Senior IT Systems & Security Engineer (CedD226)

We are seeking a Senior Technical Implementation Engineer to join Commercial Cyber Operations. This person will lead hands-on technical work across varied customer environments. Assess unfamiliar customer environments and lead technical implementation plans with the Compliance Lead.
Configure and secure Microsoft 365, GCC High, Azure, Entra ID, Active Directory, Google Workspace, Google Cloud Identity, and hybrid environments.
Design, migrate, and operate endpoint-management programs across multiple mobile device management and unified endpoint management platforms, including Jamf and Microsoft Intune.
Configure and troubleshoot Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, networks, firewalls, VPNs, segmentation, DNS, and secure remote access.
Work directly with customer IT teams, service providers, and vendors to resolve complex technical issues.
Validate completed work and produce clear configuration records, diagrams, evidence, and runbooks.
Guide other implementation engineers and turn repeatable work into standards, scripts, and automation.
Senior-level experience designing, administering, securing, and troubleshooting varied business IT environments.
Strong hands-on experience with both Microsoft and Google environments, including Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Active Directory, and Google Workspace.
Broad mobile device management and unified endpoint management experience across multiple platforms, with strong practical experience using Jamf and Microsoft Intune.
Experience managing Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android devices.
Experience with networking, firewalls, VPNs, identity, logging, endpoint protection, vulnerability management, patching, and backup systems.
Ability to lead customer implementations, make sound technical decisions independently, and explain those decisions in plain English.
Ability to produce accurate technical documentation and work effectively in a remote, asynchronous environment.
GCC High, Azure, Google Cloud Identity, Apple Business Manager, Android
Enterprise, Microsoft Defender, or Microsoft Purview experience.
Defense contractor or government experience, particularly with NIST SP 800-171 or NIST SP 800-53 controls.
Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0 experience.
PowerShell, shell scripting, infrastructure as code, security monitoring, or workflow-automation experience.
Relevant Microsoft, Google, Apple, cloud, networking, or security certifications.
Travel Expectations: 10%-25%
Compensation ranges are established using national benchmarking data and apply across all geographic locations within the United States.
Remote - USA
$Defense Unicorns delivers mission value by streamlining software delivery so our customers can focus on the most important challenges. We share a vision of freedom and security for the advancement of progress and innovation. Our commitment to this vision, and to our mission-driven customers, means a commitment to speed, user experience and optionality, without compromising security. Our team is composed of innovators, software engineers, and veterans with decades of experience delivering technology programs across the federal market.
We create and deliver secure solutions for continuous software integration and delivery. Defense Unicorns consolidates the best practices for security pipelines, testing, and deployment automation in order to meet the high security requirements valued by mission owners. Our solutions are agnostic by design and we believe that growing a robust ecosystem of secure, cloud-native software solutions can help enterprise customers inside and outside the federal market buy and integrate software more easily.
Who We Serve
Defense Unicorns’ customers are mission-focused leaders across public and private enterprises. S. government and we work closely with the creators of leading-edge software solutions to deliver value to the mission-owner by improving the security and consumability of commercial software products.
Cloud Environments (AWS/GCP and Azure)
CNCF projects and open source products and packages
Building and improving security delivery
Building Kubernetes and cloud native applications
Medical/Dental/Vision
Health Savings Account
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
Financial:

~401k Retirement Plan
~ Company Stock Options
~ Home Office Budget

We offer all full-time Unicorns Flexible Time Off (FTO) plus all Federal Holidays, one week for Thanksgiving, and two weeks for Christmas and New Year’s
Reimbursement for approved trainings/subscriptions
Conferences (travel, lodging, and fees)
Studies show that underrepresented groups like women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs if they dont meet every requirement listed.
At Defense Unicorns, were committed to diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.