Cybersecurity Infrastructure Engineer
Securities and Exchange CommissionThe Office of Information Technology is seeking applications for their IT Specialist (INFOSEC) (Cybersecurity Infrastructure Engineer) position. You will engineer, operate, and sustain the enterprise defensive network infrastructure-next-generation firewalls, SASE/ZTNA, and SD-WAN that protects SEC systems and data. As a senior technical authority and escalation point, you will lead capability projects, guide supporting contractors, and strengthen the SEC's defenses against cyber threats.In this role as a Cybersecurity Infrastructure Engineer, you will be responsible for: Engineering, deploying, and sustaining the SEC's enterprise network security infrastructure-next-generation firewalls, SASE/ZTNA, and SD-WAN-to ensure availability, performance, and a defensible security posture. Operating and maintaining defensive platforms day-to-day, including configuration management, policy tuning, software/firmware lifecycle and patching, capacity planning, and health monitoring. Serving as the senior technical authority and escalation point for complex infrastructure issues, providing advanced troubleshooting and resolution, and directing technical work of supporting contractor staff. Leading engineering projects end-to-end-requirements, design, testing, and implementation-for new and upgraded capabilities such as SASE/ZTNA and SD-WAN across enterprise and hybrid (on-premises and cloud) environments. Developing and maintaining secure configuration baselines, standard operating procedures, and engineering documentation, and automating repeatable configuration and operational tasks to improve consistency and reduce manual effort. Translating threat intelligence and detection findings into infrastructure-level defensive improvements-firewall policy, segmentation, access control, and traffic inspection-to harden the environment against current adversary tactics. Collaborating with the SOC, logging and observability, and network operations teams, and with product vendors, to integrate capabilities, resolve issues, and align infrastructure with operational and missionrequirements. Operating and supporting intrusion detection sensor infrastructure to ensure reliable security telemetry delivery to the SOC and logging/observability teams. Identifying gaps in defensive coverage, resilience, and operational processes; recommending and implementing improvements; and providing technical input to architecture and roadmap decisions.
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