R&D Cybersecurity Engineer is an on-site role based in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, United States. The engineer will research, evaluate, prototype, and integrate emerging cybersecurity technologies to improve vulnerability management and enterprise security, emphasizing automation, advanced analytics, and next‑generation cyber defense for web applications and enterprise systems. Responsibilities include researching threats and attack techniques, evaluating vulnerability scanning and application security technologies, designing proof‑of‑concept solutions for automated detection and remediation, developing custom security tools and automation scripts, exploring AI‑assisted vulnerability analysis and prioritization, conducting advanced penetration testing research, developing plugins, APIs and integrations for security platforms, supporting DevSecOps and secure CI/CD pipelines, researching software supply chain security, evaluating Software Composition Analysis solutions, developing security dashboards and data analytics capabilities, prototyping machine learning applications for cyber defense, performing exploit validation in controlled labs, collaborating with developers to embed secure coding practices, documenting research findings, and transitioning successful prototypes into production with technical recommendations for future capabilities. This role requires ten years of IT experience and five years of OT experience, with appropriate security clearances and certifications (IASAE III, IAT III per DoD 8570/8140; CE credentials such as MCSA/MCSE, CCNA, Azure Security Technologi

R&D Cybersecurity Engineer is an on-site role based in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, United States. The engineer will research, evaluate, prototype, and integrate emerging cybersecurity technologies to improve vulnerability management and enterprise security, emphasizing automation, advanced analytics, and next‑generation cyber defense for web applications and enterprise systems. Responsibilities include researching threats and attack techniques, evaluating vulnerability scanning and application security technologies, designing proof‑of‑concept solutions for automated detection and remediation, developing custom security tools and automation scripts, exploring AI‑assisted vulnerability analysis and prioritization, conducting advanced penetration testing research, developing plugins, APIs and integrations for security platforms, supporting DevSecOps and secure CI/CD pipelines, researching software supply chain security, evaluating Software Composition Analysis solutions, developing security dashboards and data analytics capabilities, prototyping machine learning applications for cyber defense, performing exploit validation in controlled labs, collaborating with developers to embed secure coding practices, documenting research findings, and transitioning successful prototypes into production with technical recommendations for future capabilities. This role requires ten years of IT experience and five years of OT experience, with appropriate security clearances and certifications (IASAE III, IAT III per DoD 8570/8140; CE credentials such as MCSA/MCSE, CCNA, Azure Security Technologi