Cybersecurity Engineer

📋 Job Overview

The Cybersecurity Engineer is a hands-on practitioner who implements, and manages security, networking, and cloud technologies for Apollo’s clients. The role blends product depth and fluency: designing solutions, deploying and configuring tooling, and operating those environments day to day. The ideal engineer can move fluidly between security platforms, network infrastructure, and cloud services.

🏢 About Apollo

Apollo Information Systems is a cybersecurity services company delivering comprehensive security and compliance programs to organizations that need measurable protection without the burden of building it alone. Backed by a Series A investment led by Syn Ventures, Apollo is pioneering a cybersecurity-as-a-service model that replaces fragmented tools and episodic engagements with unified, outcome-driven security programs.

Through Apollo Aegis - a subscription-based cybersecurity and compliance platform - and a full portfolio of managed security, advisory, assessment, incident response, and offensive security services, Apollo helps organizations reduce risk, simplify operations, and maintain continuous compliance. Apollo's primary markets include state and local government, K-12 and higher education, and mid-market enterprises, with deep specialization in election security.

🎯 The Role

The Cybersecurity Engineer is a hands-on practitioner who implements, and manages security, networking, and cloud technologies for Apollo’s clients. The role blends product depth and fluency: designing solutions, deploying and configuring tooling, and operating those environments day to day. The ideal engineer can move fluidly between security platforms, network infrastructure, and cloud services.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Participate in the assessment of client environments against established frameworks and standards including NIST CSF 2.0, CIS Controls, ISO 27001, CMMC, CJIS, HIPAA, and PCI DSS.
• Design secure solutions across cybersecurity, networking, and cloud technologies, balancing client business needs with sound security architecture.
• Perform configuration, installation, enablement, and maintenance of security products and services.
• Research and implement solutions to technical problems, including design changes to client environments.
• Maintain deployed security, network, and cloud environments to ensure continued operational performance.
• Perform network administration tasks, including client trouble tickets and design changes.
• Monitor security events and investigate suspicious activities.
• Partner with SOC Analysts to develop and refine SIEM correlation rules and custom detection methods.
• Leverage platforms and services to gather data, generate reports, and support clients and other departments with analysis.
• Participate in the successful completion of small to medium-sized projects.
• Prepare and document standard operating procedures and protocols for security operations.
• Collaborate across teams and departments to address security concerns.

📌 Required Qualifications

• Experience in cybersecurity, network administration, or systems administration, with at least some of that time in a hands-on engineering capacity.
• Demonstrated experience implementing, and managing security and/or network technologies in production
• Experience with common security tools and technologies (e.g., firewalls, IPS/IDS, SIEM, EDR/MDR).
• Scripting or automation experience (e.g., PowerShell, Bash, Python).
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to manage multiple client priorities in a fast-paced managed services environment.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to document designs and explain technical concepts to clients

⭐ Desirable Experience

• Experience in security engineering or architecture
• Product expertise with network security providers such as Fortinet or Sophos (and exposure to Palo Alto, Cisco).
• Proficiency with cloud platforms M365, Azure, GCP, or AWS, including cloud-native security services.
• Identity and access management best-practice expertise.
• Experience with one or more SIEM platforms (e.g., Stellar Cyber, Splunk, LogRhythm, Elastic, or Azure Sentinel).
• Experience with vulnerability management and asset visibility tooling (e.g., Tenable, Sevco, or similar).
• Familiarity with cloud identity and access management across platforms such as Microsoft Entra ID and Google Workspace, including SSO and MFA configuration.
• Exposure to managed services or MSSP delivery models, including multi-tenant operations and client facing engagement.

🎁 Benefits

Compensation: $60K – $80K

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

At 30 days:
Complete onboarding to Apollo's core tool stack, internal systems, and the Aegis platform
Shadow at least two active client environments to build context on Apollo's customer base, deployment patterns, and the practical realities of what you'll be supporting and building
Meet every member of the engineering and SOC teams; understand who owns what and how work flows between functions

Within 90 days:
Own at least one scoped technical workstream independently with minimal hand-holding
Demonstrate working knowledge of the threat landscape relevant to Apollo's SLED and SMB clients; be able to speak to common attack surfaces and how Aegis addresses them
Actively contribute to peer reviews, architecture discussions, or post-incident reviews
Identify one process, gap, or tooling opportunity worth improving and bring a recommendation to your manager

By 180 days:
Serve client-facing work without requiring senior oversight on standard complexity
Build and maintain relationships with at least two cross-functional peers (SOC, Sales Engineering, or PM) such that they proactively loop you in on relevant work
Deliver one meaningful improvement to an internal process, playboo