The Opportunity:
As a senior cybersecurity engineer supporting the Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF‑401), you will contribute to our team’s mission to strengthen the Department of Defense’s counter‑unmanned aircraft systems (C‑UAS) enterprise and safeguard warfighters, critical infrastructure, and the homeland. Our role is to synchronize C‑UAS efforts across the defense and interagency community by integrating threat intelligence, emerging technologies, testing, acquisition, and training to ensure timely and effective defense against small UAS threats. By enhancing shared awareness of friendly and adversarial drone capabilities, identifying operational gaps, and accelerating the delivery of validated counter‑drone solutions, JIATF‑401 empowers commanders and mission partners with the knowledge, tools, and support needed to detect, track, and defeat hostile drones across diverse operational environments.
The person in this role will serve as JIATF 401’s senior Cybersecurity Engineer and trusted technical advisor for complex cybersecurity and information technology matters across mission, enterprise, cloud, and vendor-provided environments. This individual must be capable of making an immediate impact in a fast-paced Joint environment with senior Department of War, interagency, and defense industrial base stakeholders.
This is not a developmental role. The selected candidate must bring direct experience, sound judgment, and the ability to operate independently with minimal oversight. The role requires a technically elite performer who can lead high-level architecture discussions, advise Government and military leaders, engage effectively with vendors, and help drive cybersecurity decisions across systems requiring Authorities to Operate (ATOs).