Telework is not represented as an entitlement.

The program generally observes core operating hours of 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Eastern within a weekday scheduling window of 6:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Eastern. Individual schedules, team assignments, onsite requirements, and travel are set by the customer and may change with mission need.

The Government may adjust qualification requirements and require role-specific skills assessments. Clearance eligibility, polygraph requirements, and access to facilities or systems are determined by the customer, not ILT.

What You Can Expect:

A small, focused team.

At Illuminate Technologies, you will join a small team focused on placing the best personnel in the right positions.

A mission-driven culture with balance.

We carry a Special Operations Forces (SOF) culture dedicated to national security. We hold that superior mission execution and a good quality of life go together, and we work to protect both.

Room to grow.

Your growth is not limited to your job description. You will have the opportunity to develop and take on work beyond your specified position.

Pay Range:

There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. At Illuminate Technologies, you will receive comprehensive benefits such as: healthcare, retirement, and time off benefits.

The proposed annual base salary range for this position is: $120,000 - $155,000

Compensation is based on the specific level, skills, experience, work location, and applicable customer requirements; final range requires ILT review and approval.

Illuminate Technologies is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants are evaluated on the qualifications stated above, without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, including lactation, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, genetic information, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Illuminate provides government agencies, commercial enterprises, and network operators with the data, services, and technology that helps them protect the information that surrounds us all and extract real value from it. We combine decades of cyber, intelligence and telecommunications expertise with innovative collection and analysis tools to deliver timely, actionable insight that our customers use to make fast, informed decisions.

Company Description

Illuminate provides government agencies, commercial enterprises, and network operators with the data, services, and technology that helps them protect the information that surrounds us all and extract real value from it. We combine decades of cyber, intelligence and telecommunications expertise with innovative collection and analysis tools to deliver timely, actionable insight that our customers use to make fast, informed decisions.